First Holy Communion

My twins had their First Holy Communion last month. They were so adorable. I just had to share some pictures.

Big News!!!

I have BIG NEWS!!!!

I will be launching a new website and putting up my creativity kits online again. I am so excited. I love putting together kits that let others be creative.

Here is my story and I am sure we all have a story just like this one......

Last week I wanted to make these adorable cupcake bath bombs for all the teachers at my children's school.

I read the directions and wrote down my list of supplies needed and proceeded to head to the health food store where the writer of the instructions said I could find my supplies. After wandering the aisles of the health food store and being completely overwhelmed. I had no idea what the items I needed even looked like. Finally I gave up and stood patiently waiting for a salesperson to assist me.

While waiting nearby I heard in graphic detail this poor customers problem with his foot. He was going into detail about all the "natural" remedies he had tried and was asking if the salesperson if she had any other suggestions. I was in shock that someone would go through what this poor man was going through. I would most definitely be at the doctor's office yelling for DRUGS! He is very admirable for sticking to his beliefs of natural treatments. But seriously I could have done without the gruesome details. LOL!

Finally the patient and very polite salesperson was able to give me her attention. I explained my lack of knowledge of what I needed and showing her my list of supplies. She proceeded to tell me they didn't carry this, or this, or this. But she did have one item on my list, a large bottle of witch hazel for $9.99. The instructions only said to spritz with witch hazel so I am sure I did not need this huge bottle of witch hazel. Seriously I have no idea what to do with witch hazel. She was very nice and said she would be happy to order the other items on my list.

Well being a busy person like we all are I had waited till the last minute to even think of what teacher's gift I was going to make. Teacher Appreciation day is tommorrow!!! There is no way that I would be able to get my supplies in time to make the Bath Bombs.

I could order the ingredients online but couldn't find them all on one website so would have to pay shipping from several different sites. There is probably a website that lists all the supplies but darn if I could find one.

To add to all this drama I don't even know if the measurements of the supplies listed make 1 or 20 bath bombs. Can you imagine if I ordered everything and only made 3 bath bombs??? I have 4 children and a TON of teachers to make gifts for.

My bath bombs were quickly costing a fortune. Instead another parent and I are setting up a chocolate fountain in the teacher's lounge for the teachers.

You know what would be perfect! To have a kit with all the indepth instructions both written and images (for those that like visuals like myself), supplies, tools, and only one shipping cost. And to know how many bath bombs the kit would make. I would be able to create and not have to own a huge bottle of Witch Hazel.

I love putting together kits and making sure that all of us can try new techniques but most importantly not to waste our valuable time running around town looking for those supplies and tools you need. We get to spend our very valuable time on creating!!

We love Ducks!

The baby ducks are growing so fast. They are not even 1 month old and they are huge. They still love to be snuggled and played with.

They are almost as big as our full-grown hens. We took them out yesterday and they were so funny to watch waddle around. But poor babies were terrified of the hens.

My adorable Wyatt holding Waddle or Quackers. We have decided on names but still waiting to see if they are boys or girls.

Too cute!
This is Maeve and she is the first hen to run and see what you are up to and see if you have her a treat. She is the skinniest of the hen and we decided it is because she "works out" so much.

You know the story of the baby duck that went around to all the animals asking "are you my mother?". My oldest son picked up this duck the day we brought it home and it settled right now and would cry if he put it down. The duck has decided that Chase is it's mother. Of course Chase would die if his friends knew this.

Sorry the pictures are a little dark it was raining yesterday and we were all getting quite wet playing with ducks.

What is up with this EGG!

We have the cutest and sweetest chickens in the world. They are so tame they follow you everywhere and love to be picked up and petted. We let our chickens out during the day and they eat all the bugs in the yard.

We started with baby chicks a year ago and this year we have 9 hens laying 6-9 eggs a day. They lay ginormous eggs but this one is by far the strangest egg yet. The kids are so excited to take it to school to show their teachers.



Here is a picture of a large egg from the grocery store, then our usual eggs from our chicken, and finally our STRANGE egg.

The kids talked me into saving two baby ducks this year. The ducks were not standing on their own and so they couldn't get to the food or water and were going to die. My Noah nursed them and made sure they got food and water all day long. He saved their lives and now they are also huge.

