Lego Necklace! Spotlight Sunday!

As soon as I saw this tutorial on how to make a Lego Necklace, I knew I had to make a red one for my cousin Shelby! It is SO cool, and I loved making it. It was so easy, it took about 30 seconds to make. Head over to We Are That Family, to see how to make your own.

Hope you love it Shelby!

Toddler Time Thursday! Deanna's Playhouse

Today was one of those days when I had no motivation to be creative. We had nothing planned at all (which never happens) and it was so unbelievably cold outside, I knew I had to come up with something fun indoors. Well, since painting wasn't happening and I could hardly think about playing dress up all day, I had to think fast...

Then I remember I had a free coupon for Deanna's Playhouse in Holland, Michigan that expired on Saturday. So we got dressed and headed on our way. Burr, I think it took the entire 20 minute drive for my car to warm up, but it was worth it.

This was our first time here, and there we a few things that I loved about it!
-It is all open, with nook type play areas around the perimeter, so I could always see Molly no matter where she was playing.
-There was a preschool field trip there, so she had lots of kids to play with, which she really needs to practice. :)
-They had a place for us to eat our own packed lunch, so nice for this frugal momma
-Also, bonus! If you signed up for there e-mail mailing you got a certificate for another free visit!

Aren't these giant tinker toys awesome!!!

Tool sets are always a favorite of Molly's. She plays with her tool box at home everyday, so she was thrilled to play on an actual tool bench!!!

We had so much fun, and played forever. I am exhausted, I'm sure we will both be sleeping good tonight! This was so great for Molly to get to play with other kids all morning, it really makes me want to find more moms and kids to start play dates with. I never realized how hard that would be, I guess I just need to get more social. :)

Yummy Snowman Donuts!

I'm sure you can tell by my blog lately where my mind is.... CRAVING SWEETS! :) I saw these adorable snowman donuts over at The Creative Crate and was so excited to make them. Tonight Randal is working late, so Miss Molly and I had a girls night which was the perfect opportunity to whip these babies up. They are super easy and oh so yummy. Enjoy! ( I sure did)


How can you not love a snack that is powdered donuts and frosting... yum yum! I ran out of black coloring, so my black frosting turned out a little gray, but that just means I need to plan a trip to Hobby Lobby to restock, oh man! :)

Menu Monday!

With these last couple weeks of being pregnant, and my husband trying to eat healthier before his yearly doctors appointment, our meal plan is a bit unique. I don't really have any new recipes or anything lately, but I have found one that I am dying to try.

Oreo Truffles!!!

Yum, Yum, Yum, these Oreo Truffles from Celebrations at Home look AMAZING and so easy. I can't wait to come up with an excuse to make these for something. Head over here and see how to make them, seriously, they only have 3 ingredients! Any of my local friends what to have a "Truffle" get together, hehe. :)

Sew Something Saturday! I-Spy Swap

I am SO EXCITED to be part of Obsessively Stitching's I-Spy fabric swap 2.0. I really wanted to join last time she did they great swap, but wasn't fast enough to get signed up, so I am very happy I made it in this time. Head over and check it out.

Basically 20 of us all pick out 10 different fabrics for an I-Spy quilt and cut out 20 squares of each. Then we send them in, and get back one of everyones fabric, so I'll have 200 different I-Spy fabric squares! Yup, 200 different!!!!! It has taken me 6 months to save up 5 squares on my own, so this is huge!

Here are the 10 fabrics I choose and cut to send in for the swap. It was fun thinking about what would be easy and hard to look for in the quilt. I am SO EXCITED to make this quilt, that I have be dreaming about how I am going to put it together. I think something like this.

Wordless Wednesday!

This "Wordless Wednesday" is going to be a little wordy, but I thought I should explain my daughters amazing outfit. :)

Let's just say, these last few weeks of being pregnant are harder than I remember, so Molly has been really enjoying a lot of freedom in what she plays and what she wears, lol.

Yesterday she told me... "Be Right Back Mommy," and a few minutes later came out of her room dressed like this bringing me "Valentines Treats." Not sure what the winter hat and water spray bottle fan have to do with delivering Valentines Treats are all about, but I did laugh pretty hard, and Molly had a blast playing like this for hours.

For more great "Wordless Wednesday" pictures, visit 5minutesformom.

Tip Tuesday!

Blue Cricket Designs has an AMAZING recipe collection, and here's the best part... it is all set up to be printed off into a book!

Yum! The Taco Stromboli looks so good. And all I can say is, Cinnamon Rolls w/ Cream Cheese Frosting... Seriously, it's 9:30 at night here and I'm sure I'm going to be dreaming about those tonight. :)

Head over to one of my favorite blogs, Blue Cricket Designs, and make sure to print out a copy of the 2009 Recipe Collection.