The Park

It was really beautiful today, so Mom, Jayce and I headed to the park for a little bit.  We had a good time with the usual stuff, such as slides, swings, running and climbing, which are pictured below. The more unusual stuff, like when Jayce picked up a dead bird carcass, and we drowned his hands in antibacterial gel, are not pictured....

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My Sub-Conscious Needs a Day Job. Or a Night Job.

This week one of our friends in town went into labor a week early, and a few days before family was in town to watch their older son, so we offered to keep him overnight so that they could both stay in the hospital and focus on the new baby.  He was great, slept completely through the night, and not a problem at all.  However, I had not anticipated that I would feel just a little anxious while listening for someone else’s baby to cry out...

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Eggs Galore

A few weeks ago when I was busy making my egg wreath, Jayce would periodically get into my eggs and run away with one, and I would go chase him down (I needed those little guys for my project!) So, as a compromise of sorts, I gave him a whole bag of the bigger eggs that I wouldn’t be using to let him play with. The very first time that he grabbed one of the eggs, he turned to me and said, “A!” (I know that actually “E” is for egg, but “A”...

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I have been dying to make a book page wreath since before Christmas and have just never gotten around to it. But with Easter rapidly approaching, I thought of a fun way to combine the two: The Framed Book Page Egg Wreath!! It’s a mouthful, but a good one! :) If you want to make this project, gather together these supplies and get to work, because Easter will be here soon and you’re going to want to keep this out for a little while! You’ll also want...

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On Productivity and Timers

You know how some people are actually more productive when they have more to do and less time to do it?  I used to be that way, but I think that I lost it.  I thought that I had lost it the way that you lose something like bike riding, where you can pick it right up again after a long period of absence.  But I think that I’ve lost it the way that you lose a foreign language when you don’t use it regularly, where you kind of remember...

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Some Fun Around Our House

I feel like I’ve been blogging a lot about some of the fun things that we have going on around here in the past few weeks.  But it’s good to have fun news, right? I know I have already discussed Chris receiving the Templeton Award and how excited we are about it.  We still feel overwhelmed by it all, since we are from a small school and Chris is currently teaching at a small school.  But since the 2010 award winners were recently...

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Fun Features!

First off, I am so excited to let you know that I am guest blogging today over at Tatertots and Jello today! I've posted a tutorial on my Book Page Egg Wreath, a project that I love and am still surprised by how well it turned out! You'll have to stop back and let me know what you think of it! Second, have you had a chance to check out the new creative blog, Lemon Tree Creations? I am thrilled to be a weekly contributor and have loved the ideas that...

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Sweet Little Bather

I snapped a few pictures of Jayce last night when he was taking a bath.  I couldn’t resist playing with the editing a little bit since the white tub ended up being an unexpectedly great background, and I couldn’t resist editing a few shots where the tub was completely blown out.   But in addition to fun photography stuff, Jayce was being a little doll playing with his toys and I’m so glad that my camera was with me.  He lined...

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