Happy, Mama!

Happy Mama’s Day is too much for Sesame to say so she shortens it to “Happy, Mama!”  Mike and she even wrote Happy Mama down our front steps and sidewalk with sidewalk chalk.  So cute.
I wanted to make something nice for my mom and actually found the time to do it.  I thought I had [...]

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Felt Orange Slices

I’ve been making a ton of felt food to give to little Sesame for Easter.  She loves playing with her toy kitchen but she doesn’t have any food to play with!  That needs to change.  There are lots of great pictures and some free patterns for felt food on the internet (as well as a [...]

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Baby Slingin’ a Baby

Sesame is more and more interested in playing with her dolls lately so I whipped up a super simple ring sling for her to use.  I chose a ring sling so that she won’t outgrow it any time soon and I hardly had to do any measuring.  Unlike the clothes I make for, she loved [...]

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Secret Message Snowflakes

I love making paper snowflakes and was excited to learn a fancy new (to me) technique from a co-worker 2 Christmases ago.  She and I made so many snowflakes that year (while we should have been working) that I actually got sore spots on my thumb and finger from the scissors!
These snowflakes have words in [...]

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My newest favorite thing

Is Twitter!  Oh, Twitter, how much do I love thee.  Here’s the thing readers.  I’m on Facebook but I just don’t really get it.  There are too many things going on -groups and games and I’m supposed to write on someone’s wall?!- and all I ever really logged on for was to see if anyone [...]

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Lost

Well folks, I’ve started working full time and I’m almost at the end of week 2.  It’s really hard.  After 8 months of not working and 4 months of working part time, it’s been a difficult adjustment and I miss my little sesame  a ton.  I’m tired and cranky and sesame and I have been [...]

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Paper Valentines

I’ve been a little obsessed with cutting paper designs the last few days. This is not a good activity around my house these days because of a certain tiny person’s ongoing obsession with eating paper. I’ve been trying to scoop up all my little bits of paper before she gets to them, which [...]

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