Here at the Four Seasons hotel they have an elaborate gingerbread village made by the pastry team. It is displayed in the lobby of the hotel for every one to view during the month of December. When my sister used to work there, it kind of became a tradition to go to the unveiling of […]

Today for our advent activity we made a special holiday breakfast…reindeer pancakes! To make these yourself, you just need: • one large regular pancake • one smaller silver dollar sized red pancake (use food coloring) • 2 chocolate chips • 2 banana slices • two pieces of bacon Seriously, how cute is it!? And Madeline […]

Today we wrote Madeline’s letter to Santa. I purchased a sticker pack and the snowflake crayons in the target dollar bin, and the card and envelope were from a valentines card pack that i also got at target back in february.  I told her to tell me a few things that she wanted to ask […]

That’s the theme of my Christmas mantel this year. I found the white, snowy, glittery wreath at target and just fell in love! That started me down the path towards this beautiful mantel. Of course we are lucky here in Austin if we get any snow at all. But now I trick myself into thinking […]

Truth be told today we were supposed to make real snow globes with water and everything, but after adding the water, the trees started to let go of their dye and turn the water a yucky bluish color. So we had to scratch our plans and make faux globes instead. But they still turned out […]

Today miss Madeline got to open her first advent box (we like to do one Christmas themed activity everyday leading up to Christmas). And what fun activity was awaiting her? Well ornament decorating of course! Last year I made some green felt trees and felt ornaments to hang/stick on the trees. This year we added […]

As requested by Madeline, a fun Thanksgiving breakfast: Pumpkin pancakes, orange slices, and fruit leather

And today, breakfast came in the shape of a cupcake. With a little happy face of course! Made with a canteloupe cake (I used a cupcake cookie cutter), banana frosting, sprinkles, and marshmallow eyes.

Today’s breakfast: Butterfly toast – jelly toast with sprinkles and banana with chocolate chip eyes.

The princess party was a success! Now I will try to find time to edit the photos my sister in law and I took so that I can share all the other fun decorations and food I made for the party. But in the meantime, I will share a quick pic of the cute breakfast […]

Well, it is day two of party prep, and today I made the circle banner that I plan to hang up outside between the trees and the house for my daughters princes party. See the gift bags I made yesterday here. To make this super simple banner/streamer, I used my 1.75″ hole punch and some […]

My furniture painting and makeovers have taken a brief hiatus. I was sick last week, and this week I realized that my daughters 4th birthday party is rapidly approaching, so my craft time has shifted focus. I am now using the bits of time here and there to finish up some of the crafty projects […]