Well it’s finally happened – I have become a soccer mom. CJ started a 3-5-year-old soccer skills class last week through our community center. I guess he’s not really playing soccer yet, but I can see the future and I predict lots and lots more soccer.
The class was great and the coach was very patient and [...]
Archive for March, 2008
I’ve Become A Soccer Mom
Posted in Family, kids, life, tagged jersey, kids, soccer, soccer ball, target on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Easter Bunny Was Here
Posted in Family, kids, life, tagged basket, bunny, cadbury creme eggs, candy, cost plus world market, diego, easter, malted milk eggs, pocky, tea on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Belated Easter to everyone. Yes, the Easter Bunny came to our house. He left lots of yummy eggs to find and Easter Baskets for us all. I must say that Easter Candy is my personal favorite, especially Cadbury Creme Eggs and Brach’s Malted Milk Eggs.
CJ got some candy and fun toys in his [...]
Easter Bunnies In A Basket
Posted in Crafts, Family, kids, tagged bunny, craft, easter, glove, kids on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These Easter Bunnies In A Basket are easy and fun to make! When I was a little girl my grandmother used to make puppies in a basket like this, so I thought it would be fun to make an Easter version. CJ and I got together with our neighbor today and each of the kids made one. [...]
Spinach & Cheese Calzones
Posted in Recipe, tagged cheese, cooking, easy meal, food, greek, pizza dough, Recipe, spinach, vegetarian on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In our house we love really simple but good meals. This recipe (look here) is an old favorite that we make regularly. While a lot of calzones are filled with pepperoni or sausage, and tomato sauce, this one is a Greek-style calzone full of spinach, onion, ricotta cheese and feta. It’s just yummy. It’s good all by itself, [...]
Miss M Gets Her Nails Done
Posted in Everything Else, Family, life, tagged cat, cute, lee press-on nails, nails, pet, scratching on March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Don’t be jealous. I know you wish your nails looked so good – I do! This is our cat and these are what my sister-in-law calls Miss M’s “Lee Press-On Nails.” Shhhh, don’t tell Miss M but they’re really Soft Paws nail covers. We got these because Miss M thinks our couch is the cat’s meow [...]
Stitch Up An Easter Basket
Posted in Crafts, Family, Making Things, kids, tagged basket, easter, fabric, how to, sewing on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out these cute Easter Baskets! I’ve discovered that J Caroline Creative, former handbag makers, now carries all kinds of fabrics, sewing notions, handbag supplies and ribbons to create your own sewing crafts.
Best of all they have a great How-To Page where you can find directions on how to make these Easter Baskets and many other fun projects. These Easter [...]
12 Everyday Life Photos
Posted in Everything Else, Family, Making Things, life, tagged easter, flowers, memories, photography, photos, scrapbooking, tea on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In January I read an article in Simple Scrapbooks magazine called “12 Months of Memories.” In the article they talk about taking more photos of ordinary days and everyday things. Specifically they suggest taking 12 everyday photos on the 12th of every month. The idea is that these 12 photos will give a glimpse into [...]
10 Weird Things About My Husband
Posted in Family, tagged humor, husband, italian, pasta, running, top ten list, TV, weird on March 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My hubby, DA, is feeling neglected. He says all of my posts are about CJ. Well, I said, I am a stay at home mom and CJ is pretty much my job. I have lots more time to take photos of CJ and listen to the funny things he says.
So in the spirit of shining [...]
Birthday Buddies
Posted in Family, tagged birthday, buddies, fate, lunch on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A neat thing happened to us recently…
DA & I decided to take CJ out to lunch on his actual birthday. Since DA had to work we met him at a pizza joint near his office. As we were eating our pizza we noticed the family next to us had a birthday cake on their table. [...]
Little things…
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