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20 Friday Apr 2012
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Girls Easter outfits
08 Sunday Apr 2012
Here are the Easter outfits I made for the girls.
I wanted something quick and easy (especially since I didn’t realize it was Easter this week until last Saturday), but cute and girly at the same time.
The ruffle skirts took about an hour to make from start to finish and I used this tutorial.
I wasn’t even planning on making matching shirts but happened across this post earlier in the week and they were cute and easy so I figured, why not?
I may go back and use Heat n Bond on the petals so they’ll lay flat, but overall I think they’re cute.
Oh yeah, and why on earth do they make v-neck shirts for little girls? It’s all I could find for Susannah. What on earth?!
So here they are.
Happy Easter!
We are pushing off our egg hunt until next weekend and since it’s about to pour right now it’s probably a good thing we did…
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Glimpses of our Valentines Day
19 Sunday Feb 2012
V-day treats for the littles to share with their friends
Handmade valentines for the cousins (which are still not in the mail. My bad.)
Outtakes from our mini V-day photo shoot. Because who could resist this face?
We had the world’s most delicious blondies, ever.
Although I should probably mention that they’re the only blondies I’ve ever tried.
But still.
Jeremy’s valentine. Totally stole this idea off of Pinterest.
Our V-day dinner. Jeremy and I will (eventually) go out so I made something I knew the kids would love.
Stuffed French toast.
It was killer.
For grammie and poppie (also not mailed yet). I’m just lame like that.
I forgot to take a photo of the lollipop butterfly valentines I made for the girls, but they loved them.
A good day.
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14 Tuesday Feb 2012
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Recipe: Valentine Brownie Crust Mix
12 Sunday Feb 2012
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I adore Valentines Day.
I really do.
I think it’s partially because I love pink so much.
Weird, I know.
But pink M&M’s?
Hellooo!
I couldn’t narrow down my list of cutesy, yummy things to make in honor of V-day to just one, so we started celebrating this weekend.
Not good for the diet.
But whatever.
Wednesday’s coming in all of its harsh reality soon enough.
Until then I’m going to swim in pink M&M’s.
So anyway, I found this recipe for Oreo Crust Mix, but we aren’t big Oreo fans so I made a few modifications and here’s what we ended up with:
Valentine Brownie Crust Mix
So, so yummalicious.
What you’ll need:
Brownie mix (small pouch would work great)
3 cups Chex cereal (I used rice)
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup Valentine (very important, because who wants the boring plain colors) M&M’s
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave, stirring every thirty seconds, until smooth.
Mix the Chex together with the melted chocolate until well coated. Spread on wax paper to dry.
Make the brownie mix according to directions on pouch/box.
Cool, then cut the crust into small bite-size chunks. (You could use all of the brownies, but I like the chewy crust part best.)
Combine the chex, brownie chunks, and M&M’s in a bowl or divide into individual servings to hand out as Valentine treats.
My original plan was to package this up and have the girls hand them out to their little friends at church.
But it didn’t make it until Sunday.
My bad.
Shouldn’t have made it Friday….obviously.
So we made something else for the girlies.
But that’s for another post.
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2011 Highlights
28 Wednesday Dec 2011
Where has the year gone?
Here’s a tiny look back at what 2011 has been for the Lewis household.
Susannah read her first book.
My last kid is fully potty trained. Kinda.
We consumed approximately 83 cakes. Which is hopefully a gross exaggeration. But around here, you just never know.
For the first time in my life I can do regular push-ups. Lots of them. In fact, I’ve consistently worked out all year, which is a pretty major accomplishment for me.
Also for the first time in my life, I can’t lose weight. You’d think the one would help the other, but no.
Madeline has perfected the sarcastic eye roll at the ripe old age of two.
Jeremy spent, more or less, the last three months of the year under the hood of our car(s).
I stopped couponing. As in, completely. It’s pretty sad, really. There’s no motivating me, though.
I can officially play half of George Winston’s Thanksgiving quite well. I can also very painfully make my way through the second half. Hey, for me, even learning half of a new song in a year is considered a victory.
The girls have discovered a great love for the library. Which makes me pretty stinkin happy.
Madelines favorite song of the year: the snowman. She’s also mastered the art of ad-libbing. (imagine “I need to go pot-ty” to the tune of the snowman.)
After many years of searching, I’ve finally discovered the best coffee cake recipe in the world. Come to my house and I’ll prove it to you.
Now…bring on 2012!
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