Father's Day

 I found this photo idea on Pinterest. Here is my version!  I will print it out and frame it for Father's Day.

The kids had fun with this! The baby was such a ham…she was cracking us all up!  So I had to include these bloopers.

Man, I feel so blessed to be the mommy of these special kiddos!

I tried some in the grass too for more color.  The angle was not as good though to get their feet.  That was mainly because we couldn't get the baby to flex her feet. The porch steps worked better for us.  

I told the kiddos to keep it a secret and not tell Daddy until Father's Day.  When he came home our 4-yr-old said, "Daddy we didn't take a picture today.  Have you ever seen a foot picture?" Oh well, I don't think he had a clue what she was referring to. Have fun creating!

April Fools Day Meal

April Fools Day Ice Cream Sundaes
(Mashed potatoes and gravy with a radish on top)

The "Cupcakes" are actually cornbread stuffed with
BBQ meat with a cream cheese and red pepper "frosting"
You can find the recipe here!

Our family is at a fun stage where they love every holiday and get excited to celebrate anything. April Fool's Day is no exception. I have made it a tradition to make something "fun" and "surprising" to eat on that day.  They never know what to expect, but know Mommy has some sort of trick up her sleeve. 

These were not original recipe ideas. I just  Googled "April Fool's recipes" and looked through the images until I found something I wanted to make. This year I served "hamburgers," "ice cream sundaes" and "cupcakes."

" Hamburgers"
nilla wafers
green icing
red icing
thin mint cookies
yellow or orange starburst
honey
sesame seeds
Directions: Squeeze a little green icing around the edges of a nilla wafter cookie to look like lettuce. Stick the thin mint on top of the green icing. Warm a starburst in the microwave for about 15 seconds to make it pliable. Flatten to shape into the "cheese." Layer the flattened starburst on top of thin mint. Top with red icing on outer edges to make "ketchup." Paint a small amount of honey on a nilla wafer and sprinkle with sesame seeds to look like a  hamburger bun. Place this nilla wafer on top of red icing. Repeat for as many "hamburgers" you wish to make.

Enjoy Creating!

Name Sign

   What do you get a baby who is the 4th girl and doesn't need clothes or toys?  Well, I decided to make her a unique name sign for her room.  We have a western theme for her room and crib bedding with sunflowers. This was not an original idea, but I wanted to share how my version turned out.  
  Materials:
barn wood -you can use any board that is the cut to size. If you like the distressed/ aged look you can find lots of tutorials on how to make faux barn wood).
rope
hot glue gun
felt flowers (if desired)

I cut the barn wood to the right length. I used an old lasso rope we had lying around. (You can also use jute or any other rope that is flexible enough.) I had to cut the rope in a few places to make it bend how I wanted to shape the letters.  I just hot glued it down as I went.  I made the felt sunflower to give it color and make it more feminine.  There are lots of tutorials on making felt flowers. I used this one sunflower tutorial.  Enjoy creating!