Hector the Collector

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oemAi7lrJAM

Josiah was in a short film for a local college student last year. It was based on a poem by Shel Silverstein. It isn't particularly cheerful, but Josiah sure is cute!

Christmas Cookies

Creative Discovery Museum

Eleonora Meets Santa

Batthroom Renovation, Part 1

Baking

Jammies

Choir Program

Sunday Morning

Best cousins. 

Best buddies. 

Trimming the Tree

Bow Tie!

 The Craft Night girls and I threw a slam-bang baby shower for one of our own, and Jennifer with her Pretty Party Papers really stole the show, but my humble contribution was a batch of Pin-tastic cookies.

 Decorating cookies like this is not for the faint of heart.  

This was only my second attempt, because even though it is satisfying, it is very time consuming!

First, you have to make the cookies and frosting from scratch, and a couple of hours later, your cookies are still naked.

My biggest mistake with this batch was not buying professional navy blue food dye (they probably have it at Wal-Mart), which made my darkest blue icing behave very strangely so I had to use it sparingly.

 Ta-daa!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am writing this a few days ahead of time, because on Thanksgiving Day I am tasked with the weighty responsibility of heating the Sister Schubert rolls, and couldn't possibly find the time to post with all that kitchen-related cooking stress hanging over my head.

 I thought I would share this project that I undertook at the end of September, looks like around 11:15 in the morning, if my mirrored-clock-reading skills are correct.

You remember the time I discovered hardwood floors hiding under the dingy carpet in the butler's pantry?

Well, I always wondered about this mirror in the living room.  It was held in place by these four screws with little medallions around them in the four corners.  I thought they looked a little out of place, chronologically-speaking, with the rest of the house, and I thought it might look better with a big wooden frame around the edge.

 Since I do not currently possess mirror-framing capabilities, I decided to loosen the screws and take a little gander at what might lay behind that mirror.

I stuck my phone down the little crack to take a picture and it just revealed that the entire thing was covered with thick brown paper.

I pecked a little hole through and saw an old mirror and some other interesting details so I decided to take that heavy mirror down completely for a better look.

Eleonora was along as my helping hand throughout.

You can see we were also decorating for fall and potty-training on this particular day.

 Hmm...promising?

 Eleonora was able to remove the spots, no problem.

 Then I had to rip this sturdy wooden frame off the wall.

 Then we headed to the cellar for some paint and had the new old mirror looking as good as new by the time Caleb arrived on the scene to continue with the decorating.

While I have been told by at least two dear family members (thank you, ladies!) that they liked the bigger mirror much better, I am enjoying the more vintage vibe myself.

A fun project, indeed!

Caleb's Birthday Interview

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