Adorable Adornments

Our church hosted a women's fellowship last spring called Grace Filled Expressions.  his was an opportunity for women to choose a class they wanted to go to in another woman's home and spend time learning a few tips on that topic.  Some of the classes included Gardening, Jewelry Making, Fitness, Sewing, Vegan Cooking, Coffee Roasting, Photography, and several other amazing ones I can't remember off the top of my head right now. My self and another lady were paired to do Cake Decorating and Decorating your Home for the Holidays.  My portion of the lesson was called Adorable Adornments.  I spoke about how to choose a style and theme that fits your personality and we looked at various ideas for traditional holidays and...

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Favorite cakes

About a year ago my best friend from college introduced me to Pinterest and I quickly became addicted to pinning.  After a few weeks I realized my to-do list had grown exponentially.  I had craft projects I wanted to complete and recipes I wanted to try.  I created a list of supplies I wanted to start collecting and asked for many of those items for Christmas.  Since then I've a been able to complete a few of the projects, but not near as many as I still have on my list.  I've tried a ton of new recipes for dinner but like many of you desserts are my favorite. These are two cakes I have made that I will have to make time to bake again very soon. This was a 5-layer raspberry lemonade cake!  YUM! This...

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Busy Bag Swap Round 2

Just in time, more fun games!  I didn't get a picture of all of the activities, but here are a few pictures to get your creative juices going. Uppercase and lowercase plastic spoon matching. Clothes line hanging. Lollypop matching game. Number cards matching game. Button threading. Uppercase and lowercase ice cream cone matching. Pipe cleaner and beads color matching. Sensory shape bag. Bracelet beading with colored pasta...

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"You're starting preschool with a TWO year old?"

My sweet little girl is 28 months old and truth be told, she is smart as a whip.  You can't get anything by this one and, for good or bad, she doesn't forget a thing.  We started noticing this about her when she started saying words at six months.  She put words together at ten months, and started talking in broken sentences by her first birthday.  She could point out most animals and make their sounds a few weeks after that.   She knew most of her colors, shapes, letters, and numbers (under 20) before her 2nd birthday.  I say all of this, not to boast in her (or myself), but because I want to thank the Lord my God for the grace he has shown to us in developing her intellect.  In addition, I want to take a minute to explain why I am starting "preschool"...

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