:: crazy snow + crafty t-shirt scarf ::

Weirdest thing to wake up to at the end of April- snow, really?!

I walked into to find Iz loving on her sister.. love how Lillian is looking at Iz.

 "here, let me help you mom, I'll take her pants off."

Iz has a thing with unbuttoning Lillian's onesies.. it can make me a little crazy at times!

 I just loved her little fist..

 Just doing some coloring..

A friend asked if I could make a scarf out of old K-State tees {yes of course} and it turned out really cute!

It was hard to get a picture of all of it because both sides all the way down were different, I tried my best!  Need to start going through all my tees!

:: crafty v-day gifts ::

With me being frugal these days, I had to get creative for Valentine's Day.. I found this printable card on Pinterest {and the card I gave Jacob} and printed a picture of Isabelle and had it glued to a piece of paper under this one and then just punched 2 holes at the top and tied them together... it worked!

I found this idea on Pinterest {shock} and thought it was such a cute idea.. found the mug at the Dollar Store {nice!} and googled 'love quotes', then wrote them on the mug with permanent marker and baked it at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.. voila!  They say you can put them in the dishwasher, but I would probably just hand wash it.

"where there is love, there is life" ~Ghandi

"do all things with love"

I kept this one pretty simple, but the options are endless!

Daddy!! + Valentine Crafts!

I went to Lawrence on Saturday to get Jacob and got to go to the game {not a good one, but we won't talk about that} and had to get a picture of the Jayhawks for Isabelle.. she loves them, it's the daddy Jayhawk and the baby.. she always asks where the mom is, so we've gotten pretty creative with those answers.  We drove back to KC after the game and went to dinner, just the two of us, nice little treat!  We went by my mom's first so Iz could see her daddy, it had been almost a week and she was so excited that he was coming to see her!

We had breakfast with the family Sunday morning and got a little extra time with daddy... Isabelle is always a huge fan of daddy's smoothies/ 'juice' to her!

I love this pic of my two favorites.. both having their juice.

Izzy girl got to help Sue Sue make some banana bread.. Sue Sue is so great about letting Iz sit right up to the counter and help whenever she's cooking and Iz just loves it- thank you Sue Sue because sometimes I want to scream when she's trying to help me in the kitchen {just being honest}!

We had fun Valentine craft time with some doilies and cards I got from the Dollar store and a potato that I cut into a heart stamp.

Do her two hands look like they make a heart?  That's the idea anyway...

the potato heart stamp :)

The cookie sheet under the paint project is always a good idea, helps to keep the paint contained and it's easy to clean when you're done!

:: salt dough + cinnamon applesauce ornaments :: crescent cinnamon rolls ::

We had a fun morning being crafty!  We had stuff to paint and cinnamon ornaments to make for gifts.

Cheese!

 Izzy girl was so excited to paint, she loves painting!

I had wanted to make some ornaments to give to family for Christmas so I thought I would try the salt dough.. seemed simple enough.  I made the salt dough from 'theimaginationtree.com' {mix together 1 C salt, 1 C plain flour, 1/2 C warm water, bake for 3 hours at 200 degrees} and split the dough in half like she recommended, but they just seemed really thick and big, so I made 3 and they were still pretty thick.. Iz's hand also didn't seem to indent them that well- I'll just say, I was kind of disappointed in the outcome so we only made the 3.  My hands are also very dry and they were burning by the time I had the dough mixed up.. will need gloves if I make it again!

 We also painted a picture frame for dad.. that is a face of concentration!

After painting we made cinnamon applesauce ornaments {1 C applesauce, 1 1/2 C cinnamon}... way more successful than the salt dough, I was really happy they turned out!  And our kitchen smelled amazing all morning!

 Once you have the dough made, just roll it out and us whatever cookie cutters you want!

Can you tell by Isabelle's mouth and hand that she's saying, "no, I do it.".. ?

So much fun!  Thank you for helping Sue Sue!

I had really wanted to get Iz's hand, so I just traced around her hand with a dull knife and it seemed to work out pretty well..

