My Pinterest Obsession

Here are a few of my projects, that I have taken on during the girls' nap time. They are mostly inspired by Pinterest. What did we do before Pinterest? :) .

Project #1: Scrapbook Letters

Materials: Wooden letters from JoAnn's, Paint, Foam Brush, Scrapbook paper, & Mod Podge.

 First I painted the sides of the letters that were going to show with three coats of paint.

 Then I traced the letters on the the scrapbook paper and cut them out, trimming as necessary. I applied a thin coat of Mod Podge to hold them in place. When they were dry, I added another layer on the top and let dry.

 Here's how they turned out! Maria loved waking up and seeing her name on display for her birthday!

Project #2: Menu Board

Materials: Frame, Scrapbook Paper, Clothes Pins, Stickers, Ribbon, Tape, & Laminated Cards of all your Meals (I made mine on a Word Doc, cut them, and had Office Max laminate them)

I can thank this blog for the great idea and wonderful directions!

Project #3: Magnetic ABC Board

Materials: Oil Drip Pan (Walmart $8), Rubber Cement, ABC Flashcards & Letter Magnets

 I glued on the flashcards, leaving some space for all of the extra magnets. I'm going to attach it to the wall using 3M picture hanging strips. Both of the girls already love putting magnets on the board and it's not even hung yet! I can thank this blog post for the idea!

Now, to decide what project to tackle next! :)

3... Hard to Believe

This past Thursday, we celebrated a very special girl's 3rd birthday! She, of course, got to choose her theme: PINKALICIOUS, one of her favorite books. If you aren't familiar with it, it's about a girl who eats too many pink cupcakes and turns pink! To go with the theme, we had a big pink cupcake, pink decor, and all the guests had to wear pink!

Here's Emma trying out Maria's new sunglasses. We can't wait for summer!

And above is one of Maria's presents that I made. A big magnet board to practice her alphabet. More to come about all my projects thanks to Pinterest :)

We have had a busy couple of months leading up to Maria's Birthday. Here's what we've been up to: going to the zoo, a waterpark, a baptism, a 1st birthday party, lots of play time, snowmobiling out west for Joe, working on the house, and my craft projects!

Hope you are all enjoying winter too!

A Wonderful Winter Wedding

My sister-in-law tied the knot this weeked! We were so lucky to be a part of the big day.

Maria got to get her hair done & dress up! In her words..."like a princess!"

At practice, she wouldn't go down the aisle because she was "relaxing."

She walked down the aisle when it mattered though.... and looked darn cute!

We danced all night long and enjoyed every minute of it!

Maria was still on the dance floor at almost 11pm. She was still smiling at the end of the night!

It was a beautiful, perfect day for a wedding.

CONGRATS HANNAH & MATT!

A Glimse of Our Christmas

Christmas Cookie Baking

Annual Christmas Eve Hockey Game

and OPENING PRESENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We enjoyed every minute of it! It was a wonderful weekend, even though we didn't have a white Christmas. The girls were thrilled with all the fun and food and of course the presents. (too many presents to make room for in our house... good thing our basement isn't finished yet or the toys wouldn't all fit!)

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas weekend,

and best wishes in the NEW YEAR!

Tis the season...

for Christmas tree shopping,

decorating the house,

staying warm on the cold days,

and being very thankful for all that we have.

Dear God, Thank you for grandma and grandpa,

cartoons, the holidays,

Dora, and my toys. AMEN!

-Maria's bedtime prayer earlier this week

Merry Christmas everyone!

Almost Walking!

A few days ago, Emma turned 15 months. She finally decided she could try walking without holding on to anything. Here is a short clip of her longest trip so far!

Pumpkins

What goes with Halloween better than pumpkins?

Picking pumpkins:

Carving pumpkins:

Eating pumpkin pancakes:

Dressing like pumpkins:

Happy Halloween!!

Another busy fall :)

Here's what we've been up to this fall:

Landscaping

Playing with our favorite cousins.

Hanging out in Duluth :) Watching dad rollerblade.

Going to weddings (one down, one to go this weekend)

And practicing our dancing skills for Auntie Hannah's wedding coming soon!

(Dancing skills for Maria that is, and normal crawling and walking skills for Ems :)

Happy Fall! Enjoy each and every day of it!

The BIG 1!

August 6th, 2011....Emma turned 1! Here is the birthday girl all ready for her big day! With lots of family at our house, we enjoyed a taco bar, and a little Mexican themed cake :)
Opened lots and lots of presents (including some little people, a water table, movies, dolls, a purse and some clothes)

Then we enjoyed that wonderful cake! Especially Emma, who devoured her entire little one!

We were having so much fun, we even forgot to have Emma open her gifts from mommy and daddy! So we had more presents to open later...:)

She was a very good girl the whole day and enjoyed all the wonderful company.


Happy 1st Birthday Ems!

We love Waterama!

The last weekend of July brings us fun times at Waterama! What a beautiful, hot weekend to enjoy the activities outside! Here is why we LOVE Waterama:

1. Riding the rides! (and watching in Emma's case...)

2. ICE CREAM! (Milk mustache and all!)

3. Watching the parade, waving to the princesses and getting loads of treats!

4. Winning cool prizes! (Emma won a little unicorn flashlight toy, and Maria won this below. As if we needed more big toys in this house! haha)

5. And playing in the sun at the park and the beach!

Now, we are officially exhausted! Even daddy is, who played in a total of 4 softball games (their team got 2nd place over all :) and 2 baseball games this weekend!

We were looking forward to a peaceful evening of sleep last night...but unfortunately we were awoken by a terrible storm. Check out this hail:

We were lucky compared to the nearby towns who had lots of damage. Hopefully tonight we can get the rest we need!

Hope you enjoyed your weekend too!!

(p.s. 5 more days until my baby is 1!!!!!!!!!!)