Christmas Day....

Our White Christmas Tree

with all those present waiting to be opened

My little guy with his first present

The kids goes wild....

Yeah... a phone...

Hello???? Anyone home????

Yeah......

Yeah, I'm so tired after opening all the gifts..... {yawn}

I have really enjoyed the smiles on my their faces while they opened their presents....

Happy Holidays!!!!

Wishing all a Happy Holiday

and a

New begining to a New Year....

Easy Wallet

Happy Thanksgiving.....

What are we thankful for this year.....











My FamilyMy ChildrenMy LoveMy FriendsMy JobMy BlogMy Willingness to learn and be creative How about you? What are you thankful for this year?

Shabu Shabu for dinner....

This is what we had for dinner tonight hotpot or to some it's called shabu shabu meaning

shabu-shabu
[SHAH-boo SHAH-boo]
A Japanese dish consisting of raw meat (usually paper-thin slices of beef) and raw vegetables cooked by each diner at the table in a pot of hot broth. The freshly cooked ingredients can be dipped into a variety of sauces provided for additional flavor. Once the meat and vegetables have been cooked and eaten, the broth, sometimes with noodles added, is then served. The name is said to come from the sound that's made as the meat is gently swished through the broth.)







This picture is already the end result of the night... we had vegetable's, meats, seafood, vermicelli, rice noodles, radish, Chinese meatball, fish ball and more....

oh my yummy yummy.....

Desert

upside down apple cake

I'll come back and post the recipe if anyone is interested.....

Max and Ruby

As my 4 yr old and I was sitting here this morning waiting for school to start this was our conversation:

Me: "Where's Max and Ruby's mom and dad?"
4yr: "They have their grandma"
Me: "So where's their mom and dad?"
4yr: "Well....They work alot..."






Isn't it great how the young mind think?

Homemade Gifts

I am going to do homemade gifts this year for the holidays. (O.K. I will try to make homemade gifts...)

Just a Girl having a party... Check her out. She has all these wonderful ladies out there that have some really great ideas. And she herself have some amazing projects...too!!!

Tote Bag

I made this bag over the weekend...

I also made another one for my K but didn't take a picture yet...

This one was for my mom...

Yeah, wasn't a smart idea to take a picture of a black and white bag on my black leather couch...


So she used it to day for work and what do you know, her boss want's me to make one for her......

Happy Hallowen.... a few days late....

I know Halloween has already pasted but I have been lazy and haven't had time to post some picture...

So here it goes.... ENJOY.....

Optimas Prime here to save the earth

Mickey enjoying a lollipop


My little guy too busy attacking his pumpkin...

CANDY OVERLOAD....


Apple picking after halloween. It was kinda late but we still got some yummy apples...

I WON....

Look what I won...

Prelude by Jennifer Paganelli for Freespirit. Love the beautifil colors...


Now I have to rake my brains on what I am going to make with my win.....

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

Marie-Therese Gown GIVEAWAY !!!!!!!

You have to check this out. It is such an amazing, amazing, amazing.... need I say more??? Amazing dress.

She is having a giveaway so run don't walk to check her out....

PJ pants...

I made some pj pants for my boys this weekend... It came out a bit smaller that I would have liked but I really liked the cars fabric that my son picked out....




Heading to the fabric store for some more....

Chocolate Lollipop Cake.... Oh.... so YUMMY!!!!

So, I have been a blog reader lately and is totally obsess with learning all the arts and crafts, sewing, decorating and cooking tutorials that is out there.

I came across this great blog Bakerella where she makes some great and yummy looking lollipop cakes... They are so cute and precious that I made some myself. But, it didn't really come out like what she had so here it goes.....


But it sure is yummy.... Oh, I forgot to take a picture of the one's that I coated with my homemade Buttercream frosting....
But never fear I'm going to try try and try again to make it look pretty.... :)

Sunday Afternoon....

It 's a sunny Sunday afternoon and I didn't go shopping (like I usually do). I stayed in and attacked my first furniture change....

2 plain and boring


to 2 popping colorful fun chairs




I think I did a good job... what do you think?

Sewing.....

My son needed a smock for school so I decided to sew one for him. Well, I am not a expert at sewing but I can tackle small projects... I don't know how to make a smock but I did make and apron... Didn't use a pattern, just cut and sew.....What do you think....???


Yeah, my lines are not that straight....

Do you think it looks good for a little 4 year old boy?

I love this fabric that I got for the pockets and straps. Alexander Henry..

Back to School Project

O.k. I didn't get to start the project that I promised by Cindy from My Romantic Home. (I didn't have time to get all the supplies.. oops)

But I did do some fun craft with my darling daughter K....

School has started for her and I gave her a party for Back to School. We made scrapbook cover marble notebooks. Thanks to Just a Girl great idea. The girls loved it and they had a blast....




Here is E with his unfinished Thomas the Train book....


Here is the one that I made my K....

Hairbows.....

I can't say that I am a very crafty person but... I love to learn new things and turn what I learn into beautiful things for my house and kids. No matters if it's an arts project with my kids, or a Halloween costume, scrap booking, sewing and even home decorating I'm all for learning something new everyday...

Here is my new passion for hairbows.... It's not completed yet (it take awhile for my brain to come up with creative ideas....)



Ribbons from Walmart after Halloween last year....(at 90%)

Thanks to Targets dollar bin (at 75%)

Here's the funny thing my daughter is 11 so she passes the stage of wearing hair bows .... and Ethan and Skylar... well don't think dad would appreciate his boys wearing anything on their head except for hats....

So after I completed my bows, I will be going on to my next project by Cindy at My Romantic Home. I probably won't be doing seashells.... Don't know what but will get my brain working and will post soon....