Out of countertops

Our little chef woke up this morning {at 7 a.m.} wanting to bake cookies --- well off we set to create our little treats for our friends. Six dozen cookies later, I think we have the master sous chef for applying icing here in our house and she's only 2 years old – and its only 9 a.m. Do you realize how many cookies this is – my kitchen is not big enough for this.

A Pretty Pom-Pom

Maybe it's from my {brief} cheerleader days, but I just love a good pom-pom, especially the paper ones for a cost-effective decoration. Today, we went a little pom-pom crazy as we are gearing up for 4th of July. Don't ask – we had pink tissue paper so we decided to make a few for a little Saturday party as well. Pom Poms everywhere in the house. Caroline was in H-E-A-V-E-N.

Our little Picasso

The Smell of Freshly Sharpened Pencils. Caroline has discovered the pencil sharpener. I'll admit, I'm a little compulsive about needing to use a freshly sharpened pencil or my preference of pen in the bic micro black pen so I shouldn't be surprised that she would go through a period where she wants to color with a handful of freshly sharpened pencils. Picasso better watch out. The rum,rum, rum of the pencil sharpener is probably a sound here to stay for a while. Here she is showing Nane her perfect marks.

An Original Idea?

Christmas 2009
An Original Idea. Is there ever an original idea? While shopping at Fresh Market (who doesn't love strolling the isles here), I passed these little rosemary trees that were perfectly shaped like a picture-perfect mini-Christmas tree -- and ahah, I had the best.idea.ever for Caroline's Teacher's Christmas Gifts: Make a decorated "Christmas Tree" and tie little gift cards to the tree for each teacher's individual tastes – I knew they both like to cook so hopefully the rosemary plants would be put to good use. Let me me just say, did these come out cute. At least for our teachers it was the first time they had ever received the trees. I'm the homeroom mom for C's class so all the parents went in together and purchased gift cards. Caroline and I wrapped each gift card in adorable white and red polka dot paper and then tied it to the "trees" which had been adorned with ornaments (saltwater taffy) and garland (silver ribbon wire). Basking in my "unique idea" one day, my friend (who is also a teacher burst my original idea bubble by letting me know her fellow teacher had received a gift like it before. Oh, well it was original for our class and Ms Mindy and Ms Dawnadee. Happy Holidays!