Archive | April, 2010

Big Sis’s lastest do.

By Lori on April 29, 2010 in Family

Big Sister and her hair crack me up. . .and some mornings just make me want to scream ( or just scream!).

I’m not allowed to touch her hair. Unfortunately, I sort of have to. So I’m lucky to get her hair brushed and a barrette in. But she comes home from daycare with the craziest hair-dos all the time. The sort that require a lot of patience on her part, and probably a little bit of pulling and tugging on her head—which she wails over at our house.

So I’ve started taking pictures of her latest hair styles as she comes home with them.

This one if pretty funny—and all her idea.

She started the day with just 2 braids, but then told her teacher she wanted 2 braids. So she took the existed 2 out and redid them. That did NOT work for her!! She informed her teacher that she wanted 2 MORE! And then started pointing to the spots on her head where she wanted a braid. Thus the results.

And just because I think my kids are way too cute, here’s a few more:

See? Aren’t they adorable?

xoxo—Lori

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New Pillow!!

By Lori on April 27, 2010 in Things I Make

I’m starting to really enjoy making pillows! They’re simple, but a really fun way to add some color to a room, inexpensive and easily interchangeable for a new look.

So this weekend I made a new one:

“Love”

It probably doesn’t hurt to have a little reminder sitting around—especially at home! Where, unfortunately, if you’re anything like me, I sometimes show my worst to the people I love the most.

The back of a pillow deserves to be just as lovely as the front! Fun band of color and button closure for easy removal to throw in the washer as needed!! (at my house, it WILL be needed!)

I’ve already got more started and want to add them to my etsy shop. The one I’m doing right now has the word “Laugh” on it. What word(s) would you use??

xoxo—Lori

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Rain, Rain. . .You made my day??

By Lori on April 26, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions

This weekend we finally got around to celebrate my 30th birthday. The girls stayed with Nana, and Nate and I had a busy weekend doing whatever it was that made me happy in that moment.

The big thing I had planned was to go to the Main Street Festival in one of the suburbs here. Always a lot of fun, tons to see, beautiful houses to look at if you wander off the square, good food & music. Only on Saturday we were expecting storm after storm with high chances of tornadoes.So of course we went anyway. We got there right when things got started and it was already raining. The vendors were bravely setting out their wares and tying down their tents. Umbrella in hand, I kicked off my shoes, waded through puddles and checked all the fabulous stuff, laughing at myself and the rest of the crazies.

However, within an hour everyone packed up and called it quits on the day. It was really kind of odd to be in the festival space without the festivities. But we did get to see everything we wanted to see and hit all the antique shops my heart could handle. And got very, very wet. But somehow that just made the day more special. I couldn’t keep from grinning.
(sorry for no pictures. didn’t think my camera & a rain storm went well together.)
We did see one thing that I just have to share with you. Sarah Kaufman has the most amazing oil paintings!!!

I wish I could have taken one home with me right then. Her style is so whimsical and dreamlike. Takes me to that magical little girl place in me that I don’t think will ever fully grow up (nor do I want to!!).

Her prices were reasonable, and I loved how she popped her head into the tent while we were browsing to inform us she was just “tying down the tent to keep it from blowing away.” She seemed plucky.

So hopefully, before too long I will have one of her amazing paintings hanging in my house!! Preferably one of the really big ones, but I can go with a smaller one if I have to.

But head over to her website and check out all her other paintings! You’ll LOVE them. Promise.

xoxo—Lori

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Sidewalk(less) chalk

By Lori on April 23, 2010 in Family

Don’t know why, but I’ve never purchased sidewalk chalk for the girls.
Perhaps it’s because we don’t have a sidewalk or paved driveway, so I’ve just never thought about it.

But Nate came home with it last weekend and I was quickly shown how limited my thinking was.

No sidewalks?? All you need is a fence.

She looks a little crazed in that one, don’t you think?

Now if you don’t have a sidewalk or a fence, I’m not sure what to tell you.
The side of your house?
It washes off.

Regardless, fun times that can be had again and again!

Hope you have a great weekend! (And stay dry. We’re supposed to have some crazy storms tomorrow. . .on my delayed birthday weekend. . .bleck!)

xoxo—Lori

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My Birthday Crown

By Lori on April 21, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions

I think the best part about having a 3 year-old is that they are now old enough to think outside of themselves and do things for others.

For my birthday, Big Sister made me a card and birthday crown at school. Granted, she had a lot of help, but she picked out everything and decorated both items.

She was SO PROUD of herself. Absolutely tickled that I loved it so much.
She was happy that her actions had made ME happy.
It was the sweetest thing EVER.

And perhaps I’m rubbing off on her a little bit, because she asked if I wanted to take a picture of my crown (and her braids!) — to which I answered— OF COURSE!!!!

Oh my sweet, sweet little BIG girl!!

xoxo—Lori

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I just realized!!

By Lori on April 20, 2010 in Thoughts & Confessions

Hey, I just noticed that it’s my blog’s birthday!!

Since my birthday was yesterday I like the idea of a blog birthday rather than an anniversary. And since it’s my blog, I get to make those sort of decisions!

It’s kind of silly how something so simple as starting a blog can & has changed so many things for me.
• Through this blog I have a creative outlet even if time does not allow for any other sort of creativity.
• I’ve been able to discover and meet so many other amazing women and the wealth of inspiration that’s out there! Geez! Some days I am overwhelmed by what these incredible women are coming up with. Makes me feel a bit out of my league some days, but challenged at the same time!
• Encouraged me to take photos of EVERYTHING. Some of my favorites are from fairly mundane things that the family does on a regular basis. I’ve learned to really value the ordinary and not take the little things for granted.
• I’m becoming a better photographer and increasing my photo editing skills.
• I’m constantly learning. I can’t even start to list the skills I’ve learned because I entered this blog world!!
• I opened an etsy shop and have big aspirations for the future.

So needless to say, I’m loving this thing and I hope that those of you who keep up with me are enjoying it too. If there’s a certain type of thing I write about that you’d like to see more of, please let me know! I enjoy doing this, but I really want to create a place for you in the process.

Thanks for sticking with me!! I appreciate each and every one of you!

xoxo—Lori