September 26, 2013. Lyla Paints.

Sheesh its been forever a and a day since I have blogged. And I've got a lot to blog about. We'll see if I can find the time to get some of life documented here in this space of mine!

And to break the silence, I've got way more pictures than one should probably post of Lyla painting. But I love them all. So why not! Goodness I love her. And I love the stage she is in right now! She is so fun!

Painting Popcorn!

Paint Popcorn? Yup, that is what we did ... for our craft and snack the other day. I saw the idea here and I couldn't resist giving it a try. And it was a hit! The kids loved it and sat contentedly painting their popcorn for over an hour.

It was super easy ... I already had everything I needed.

milk, food coloring, and popcorn of course! That was it ... oh and paintbrushes!

Our palette ...




some of our painted popcorn ...

Of course, we had to eat some popcorn while we painted ... working hard makes you hungry!

Do you think she is having a good time?

Collin couldn't resist the colored milk ... and I couldn't resist the colored milk mustache! He is still asking for colored milk.

Lots of fun!! I will admit though that painting the popcorn with the colored milk did make it soggy. The kids didn't seem to mind though! Originally it was done with sweet evaporated milk (I didn't have any of that ... so plain old regular milk it was for us!) ... but I wonder if that would have made the popcorn less soggy. I tend to think it wouldn't matter, but I am sure it would give it a sweet little twist! Anyway ... a good time for sure.

My Crafty Side

Happy April Fools Day!!

I am boring.  I didn't do anything to fool my hubby or my kids.  It would have been fun, but sounded like too much work.  Just not feeling that ambitious today!  But I am feeling crafty - and have been a lot lately.  

Every where I look, I find or see something that I want to make.  I am especially drawn to sewing.  I have found some great blogs with things that I am just dying to try.  But I am not that great of a seamstress.  I am not bad, but I tend to rely on a lot of support from my wonderful mom.  Maybe, I will give them a try!  Just maybe.  Or maybe I won't be feeling crafty anymore in a couple of days.  Or maybe I will realize that I don't have the time to be crafty - with three kids, and a totally messy house and all!  But to tide over the crafty side in me I went out and purchased the items I needed to make something very useful for me these days.

Burp Rags!!  Miss Ruby is a spitter for sure.  I need a burp rag in every room, on every counter, and in every baby contraption.  You are never safe from being spit upon when you are around this little cutie.  I am sooOOo excited and can't wait for them to be done.  Maybe I won't have to do the laundry as much.  Okay, probably not, but I can dream!  

I just had to include a picture of my adorable inspiration.  SPIT and all!!