Fireproof

September 16, 2011 1 comment
fireproof the movie

Fireproof The Movie “Fireproof doesn’t mean that the fires won’t come, but that when they do, it (your marriage) will be strong enough to withstand them.” I recently watched the movie Fireproof. The main character is played by Kirk Cameron. The acting in the beginning of the film was not very good and almost made [...]

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Project Monday: Crocheted Baby Beanie With Button

September 5, 2011 3 comments
crocheted baby beanie with carved wooden button

This entry is part of a series, Project Mondays» I’ve been crocheting up a storm lately. The last time I crocheted something besides this headband which kinda sorta doesn’t really count is so long ago I don’t even recall what it was. I have found that it is like riding a bike though, you never [...]

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Reluctant Ballerina

September 4, 2011 3 comments
reluctant ballerina

Enthusiastic Beginnings Mrs. Sayuri has been our little ballerina dancer for a while. But she just recently started taking formal lessons. It was always apparent to us that she was a natural at being graceful and had good rhythm. I had a time finding her a place to take lessons that was near by. I [...]

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Dirty Arms!

August 26, 2011 0 comments
toddler with chalk covered hands

Lately many of our evenings have been filled with Hubby and his little boy watching American football games together. Last week they were watching a game when Mr. Happy Feet pointed and exclaimed, “Dirty Arms!”. He was pointing at a player with tattooed arms. Our little man had no idea that those arms were not [...]

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Pink And Orange Daisy Cakes

August 18, 2011 0 comments
pink and orange daisy cookie

Another cake cookie that my mom made. The cake shape lends itself to so many possibilities. These cookies were based on Bridget’s Anniversary cake cookies from Bake At 350. Her step-by-step tutorials are so helpful. There are tons of informative videos on the site she founded: University of Cookie.

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My Little Cookie Decorator

August 16, 2011 2 comments
little girl holding up decorated cookie

  She’s A Natural Mrs. Sayuri likes to help decorate cookies. She started out by doing a few cookies whenever my mom and I were decorated – it didn’t take long before she was hooked. Now she wants to commandeer all baked cookies and embellish them herself. We have to negotiate how many she will [...]

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Old MacDonald Had A Farm

August 14, 2011 1 comment
felt animal finger puppets

  We like to use our felt finger puppets from Auntie H and Uncle E to sing Old MacDonald Had A Farm to baby girl while putting them on our fingers. We couldn’t think what kind of a sound a raccoon would make though. Any ideas? Silly Boy’s Version Mr. Happy Feet came up with [...]

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