Easter Eggs

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

The Peanut and I did a really neat scavenger/clue hunt at the Zoo this weekend, 

and had these funny, spring photo ops...

Then we have been doing a whole lotta egg dying.  It was the Peanut's turn to teach Mommy a few tricks.  I have never dyed eggs with shaving cream before.  She had done it at school, and wanted to teach me how.  So some shaving cream and some dye...

 Roll the egg around, then pick up egg and clean off...

 Voila, some pretty cool eggs.

We tried doing a few different techniques using wax and crayon resist, 

stickers, oil, and some pink and blue dye.  I really loved how they turned out :)

Then of course we needed to get rid of the dye...

Wishing everyone a great easter weekend.

Things to do on March Break

Happy March Break everyone!!!!!

Just a reminder of how many neat things there is to do outside with your kids this March break.  From snowshoeing... 

 or building snowhorses... 

ice fishing...

building a snow fort...

sledding...

making snow art...

bird watching...

skating...

making snow angels...

so many outdoor ideas to choose from.  There are also so many creative things you can do inside such as make and break a pinata...

create a work of art together...

read ...

or simply enjoy each others company.

Wishing you all well, Kelly.

Happy Belated New Year Everyone

THings have been sooooooooooo crazy around here, but wanted to wish you all the very best this 2013 from the Peanut and me.

Just One More Reason to Love COSTCO

Halloween Cupcakes

Nothing says Halloween like a bunch of creepy/cute monster cupcakes :)  The Peanut and I have been baking up a storm!!!  We've made 3 dozen so far....

Potato Turkeys

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone :)

Family, food, walks down memory lane and potato turkeys.  That about sums up our Thanksgiving weekend. And another great one it has been.  Nothing can quite say happy to be together like bonding over bird parts and tunes blasting while teaching the young ones some 'old school' dance moves, lol.

Cheers everyone!

My Body Is Beautiful and Simply Flaw-thentic

It goes without saying, that everybody is unique.  But when we are bombarded with images by the media of female bodies, even the most educated and informed take those images in subconsciously and it wreaks havoc on our sense of beauty.  In walks Melissa King of Simply Flaw-thenic, and her desire to make a change.  She has made this awesome video that I would like to share with you My Body....Finally:

Being a mother of a little girl, I struggle for this both in myself and for The Peanut.  I think the world can be very hard on pre-teens and their relationships with their bodies.  I myself, have found that although arrogance is a total turn off, confidence is incredibly sexy.  Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder, and we truly are all unique.  As written in an earlier post Comfortable with the skin you are in, I have become more comfortable with my body the older I get and the more I become me.  And am learning that I am a pretty darned awesome, inside and out.  Lessons learnt on being gentle with oneself and understanding the wisdom of years and passing of time has left its marks, though like those of beautiful ridges on trees, they too hold their own kind of beauty.  And find myself more attracted to those that see that kind of beauty over the superficial kind.  There is a braveness that one takes on, in being the trueness of yourself.  Considering I am a pretty odd duck, I'd like to think i harbour a particularly magical form of courage...and a little bit of Pixie dust...

Thank you to those Mellisa Kings of the world who try to enter the media with a more normalized view of what women should and do look like.