Tag Archives: connecticut

Winter Ice Sculptures and Frozen Shenanigans

Before the photo dump I’ve got prepared for today, Have a look at this!!  Chicago Parent is arranging a community activity for local folks to make ice balloons to display in a park – and they used my picture with … Continue reading

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More Birthday Fun!

So I wanted to show you a few more things I made to keep myself busy before and during Babycake’s 6th birthday! The obvious theme here is ICECREAM, YAY! including the “scratch and sniff” icecream cone t-shirt. The goodie bags had … Continue reading

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Late April, 2012

I have to tell you, i LOVED having the girls home for april vacation.  I miss our little outtings and jaunts.  I cannot WAIT for summer!  Monday of April vaca, we went to the daffodil fields.  It was a crazy … Continue reading

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spring has sprung

my yard went from huge nasty piles of dirty snow to this: in one day. there’s still nasty dirty piles of snow, but they are getting smaller. it was 70 degrees this afternoon, so i broke out the spring shoes…. … Continue reading

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farm living…

orchard living, really.  i love the idea of living on an orchard… growing fruit, growing veggies, collecting honey… except it’s hot in the summertime.  and muggy.  and there’s bugs.  and dirt.  so i guess i’ll have to settle for visiting the … Continue reading

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another day, another beach

we’ve been to the beach a handful of times this summer – the girls enjoy digging in the sand and getting their feet wet in the water.  today we went to lighthouse point in new haven, and this might be … Continue reading

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beachy keen

went to the beach today, took some pics, thought about how lucky i am to be in the situation i’m in.  the water was chilly, so we played in the sand for close to 2 hours. it was soft and … Continue reading

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whilrwind vacation roundup

i might not remember writing this post in a day or 2.  i have been going nonstop for a little more than a week, finishing up with 2 hours of sleep friday in to saturday getting ready for a craft … Continue reading

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live on better connecticut, it’s US!

NOW! with the link to the segment!!: http://www.wfsb.com/video/17122950/index.html ***** oh, christy and i had a very large time…. but have you heard the thing about how you should pretend someone is always watching or listening?  well i need to take another lesson … Continue reading

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always be prepared.

that’s the lesson of the week.  scot haney called the store (scot haney!!  connecticut famous guy!! our store!!) at 3:00p tuesday wanting to know if we could send someone down to do a craft segment wednesday at 9:30a.  for “better … Continue reading

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