Water Color Eggs

Continuing in our eggstravaganza, we made water colored eggs last week.  

Just water colored on some eggs.

Pretty simple and fun.





We also tried glitter glue and glitter and that was a fail.  We were kind of trying the idea behind putting glue dots on the eggs and glittering them, but I didnt have glue dots and drawing on eggs with glue pens is not eggsactly the smoothest (Im here all week, folks).  We are going to get glue dots and try again and see what we can come up with next time.
Oh, and then yesterday I saw watercolored eggs on Oh Happy Day and of course they are much cuter and creative.  I guess I was channeling my inner not-near-as-beautiful-or-creative oh happy day last week and didnt know it.  What what.

Wednesday Links and way too many self portraits of me

I planned on this going out on friday but did not really get it together until today.

So, here's too much information about me via self portraits.

I have been obsessed with wool and the gang for a while but I just cant justify buying more yarn when I have so much.  I love this collar, though.  So I kind of just looked at it as closely as possible, googled it, saw every pic I could online and made it.  It is def not perfect, but I like it.  So, I made it again in wheat. 

(oh, and I went brunette last week on a whim.)

(and why can't you I ever do my hair like the professionals.  I tried not to shower so I could just keep it like she had it but even when I didnt shower, my professional hair only lasted for like a minute.  And ok, I didnt have to try not to shower.  and I wear this men's flannel everyday.  and my hand is a claw in every dorky self photo.  ugh.)

On the copying note, I did the same thing with this headband after I saw Jennifer's.

Airhead cups?? Genius.

and this Tie Clip is fantastic too.

DIY Temporary tattoos.  and tattooed eggs.

St. Patrick's Day poppers.  SO cute.

Happy Spring Break! Here's to everyone sleeping late in the morning, getting to take their grown up kids to mcdonalds and to get ice cream in the middle of the day.  Woo hoo!

Eggciting Start to Easter Season

(I know.  I couldnt help it)

We started easter decor off a little early this year.  I mean, thats what happens when you rely on holidays to be the source of entertainment for your kids.  When a holiday is even close to being around the corner you jump on it (it is early this year right??!).  And I need something to get me off the couch from rewatching felicity for like the third time in my life.  Netflix, I love you.  I cant barely make time for anything else in between finding out whats happening with bens gambling, noel, and I hate Eli, while we are on the subject.  Ugh.  Ok, sorry. Yes, easter eggs.
This was just run of the mill decorating this time around.  The usual box from target with colors desolving in vinegar.  My cousins friend sent me the coolest list of ways to decorate eggs and I want to try the natural dyes next. And every other thing on that list.  It is fantastic!




We put stickers on them that we had left over from other stuff and they really worked to keep the dye off.  We may have pulled them right out of the oven and started coloring them too soon because some of them melted on the eggs and were a little hard to get off.


I baked them this time and it was super easy.  Just 350 for 30 min.  So easy.
and the kids at almost all of them right after.  So I think they tasted about the same.  Hard boiled eggs make me want to vomit, so I cant say for sure, but the kids didnt even notice that I made them different.
Hoppy Easter!

Giveaway at The Vanilla Tulip

Ashley, from The Vanilla Tulip, contacted us a couple of weeks ago and asked if we wanted to be a part of a giveaway and we were so excited.  The only give aways that we have ever done have been homemade out of yarn or a mason jar, usually.  So, we are excited that she asked us since we are, you know, us.  Just a little blog.  Anyway, we thought it would be fun and who doesn't want to win something, right?

So, we're giving away a $200 Gift Card to Anthropologie! (woo hoo!)
There is only one mandatory entry- just tell us what you would spend the gift card on.
And the other entries are bonus entries to up your chances of winning.
(The giveaway ends on March 15th.)

-Ashley@The Vanilla Tulip-

-Laura@Bits of Splendor-

          

-Kaylee@Life Chasers-

-Nat@Take the Cannoli-

 -Annie@The Farrar Four-

Aly@Blossom and Vine
Kristen and Allison@Lullaby Lubbock

Jenna@Day of Knight

 -Wynne@Gloriously Ruined-
-Robyn@The Farmers Nest-
-Alex@Peppermint Plum-

            

-Carina@Lovely Little Whimsy-

-Danielle@Take Heart-

-Natalie@ NS Pottery-

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Pizza & Prayers

I threw together this pizza a while back with no thoughts of it being anything special but it ended up being fabulous! I made it again the other night.  It's pretty simple. 

I used this for the bread. Not entirely sure what it is but I love it. It was over with the pita pockets.

I used store bought Classico Tomato and Basil sauce, mozzarella, parmesan cheese, ground beef and jalapeños. Cook it on 400 for about 5 minutes or so.

It was a huge hit for the whole family.

I will leave you with a video that will melt your heart. Each night before dinner and at bedtime, we all take turns praying. McKenna's prayers are the sweetest things I have ever heard. They are so soft and quiet and she mumbles everyone's name and then says MAYMEM so loud. I could listen to it over and over. This is McKenna praying before dinner a couple of weeks ago.