From the Archives: rainbows and cake 🌈🍰2018

Someone turned 12 over here! This crazy cake was fun for her to make. And there was some rainbow mac in the house!! ::Rainbow sprinkles and colorful candles:: Happy day, Skye! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 ::::::::::: And now for a look back in time! I was looking through past blog posts on food  and found birthday cakes…ooooh good memories! Sweet…

Family Updates

Sweet, sweet faces! Thank You, God, for this precious family. Can’t wait to have the boys home for spring break this next week!

March Art! mushroom, cactus, hedgehog, zebra🍄🌵🦔🦓

We had so much fun with the mushroom shadow box! The kids love to paint…so painting the mushroom, then the cactus and pot made them very happy. I love teaching the kids little facts about the animals when we do a project- God is the most amazing Creator. So fun to share facts and try…

From the Archives, book wall – 2013

I had some really good helpers on this project- you have to have helpers to hold the wood up there while you use the level and then screw it in. We are happy with the result. And Skye always has books when she needs them! I’m not going to lie, it does worry me a…

From the Archives…NC Museum of Art///2012

The kids and I went last week. We adore the art museum. Especially the new building that is bright and naturally lit. We were in luck because there was a special Rembrandt exhibit in the other building, so we were virtually by ourselves over here. Just us and the security guards and their evil eyes….

wearing//shopping//eating//reading //listening

Wearing: my thrifted clothing from our thrift trip! I adore the white sweater vest, the colorful tunic is perfect for art class days (paint stains don’t show!), and that navy and white print shirt is super fun. Shopping for rugs for Dave’s office: we bought this beautiful Aztec rug from wayfair and I basically want…

Chai update🐶

Chai has been a busy little dog, Meeting new friends, here with Kacey Kissing her people, but more often biting everything she can get her mouth on! Occasionally falling asleep despite her best efforts Lounging around…she loves her people..she loves to sit on our laps and be close by We have a little friend, Patches,…

From the Archives//“stained glass”

This project was fun and I love the results! I cut out squares of tissue paper and used a glue stick to stick them to the window. Then added electrical tape to outline each tissue paper piece and add extra lines. This window is super happy, especially in the early morning sun. This post was…