Sweetness...and lots of it!

to say i'm behind in blogging would be putting it mildly. i still want to post about my birthday...that was in August!

this post is all about sweet sweet baked goods and a super fab baked goods and craft sale i went to before the holidays. Yvonne hosted the affair. i always love being in her company and her home. we used to carpool to drum class together...chatting, stopping for a beer en route...good times. friends and family came out with their yummies and homemade wares. i baked my chocolate chip banana bread, and came home with a plate full of delish goodies and a bag full of charming gift tags (made by Jeanne, Yvonne's mama), luscious soaps (by Yvonne) and knit wear (Anjalika's mama...Anjun's grandma...Nani). happy holidays to me! :)

i had the most fun chatting, eating and shopping with some wonderful peeps...hope it's a yearly event ;)

my heart breaks that baby Arjun is crying, but this is one of my fave shots i've taken in a while...just holding on to his Nani's pearls....sweetness.

Glue

Mia wanted to paint...went and tried to get the box of paints down from the art shelves...found glue, tissue and scissors instead. "Mama, I wanna cut and glue" No prob. She never did get to the tissue and scissors, but the glue...that's what she got stuck on.

LOVE this shot of her tootsies!

not much happened on paper...her medium of choice was more her own skin

Mia's super fun attempt at rinsing herself off...she ended up needing a bath.

Playdates of the week

Oh, we almost had too much fun with our friends this week. Our first stop was on Tuesday morning at Andrea & Colton's for a Pajamas & Pancakes playdate. Everyone was still dressed in our pj's and we feasted on YUMMY puffy pancakes, fruit and oh my, does this mama LOVE bacon! Andrea's storytime with Eric Carle's Pancakes! Pancakes! was awesome with all the kids totally absorbed in the book. Thanks, Andrea and Colton!

On Thursday, we hopped over to Gayle and Che's for a To the Tree! A Dog Party! based on P.D. Eastman's Go, Dog, Go! Ok. I must confess that I'd never read this book, so Mia and I were totally captivated as Gayle read the book and Che yelled out the proper responses...too cute! Then we all made our party hats with construction paper, pom pom balls, stickers, gems, pipe cleaners and feathers! It was the best time being all creative and silly. Then came the party cake! A yummy chocolate cake...the kids all had a piece while the mamas snuck and extra piece or two in the kitchen. All the kids played so well together which really makes a nice relaxing time. This was the playdate where my niece, Gwen, was super affectionate (that's the way the sweetie always is) and very into my camera and took a beautiful shot of her cousin, Mia.









this sweet shot of Mia and I in our super groovy hats was taken by Stephanie

We finished the playdate week off with Melanie and Damon's Let it Snow. We made snow globes! Take an empty glass jar. Hot glue some cute holiday things on the inside of the lid. Add about 1/3 of the jar full of light corn syrup. Fill almost to the rim with water. Add glitter and other shiny fun floaty stuff (Mia added mylar-ish trees and reindeer). Fill the rest of the way with water. Put hot glue around the inside rim of the lid and close up tight. Shake and watch! Tahhdahhh! A DIY snow globe!!!!