This pavilion in the park was party central. I loved the letter-only banners: "Happy 1st Birthday" on the front and "Snakes Snails & Puppy Dog Tails" (repeated thrice) above the food. (thank you Chelsea and …
For the food, we went with a build-your-own picnic lunch! All of the food was one-year-old friendly, while still satisfying the parents. (see the darling Snakes & Snails bunting?)The picnic started with a sandwich in …
Everyone took home a handmade snail finger puppet (I created the pattern inspired by an IKEA finger puppet and named it Uno, as in One...for my one-year-old Milo!) Never mind the hours of near sweatshop …
All lined up and ready for their birthday donuts...the candles probably weren't a great idea anyway, but didn't light very well and were never quite set in the donuts to begin with. So, I just …
Here they are, the three celebrated One-Year-Olds! How cute are they in those shirts? I'd been wanting to try out this tutorial for a while, and this was the perfect opportunity. The 1s are felt …
...and giggling about everything. and walking a few steps on his own. and loving food of all types. and enjoying raise the flap books. and practicing drumming on every surface. and raising his hands high …
Nothing like a warm blueberry muffin in the morning. I had a favorite recipe (from the Favorites Cookbook!) but after reading about great muffins on this website, I decided to give a new blueberry muffin …
Remember that to do list I was working on?Well, I'm happy to report completion of most of it...plus more, since those last-minute unplanned projects always seem to sneak up on me (and I have the …
Happy Earth Day! We here are proud to be consciously green. You know, recycling, reusable diapers, earth-friendly products...etc. Apartment living requires some creativity in the gardening department, and this morning my little sidekick and I …
The Mother Robin who perches in our tree chose Milo's windowsill as her spring nesting ground, and I couldn't be more excited. Three days ago I noticed the perfectly constructed nest. Yesterday I spotted her …
We had one last, semi-relaxing and very fun day yesterday before Kristine and Jonathan departed. It began with a little sleeping in at home while I taught a morning class at work. I would have …
It began as any other great day in DC with visitors...a stop at the White HouseSaying "Hello" the the Obamas, chatting about how it really doesn't look that big, but that it's super cool anyway.Milo …