Sturdy for Common Things

Good As New: Container Garden

In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d round up a few of my favorite upcycled container garden ideas. The snow has almost melted away from the other day, now we’re just waiting on some warmer, sandals and sunhats, move my seedlings outside, spend the day at the park type of weather.

Remember

Take care of it. Happy Earth Day! image

And the award goes to…. ?

Last week, I was asked what children book awards I’m currently aware of. Excited by the question immediately blurted out, “The Caldecott Medal, The Newbery Awards, and…well… um…..that’s it.” Embarrassing. I worked in a children’s book department for almost two years and that’s all I’ve got? It was some time ago, but even so my […]

House & Home

Sorry for the lull around here. The last few days have been busy ones with all the traveling and the after-travel settling that takes place after being gone for almost a week.  Needless to say, the baby traveled *extremely* well and slept like a champ the entire trip. This was improvement by leaps and bounds […]

Good Morning, Good Morning

Took this photo before our trip to Kansas this week. Glow worm was up at the crack of dawn. Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!

Teenage Seedlings

Due to a mischievous cat and freakishly large cucumbers, I did a little transplanting of my seedlings over the weekend. Zydeco has been caught nibbling on my garlic chives and stepping on my zinnias and cucs, some have survived some have seen their demise. To save my now teenage seedlings from their nemesis, I moved […]

A few noteables…

Ever since my husband decided on Kansas for where he wants to go back to school, the whirlwind of preparations commenced. While we are busy making plans, life continues on. A few notable details over the past few days…. We found a place to live in Kansas. I cannot tell you how much of a […]

Reading Together: Snuggle Puppy

Snuggle Puppy by Sandra Boynton is easily LBD’s favorite book. It’s a quick, little broad book complete with singing and kissing. Reading, singing, and kissing? They’re our favorites. It starts: Well, I have a thing to tell you, and it won’t take long: The way I feel about you is a kind of a song. […]

Baby Hangover

LBD didn’t sleep the entire week we were in Texas. She didn’t sleep the week after we returned either. It was the worst she has ever slept in her entire nine months of existence. Then I got sick. And then the baby got sick. And then the husband. We were a cooped up bunch of […]

New Game

These pictures don’t do what’s going on here much justice. LBD is pressing her face into the pack n’ play to make funny faces. After every face she made a face, she would push away from the meshing let out a belly laugh. We did this all day yesterday. Enjoy!