Kings & Wild Things

a few snapshots from this rainy / windy morning

to prove that we are alive (hah!)

and to serve as a reminder to savor the littlest of things

like these two

and their paper crowns leftover from yesterday's homeschooling*

*we made the crowns a part of a "K is for King" lesson and they were SUPER easy to make:

just cut a zigzag pattern down the middle of a sheet of construction paper, 

then line up the two pieces side-by-side & tape / glue where the two ends meet

let the kiddos decorate then wrap around their heads to measure crown size

once you've determined how big the crown needs to be, use tape to secure the ends

sit back and make dinner in peace while hours of imaginative play ensue.

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p.s. i've written countless blog posts in my head lately & have been stockpiling recipes to share

hopefully soon we'll figure out enough of a groove for me to post more consistently

until then

hope you are all well!!! 

(assuming anybody still reads this!)

saturday bloggin' aka photo vomit

i don't normally blog on saturdays

but yesterday we got together with friends

and made tie dye shirts

then we had to wait 24 hours to unveil the final product

and i went a little camera happy

because tie dye

and toddlers

let's just say, i think this will be the first of many tie dye adventures

now on to the photo vomit part...

p.s. if this has inspired you to do some tie dying with your littles, 

here are some "resources" / what we used:

* how to & inspiration courtesy of sheena's first and second tie dye extravaganzas

* this tulip brand tie dye kit 

(except i hit up my local michaels store and used a 40% coupon so it only cost me $10ish)

* $3 t-shirts from good ol' walmart

* dollar store tablecloths left over from the girlies' birthday party:  

...one to do all the dyeing on, so that once we were all done, we could wrap up all the bits and pieces in it and chuck it

...and one more to lay our (still pretty wet) shirts on when we unwrapped them, once again so that we could contain the mess then wrap up and get rid of it easily

the girls still haven't tried them on yet (you have to wash them before you wear them), 

but they're pretty stoked about them, and it was a super fun process!

hello kitty birthday party (for my THREE year old girlies)

my baby girls turned three last week

so we celebrated with family on the actual day

then, once the weekend rolled around, we threw a hello kitty party for them

that was dreamt up, planned out and executed from beginning to end in six days total

yep, you read that right.

i totally dropped the planning ball this year

but our family is awesome and they blessed us with so much help in order to pull it off

some highlights from the party:

- the dark chocolate coconut cake topped with coconut buttercream + shredded coconut
(best cake i've ever made, hands down)

- lemon yogurt cupcakes topped with raspberry buttercream

(a big thank you to my sister-in-law for that flavor combination tip!)

- PINK foods 

(because, when you have three year old girls, a good chunk of your life is dedicated to the color pink)

- a crazy addicting sweet n salty popcorn concoction

- a laughter-filled game of pin the bow on the kitty

aaaaand it wouldn't have been as sweet without all the wonderful people

who gave up their Saturday morning to help us celebrate

so thank you family,

and thank you friends
my girlies are well loved, that's for sure

so, without further ado, some (err--lots of) photos: