Spring Dress Refashion #1

Last week I went to a second hand store called Saver’s because I remembered Carrie from This Mama Makes Stuff writing about the great sheets she finds there that she uses to make dresses for her girls.  Peanut is in desperate need of new dresses.  All her old ones are getting too short and most [...]

Goodbye Princess Shoes

Last week I was on the lookout for new shoes for Peanut.  She’s been wearing a pair of shoes I bought for her last spring from H&M.  They were too big for a while and didn’t fit her until late summer/fall.  She dubbed them “princess slippers” or “ballet slippers” depending on her mood.  They started [...]

My Cake Wreck Part II

After seeing the pile of crumbs and frosting cake Peanut and I made on Friday ODD wanted play, too.  As it happens, his brother, Macho Man, and Macho Man’s wife, Marzipan, were blessing their new baby today and we needed to bring something yummy to contribute to the after-blessing celebration.  When I asked ODD what [...]

Hairyshoefairy, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow? Part II

My grandpa (my mom’s dad) was a farm boy.  He was born around the turn of the century (last century, obviously), lived in the middle of nowhere, and didn’t go to school until he was 8 or so because before that he was too little to ride the horse by himself all the way into [...]

My Cake Wreck

For preschool we’ve been talking about spring and how the weather can be crazy, especially during March and April.  As a side note, we barbecued salmon and ate outside on Wednesday then today it snowed.  That’s Utah weather for you. So we’ve been talking about rain and rainbows among other things.  I thought today it [...]