Here is a cute picture when one of them when they are a week old.


We haven't named them yet because we don't know if they are girls or boys. And because we saved 2 ducks we had to get some cute little chicks to keep them company.




The ducks and chickens do not live in the house! Looks like they do from the picture above. They were in containers in the bathtub for 2 weeks so we could make sure they were getting their medicine and the weather was so cold here even with a heat lamp. Now they are cozy and warm out in the barn still separated from the big hens. So now we have 2 ducks and 14 chickens, a dog, and a cat. A crazy place if you ever saw one.

One of our little friends were visiting when the babies were in the tub and went on to tell his teachers that he played with baby ducks and baby chickens in the bathtub. He totally confused his teacher!

Filing Cabinet Transformation

My younger son's had this horrible dresser where the drawers kept falling apart and the handles fell off. You know the ones. I have glued, stapled, and nailed the drawers back together a zillion times and couldn't take it for a second longer.

And to make matters worse they can't get the clothes out or into the 2 top drawers because the can't reach. So you spend everyday putting their clothes away and getting their clothes out. Not my idea of self-sufficient children.

I found these at a thrift store for $5. They had 4 and I only bought 2 (I couldn't fit anymore in my car with the kids) and wish I had bought all of them.

My husband thought I was crazy when I said I wanted them for my son's dressers.

A few hours with rubber gloves and lots of steel wool and my filing cabinets were showing promise. I grabbed the spray paint and went to town.
They are a beautiful glossy blue to match their red, white, and blue bedroom. They are very heavy and sturdy. The perfect dressers for 2 boys ages 6 and 8. They love them and have them all organized with their clothes. It is so cute to see how neat they keep them.

And the best part I got reuse something old and find a new purpose for it. My favorite pasttime!!!

Our Brownie Troop is Going Green

Brownie's Showing their Spirit and Going Green!

I am the leader of my daughter's Brownie Troop at St. Joseph's School in Millbrook, New York. We have been working on our Big Community Service Project for the last 2 months and will finally see all our hard work pay off as we help reduce the amount of plastic bags that make it into our landfills.

We have collected 500 used t-shirts from family and friends to turn into recycled tote bags. We will be handing out our tote bags in front of the A&P in Lagrange on Saturday, April 25th 3-6PM. We are not charging for our tote bags and will only be accepting donations for our local food bank!

We will be helping our community cut down on their use of plastic bags and also gave 500 t-shirts a new purpose.

I am so proud of these 2nd and 3rd grade girls and their dedication to this HUGE project! They have worked so hard cutting, sewing, folding, and making signs for our event.

I will post more pictures after our event. And please stop by if you are in the area and pickup a t-shirt tote bag from us.

My daughter Chloe sewing her little heart out trying to keep up with mommy on how many tote bags she can make.

One of the many boxes of finished tote bags.

The Life of a Six Year Old

I am addicted to Stumble and find myself stumbling each evening before I fall asleep. I saw this idea on another blog (and I cannot for the life of me remember which one) while stumbling. Such a perfect idea to see what your child thinks about you.

What is your favorite color?
All the colors except pink.

What is mom's favorite color?
Pink, of course.

What is your favorite thing to drink?
milk, juice, and water

What is mom's favorite drink?
coffee and ice tea

What is dad's favorite drink?
everything

What is your favorite snack?
goldfish and cheezits

What is your favorite food?
hamburgers

What is mom's favorite food?
chocolate

What is dad's favorite food?
chips and spicy food

What do you like to do with mommy?
crafts and cooking

What do you like to do with daddy?
play guitar and build train sets

What color are mommy's kisses?
pink and purple.

What are the color of daddy's kisses?
blue, green, red, and yellow

What does mommy do when you are at school?
chores

What does daddy do when you are at school?
work

What does mommy and daddy do when you are asleep?
snore ALOT

What is daddy's favorite chore?
cleaning his room

What is mommy's favorite chore?
Cleaning her craft room.

What chore does daddy hate?
emptying the dishwasher

What chore does mommy hate?
cleaning her room, just look at it.

What chore does Wyatt hate?
picking up the dirty clothes.