Ode to my talented sister in law...

My awesome sister in law, Jeanette, made this awesome sweater for Kenneth for his birthday. Isn't is fantastic? Kenneth LOVES it! He wears it all the time - and it's a sweater vest, so he'll be able to keep wearing it all summer long :)

Thanks J! You're amazing!

Bird Puppets!

Since I am a nanny, I am always looking for fun projects to do with the kids I take care of. My cute sister in law suggested this one, and we loved it! Jay actually spent the entire time yelling out "I'm so happy!" It was actually really sad when we finished the project. This might be one we have to do again. Here are some pictures of our bird puppets:

I definitely recommend this project if you're looking for good times :) 

Happy Birthday Kenneth!

Today is Kenneth's 30th birthday! We had a BBQ last weekend to celebrate. It was so much fun!

Thanks Jason and Nadia for hosting the party!

I for one, am so grateful that Kenneth was born 30 years ago. He is so cute and fun and smart and I love him so much! Happy birthday Kenneth!!!

It's finished!

Here is is.. My row house quilt is officially finished! 

Now the question is, what should I work on next?

Happiness..

So, it's true that money can't buy happiness... But money can buy a new bed and mattress, which as far as I'm concerned is happiness.

Of course, spending the whole day at Ikea, as well as several mattress stores, last Saturday almost killed Kenneth. Luckily it all worked out and our new bed is amazing :)

Do you like my hat?

It really seems like this winter is never going to end. The bad weather really makes life as a nanny hard! During the summer we can spend every day at the park and everyone is happy. But in the winter I have to work much harder to find things for us to do every day.

Luckily, I have a great husband who gives me great ideas for projects we can do. He saw this one on the PBS show called a place of our own and it was a big success. We even had a hat parade in the living room to show off our work.

It was pretty fun. But we are still looking forward to the spring. Here are J and S on our first outing, on the one day that our weather was above freezing. Don't they look happy?

And, for those of you keeping track. My houses are done! Now all I need to add are the borders.

Salt Cookies!

I am totally sick. OK, it's just a cold. But to me it seems like a really terrible cold that might never go away  (I can be a little dramatic when I don't feel well). I think I caught it from the family I work for, who have all been sick in the past couple of weeks. I had this brilliant plan that after Kenneth and I watched Conan O'Brian's last show last night, I would take Nyquil and sleep so well that I would be completely healed by morning. Apparently my cold did not agree because I woke up more sick than I was before. Kenneth and I have been hanging out all day eating soup and popsicles, watching the Muppet Movie and resting so that this blasted cold will go away.

By about 4:00 we were both a little stir crazy. So, I decided to make snickerdoodles. Now, don't let the title of this blog post fool you. They were actually pretty good. (Not as good as Megs, but we all can't be super fantastic cookie makers). All I could think about while I was mixing the dough was the the first time I made snickerdoodles... 

I was 12 and spending some quality time during summer vacation with my awesome aunt and uncle in Pocatello, ID. My aunt Lanae had to put her kids down for naps and I had some free time so she told me I could make cookies (something I had never done before). She gave me the recipe and showed me where the ingredients were and left me alone in the kitchen.

The result was just a tiny mix up between the sugar and salt.... 
In case you were wondering 2 cups of salt and 1 tsp of sugar does not turn out as well as you might think. And even now, 15 years later, David and Lanae still make jokes about my delicious salt cookies. 

And, for those of you who are frequenters of our blog (or who just happened to read my last post) here is an update on my most recent project:

I still have about 1 1/2 rows left + borders. But I had to take a break from this project to make a baby quilt for a friend of mine who is due in March.

What do you think?