Heart shaped cookies

I have definitely adapted to this SAHM thing! I made heart shaped cookies and home made frosting from my favorite recipe website here. The cookie recipe was the Cracked Sugar Cookie recipe here and the Sugar Cookie Icing recipe here. Yum!

TP stamping

Being a SAHM (stay-at-home Mom) means you are supposed to do all those things you wished you could do with your kids but never had time to when you were working right?! Well, pinterest has made me all artsy and crafty with ideas galore! This is the simplest idea was using a toilet paper roll (love the idea of recycling something)! You bend the toilet paper roll in half, tuck the top half in, and tape it up to form a heart! Put paint on a paper and let the kiddos stamp away! Tons of fun and super cute!

How cute are those hearts?!

I think the kids enjoyed squirting paint on the paper plate more than the stamping

Ashton turns the activity messy!

Super cute idea!

Feeding the geese

What's a picnic without feeding the geese!

The Fresno Zoo

As part of my Mom's group, we had a Zoo outing! Fortunately, Papa T was available to come join us and we had a blast! It has been unusually nice and the kids enjoyed a beautiful day out and finished with a picnic and some park play time!

The kids in the petting and feeding area... This guy was full and sleepy!

Trying to find the monkey

I love Violet's face in this picture -- they are looking at the bear!

Tim along for the ride!

I think the tractor might be in competition for the best experience at the zoo!

Super cute! Violet holding Papa T's hand!

Violet loved the tractor ride too!

Ashton gets stuck at the park

Violet is always trying to keep up with her big bro!

Happy Valentine's Day projects

My first (Pinterest) project was for Valentine's Day. Look at the adorable card I had the kids make for the Grandparent's Valentine's Day card! Simple, adorable, and classic!

And while perusing the internet I found some Valentine's Day picture ideas. Ideally, all three kids would have made it into one picture but it's nearly impossible right now. Maybe in a few months... or years!

I love that I can find ideas to use that don't cost any (or much) money. This time around we had everything for both projects - construction paper and finger paint and of course, sidewalk chalk. And it always helps to have some patience!

Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Dawn and vinegar cleaner

Thank you pinterest for my new household cleaner.

12 ounces Dawn
12 ounces white distiller vinegar

It's supposed to be the best all purpose cleaner! I can't wait to give it a try!

Pinterest anyone?

So if you haven't heard of the latest craze by now... it is pinterest.com. It has renewed my need for organization and crafty things. It's basically a pin "boards" of your favorite things, which conveniently (eventually) link to the original website. You can "repin" from other posters which make finding the original poster and website tricky at times but it has stimulated my need to reorganize and redo my home! My new favorite blog is http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/. She is ridiculously organized and I can aspire to be half as organized as her! Maybe one day!

I have done my first couple of projects but they are for Valentine's Day! So, Nana & Papa are just going to have to wait until this weekend to get their gift and then I can post pictures of our fun crafty ideas! I am sure the suspense is now killing my parents and they will call me to post a picture of it anyways! But it's only 4 days and you will see how adorable our crafty creations can be!

I have also already created a project folder of all my home improvement ideas I want to do! My first one includes redoing the cabinets with a cool product, Cabinet Transformations. Their logo is, "No stripping, No sanding, No priming!" I can't wait to give it a try! This all started with our bathroom door breaking which lead to a new shower enclosure. So now I am going to redo our master bath cabinets and hopefully upgrade the hardware. I want to also create a wood frame to go around the basic mirror leftover from the builders. I wish I had a picture of our old shower enclosure to get a true before and after. But I will now! Well, once the bathroom is semi-cleaned! From there, I will move onto the kid's bathroom cabinets and eventually the kitchen! Then I have so many ideas including my living room, laundry room, and eventually contain the kid's playroom/toys!