All done and ready for the oven!  We baked them at 200 degrees for 1 1/2 hours and then let them sit out for the rest of the day.  I did use red + white bakers twine to hang them and I don't know why I didn't take a picture of the finished product, but I'm sure you get the idea.  I put them on top of the cookie plates we gave to our neighbors and they were a perfect addition!

I had some crescent rolls in the fridge and remembered seeing this recipe on Pinterest, so I decided to make them for breakfast.  They are super easy and delicious!  I know, of course they are, it's crescent roll, butter + cinnamon sugar!  I didn't get a picture of them right out of the oven because we were hungry and so anxious to eat them, so this pic was after they were cooled and it just doesn't do them justice.

Crescent Cinnamon Rolls

Preheat oven to 375

Mix together:

5 T melted butter, 1/4 C white sugar, 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Spread mixture evenly over the unrolled crescent rolls and roll up tightly.

Place tip side down on an un greased rimmed cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes.

For the glaze/icing, mix:

2 T melted butter, 1/4 C + 2 T powdered sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla

Pour over the rolls.

*Next time I make these, I will omit the butter and just make a regular icing glaze of powdered sugar, milk + vanilla.

:: Homemade Stocking ::

I haven't found a stocking for Iz that I love so I decided to make it {just some felt, glue and buttons}.  I asked her what she wanted on it and she said, snowman, heart, stars.. and maybe a few other things, but this is what I ended up with!  I used my handy embroidery machine to put her name at the top.. thought it turned out pretty good! 

Now she has her own stocking!

:: warmers :: burp cloths :: iz ::

I wanted to make some leg warmers for a gift so I picked up some fun socks from the store, cut the feet off, then the toes and heels and sewed the foot part back onto the the end to make like a ribbing.. super simple and fun!  There are a bunch of different ways to make them, so I made another pair for Iz without adding the ribbing at the bottom, just folding the end under a couple times and sewing, makes them a little shorter, but I like that too.. either way works!  Izzy girl loves 'her warmers', she wears them with everything!!

I also made two new burp cloths that I was just experimenting with.. adding rick-rack to the sides, kind of fun addition and then adding embroidery to the other.. it's kind of hard to see because I did it in white {kind of just wanted it to blend}, but I did an 'M' for her name.. you can see it better in the second pic.

Izzy girl and I went for a walk to see if we could find daddy coming home and she was just too funny with the sucker she got from the doctor's office... like she was so cool that she had it!

Paisley's 1st birthday!!

I just love this picture of Isabelle and Paisley checking each other out.. probably because of Isabelle's little tongue sticking out..

 These two are so funny together.. there outfits just happened to coordinate, pretty cute.

 The birthday girl and Emme!

 Ashley made this pinata and it was so fun to watch the kids swing at it.. I just loved how they all sat patiently in age order for their turn... Isabelle and Harper on deck {both with their legs crossed}!

 Iz needed to use a little more muscle, but she did manage to hit the thing!

Such a face of determination...

 me and my girl.

 Cake time!  I wish I would have gotten one of her after she dug in.

It was fun to see lots of family and watch Paisley enjoy her birthday.

So many birthdays!  With all the commotion of the kids' birthdays I kind of forgot that mine was coming, so thanks to my husband, he suggested we go to dinner Saturday night for my birthday on Sunday.. I was so glad my besties were able to join us!  We ate at Thomas and had our own little section with a TV {important KSU game was on}, the food + atmosphere were wonderful.. thank you friends for helping to celebrate my big '3-0' birthday!! 

Ashley found an outfit that she liked on Etsy for Paisley to wear at her party and asked if I could make it, so I had a fun little project and here it is...

It looked so cute on her!  Just a long sleeved onesie, some fabric and 'Wonder Under' for the shirt and pink tulle, elastic, felt + ribbon for the skirt.. I cut the tulle into strips and looped them over and around the elastic, super simple, there are all kinds of tutorials online if you google 'how to make a tutu'.  Just make sure that you take 2 inches off of the waist size for the elastic because it stretches out when you put all the pieces of tulle on it.