#548 - love notes from a toddler

For Oster's Valentines, I just let him speak to me while I transcribed.  This Valentine above is for his cousin Mae.   Makes me smile every time I see this picture!

#520 - mini gingerbread men with text bubble

Oster and I made some gingerbread cookies the other day and I decided to add a text bubble to one of them.  

I was having too much fun...

 I made sports players for Oster...

 I added smiley faces...

Here's Oster's cookie he decorated...

And here's mine...I didn't plan the spacing right...oh well...you get the picture...

ps...this gingerbread cookie recipe looks amazing (not the one i used)

#514- homemade pumpkin leaf card

Oster and I made these in about 5 minutes yesterday.

Here's how:

1.  find a leaf that looks like a pumpkin, the more alive it is the better (dry leaves just fall apart)

2.  fold leaf in half tear out an eye hole, nose and mouth (see pic above)

3.  glue leaf to a card and you can also put a heavy book on top to help it stick.

that's it...it was super fun trying to find pumpkin leaves!

Happy Halloween!

#512 - Price is Right - watch today!

1st - love this Price is Right Costume.  It would be a pretty easy costume to make for Halloween.  Foam board, poster board, name tag that you could easily make with a manila folder and sharpie; wire and black foam for the microphone; and string to put around your neck...easy peisy!  oh, and your favorite college sweatshirt...


2nd - watch the Price is Right today!  My brother's fiance is going to be on it.  She's at the end of the show...can't wait to see it!  Go Taylor!

*post edit - i've been MIA on this blog, but i just discovered an old unpublished comment from 2011.  Ben, who is the man in this picture, posted that it was him, so to give credit where credit is long deserved, here's a link to his original costume....one of the coolest costumes out there.

#508 - Homemade Ironman Costume

I know this is a joke, but I would seriously make Oster this Iron Man Costume do this!  It's cute and I have one of those light buttons.

ps...if you don't see the video in reader, you might have to click over to the blog...it's only 15 seconds long.

#492 - Speaking of S'mores

truffle pop s'more

I think the cool fall weather makes me crave smores.

Here's "s'mores" stuff from around the web...some calorie free...some not!

 Above is a truffle pop..not sure exactly what it is, but is says it is a mix between a truffle and a brownie...sold! 

s'more hoodie - i'd wear this around the campfire

s'mores keyboard - it'd eat this before i could type anything (ps...it's not real)

s'mores family costume...maybe this could be our family costume this year!

#490 - pregnant mom costumes

I've never been pregnant during Halloween (at least enough to show), but since my sister and 3 of my sister in laws are pregnant I thought that I would post these costume ideas for them!

just a small disclaimer:  if i ever was that pregnant during halloween...no way i could ever pull off these awesome baby bump costumes!

This smores halloween costume could be perfect if you were pregnant or not!

#395 - Cinco de Mayo Desserts/Drinks (part 4 of 4)

Drinks for Cinco de Mayo
Horchata (pictured)
Virgin Margarita (not pictured) - would go perfect with the lime earrings!


Desserts for Cindo de Mayo
Make it easy (& low fat)...Breyers Fried Ice Cream
Can't got wrong with churros
My new favorite south of the boarder treat - sopapillas
There's even fried ice cream cupcakes
Tres Leches Cake - Pepe's favorite - hard (pictured) & easy (not pictured)(I'd sub in coconut milk for the rum on this easy recipe.)

Do you have a favorite Cinco de Mayo and/or Mexican dessert/drink?

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

#393 - Cinco de Mayo - What to Wear (part 2 of 4)

There are so many cute outfits/jewlery/hats that have a Mexican flair, but here are some of my favorites Cinco de Mayo ideas because they are subtle.

Love the simplicity of these lime earrings.
Any of these Mexican charms would be cute on a necklace or bracelet.
I think this stamp necklace would be easy to make...just need someone to send me a letter from Mexico. In fact, I think this would be fun to make from locations that have a significance to me (ie: Brazil, Canada, Argentina).
And isn't this the cutest Cinco de Mayo Onesie.

Wait...I'm even more crazy...there's more Cinco de Mayo posts in the next 2 days (I really only have 2 days left, right?)

#392 - Cinco de Mayo Ideas/Decorations/Invites (part 1 of 4)

Cute Cinco de Mayo invites here and here.
Straw flower decorations.
Love No Biggie's photo booth idea.
Red Roko's easy to make maraca and sombrero.
And for the toddler in your life...Spanish Flash Card decorations.
Or you could make a pinata.
And some more Cinco de Mayo ideas.

