Tolentreasures

Sure hope that it works. Tyler needed a Gingerbread Trap for Kindergarten. It really tapped my creativity. I gave it tons of thought. And this is what we came up with. Papa helped in the logistics of it. Tyler didn't want to help because he didn't like the smell of the hot glue. But he persevered, somewhat. JWS said, "Welcome to the world of boys!" He was right, they sure don't have the attention span of girls. In the short hour that it took to make this, "Watch how fast I can run!" "When are we going to paint something?" "Are we going to make popcorn?" "I can't get the wrapper off of this candy cane" "Gramma, why do you have this big mess in this house?" "Who are all these presents for?" "Can I move them around and find mine?" "What is all this stuff in the basement?" (Doors) "Hey, your nativity set is the same as Mommy's" "Ohhhh, you painted both of them...

If you read my previous post, I was perplexed as to what to make for lunch. I left it to what jumped out from behind the meat counter in the morning. It was burgers with some Italian mild sausage mixed in and lots of peppers and onions in sauce. I called them Fair Burgers. Pasta salad to go along with it. I am not much of a pasta salad girl, not really caring for Italian dressing much, but I made my own dressing and I really liked it. After I cleaned up the kitchen, I made a nice big pitcher of lime water. I love having this in the fridge, so refreshing and it makes a nice still life with these little lilies that jumped onto the belt at the check-out. So summery! I just know that summer and good health are just around the corner. Last night was the boys' sleepover and were they excited! They burst through the door naming everything that I had promised them we would do. Jumping and running and everywhere at once. Apparently their parents were not real happy that I had told them a...

Some of these may be slight repeats from the last post, but we did manage to pull it all together and the show was a success! By Sunday AM, our three room display had shrunk to one room and everything was well picked over. We learned a lot and plan to do it bigger and better next year. It was a great experience, but tired? I was in bed at 7:40 last night and I think that I might have slipped into a bit of a coma! Highlights: 1. I was able to meet two blogging friends face to face, Lois and Nina, it was great to meet both of you. Nina, your grandsons are adorable, I can only imagine how fun it would be to have them together with my grandsons, a little exhausting, but fun! Lois, hope that you had a great bike ride home, it was such a beautiful day. 2. The girls now have the crafting "bug" and are planning for next year and what fun to have a family project to work on. 3. The nice comments from everyone about how they were happy to buy handcrafted items and not Made in Chi...