Princess Castles

Stampin' Up introduced a new product in their newest catalog. It's called Build-a-Fairytale. (I used the princess silhouette in this card.) Since our little girl loves all things princess and fairy, I had to purchase it. I have to admit I was pretty excited about it as well. It comes with four 12 x 12 die cuts in coordinating colors. I had so much fun with it, I decided to grab some of my coordinating patterned paper and trace my own. Plus Ms. A loves pink and purple a bit more than the turquoise it came with.

I had way too much fun and spent too much time!

Here's some of the castles I put together.

Here's one of them framed. Ms. A excitedly asked if I could hang it in her room, but I think we'll wait for her birthday in just a few weeks. ;)


So I {HEART} this dragon! I still have the original chocolate dragon. I'm tempted to cut out a few more of him. :)

March Snow

Yesterday we were supposed to get a little snow, so I wasn't too surprised. Ms. A was SURPRISED and EXCITED! She danced as she sang songs about SNOW! Afterwards, she begged to play in the snow, but we had church and the snow was gone by the time we came home.



This morning as she was going downstairs, she excitedly yelled "It's Snowing!!" Within minutes she was ready to get dressed. The entire time she was dressing she was talking about playing in the snow. As I finished combing her hair, she asked once again if she could play outside. When I answered "Yes"; she replied: "Whoo Hoo! I get to play in the snow!" I think she was concerned about the snow melting before she had her chance.

I was a little disappointed to see my flowers surrounded by snow, after all it is March and Spring is right around the corner. I am grateful that we received enough for Ms. A to play in, but not enough to keep us home. :)

Hopefully Spring will come soon!!!!

PLEASE!!!! :)

Brush, Brush Your Teeth

Ms. A had her first official visit to the dentist. She's been watching Reed and I during our visits, but yesterday was her turn in the dentist's chair. She wasn't too excited, she wanted her teeth checked at Reed's appointment.

She did a great job! She was very excited to count her teeth. She loves her Princess toothbrush. When we came home, she went straight upstairs and started to floss and brush her teeth.

Kristina's 43rd Color Challenge

Have you ever had one of those moments of unexpected inspiration? That's what happened today when I revisited Ms. Werner's site. She has a new Color Challenge that I loved the colors (Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Brocade Blue and Old Olive), but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it.

I have another project that's taken my focus, so I decided to not participate this time. Suddenly, this card popped into my head. Isn't she lovely. She's from Stampin' Up's Build-a Fairytale die cut set.

I've been playing with castles and put her aside, but today she was pulled out. :)

Is SPRING here?

I have been aching for Spring to come. No more snow or gray clouds, I want flowers blossoming, trees budding, birds chirping and some blue skies!

On Friday, I saw a glimpse of spring!

The skies were blue,
the birds chirping

and a few tulips bursting through the ground.




I was ecstatic! Ms. A and I decided to celebrate with a trip to one of our favorite stores - HOME DEPOT.

We purchased a Heather bush and rushed home to plant it. It felt wonderful to get my hands dirty (gardening used to be torture, but now I love it!). Ms. A got into the swing of things as well. She had a blast digging in the dirt with her spade. :) After our gardening, we had a picnic on the front lawn. YUM! I felt rejuvenated and refreshed.

Now back to the rain..... :)

What a Lucky Mom

Reed has a dentist appointment today, when I asked Ms. A if she wanted to go, she quickly responded with “Can I get my teeth checked? I think it would be a good thing to do.”

I {heart} our dentist. He and his staff are great!!

Now if we can keep that attitude! :)