But wait...I think I am crazy...I have another post coming up later today with "what to wear" Cinco de Mayo style.

#370 - Easter egg hunt

baby O with his Opa and Oma searching for eggs...he got to use his Opa's Easter basket from when he was a kid...also notice his monkey pants and shovel (2 of his favorite things)

the boys were having fun trying to do this

a few of my cute nieces and nephews (pepe took these shots)

#369 - egg photos

Just some of my favorite egg photos I took on Easter.

I loved Michelle's idea of dying letters onto the Easter eggs, so I did the first initial of each of my nieces and nephews, plus Baby O's for our hunt.

I used painters tape (we've been remodeling) and cut out each letter (my cousin's way is much faster.) The tape wasn't super strong, so it left a cracked/tie dyed look on the eggs...I sort of liked it.

Most of the kids found their eggs, but Baby O seemed to have a lot of eggs with "O's" on them. Turns out that when other people dyed their eggs and left them to dry, they created a circular pool of the color...making an "O".

Pepe hid this egg up in a tree (wait, of course you know it is a tree.)

Just sharing the above picture of me taking photos of the eggs...this is probably the closest you'll get to seeing me 8 months pregnant :)

#366 - Easter Links

1...In case you don't want to make s'mores with your peeps...here's another fun idea.
2...Love my cousins idea on making "ABC" eggs . . .this and this are cute ideas too.
3...I think Baby O would love this tool box from the Easter Bunny
4...Can the Easter Bunny please bring me this chocolate bunny and one every week thereafter, until the baby is born?
5...Cute lamb pillows seem so Easter to me.
6...Totally loving this Cherry Blossom Family photo for Spring. I'm trying to talk Pepe into going downtown to take a family picture like this before I get too big with child.

#353 - First Day of Spring

It's the first day of spring....finally!

My Plans?

~clean the house (when is this not on my list?)~

~push Baby O on a swing at the park~

~head over to Rita's for a free Italian Ice. Too bad they don't give out custard for free...that's good stuff~

~maybe help Pepe tear down the wallpaper in our bedroom~

~make crepe batter for Sunday breakfast (it has to sit overnight)~

What are you doing to celebrate?

*photo of Baby O taken last summer.

#352 - Stuff from around the web

1...cute hat perfect for St. Patty's week
2...loving this retro poster of DC
3...these little people are fun to look at
4...great advice for loving a kid (via)
5...twister game for a table cloth...might use this idea for Baby O's birthday
6...really need to get my hands on these animal cookie cutters...ikea trip in the near future?

Also, wish I had time to do this.

#345 - Peeps S'mores

We had a warm day on Sunday and decided to have a bonfire to burn our Christmas Tree - yikes...it's been way too long!
And since we had some Peeps lying around, we made Peeps S'mores.

They looked a bit creepy when we were cooking and eating them.But they were good. They had a melted sugary shell...too sweet for chocolate.

It was fun, but to be honest, I prefer a regular s'more instead.

#313 - red, pink & whites from the web

Some more of my red, pink & white favorites from the web.

1...aren't these cherry blossoms cute? i want to make them during the cherry blossom festival.
2...i really want to make this
3...yummy, wish i could display candy like this (but i would eat it too fast)
4...cute way to deliver valentines
5...also would like to make these roses for valentines via
6...and my cute niece decked out in pink

#309 - red, white & pink everywhere

Baby O was coloring the other day and I noticed the red, pink and white crayons. It made me excited for Valentines.

I then started noticing red, pink and white everywhere.

Eating $4/pound cherries, pink/white button cookies, red m&ms left over from Christmas, and strawberry mochi...yum!

watching Glee - "don't stop believing" - i only watched this b/c other people were blogging about it...my new favorite show...honest. (watch a couple of episodes for free on hulu, while they are still there)Baby O's red sweater, red pjs (on the ground), my pink shirt, red sweater and red shoes (from Casi). Notice anything?

Stay tuned...I have a couple more red, white and pink favorites.

#272 - Ginger Bread House (mobile home style)

Making a gingerbread house is on my list of things to do this year. What do you think of this one? I can't take credit for this beauty, but it looks yummy!

No joke, until last week, we had 3 cars (one un-driveable) and a motorcycle in front of our house :)

#269 - Nacho Libre Costume for a Baby

I wanted to add this to my Shared Items or What I'm Watchin links on the right side of my blog ---------------->But, it wouldn't let me, so I'm sharing it here in my blog. Isn't this the cutest homemade Nacho Libre costume ever?! I know it's not even close to Halloween, but I wanted to remember it.

Picture via this blog.