autumn leaf

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Saturday morning/lip balm

Saturday morning usually involve Chris waking up early with Maren to make pancakes, waffles or french toast and letting mom sleep in. Until just recently, Maren would usually wake me up every mornings by yelling from her bed, "MAMA! OOOOHHHH, MAMA!" until I would stumble into her room and climb into her bed. She's finally realized that she can come to me in the mornings! Hurray! I can stay in my warm bed and she crawls into my bed for morning cuddles and a little Frog and Toad.

Maren and I made some lip balm today. I took me two weeks just to gather all the ingredients and containers, but I am happy with the end result. I used SouleMama's Peppermint Lip Balm recipe. (Mine didn't turn out very "pepper-minty," but still good.) I found these little Nalgene containers at REI in 1 and .25 fl oz. sizes. The recipe yielded a larger batch than I anticipated and I ran out of containers so I ended up using my mom's tiny pottery bowls (as you can see below) which are cute in my bathroom. I also discovered these new Martha Stewart labels at Staples.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

haircut

I gave Maren a haircut last week, right after her bath. She seemed excited, but the next morning she looked in the mirror and said, "Mom, I'm mad at you! (In her weepy voice) I want my hair to be long like yours." Too late! I think she's getting over it and that's good because the new do is cute!

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

pom pom garland

Maren and I made this little pom pom garland the other day. I have been trying to find a little Valentine's Day decoration ever since we took down the mini Christmas tree and finally settled on this idea. She was even able to string them herself. I found some other cute pom pom inspirations, but this was probably my favorite.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Winter

We are enjoying the extraordinarily mild winter, including a few days of 65 degree weather. I was out doing yard work in a tee shirt the other day! (But feeling a little sad for the new, pink Sorels I got Maren for her birthday. Maybe they'll still fit next year.)

Thursday, December 29, 2011

M A R E N...that spells Maren!

Maren is my bright little star! She is learning her letters so quickly. This past week she finally wrote her name (a little help with the N) and I couldn't be more proud! For her birthday, I bought her a Kumon Uppercase Letters workbook, which has been very helpful and fun. A long time ago, we got into the habit of singing,"M A R E N...that spells Maren" to the tune of "Frere Jacques." We tried doing the same to the tune of "Bingo," but it never stuck. Anyway, singing your child's name to the tune of a song works wonders. Maren could tell you how to spell her name since she was two.

The first letters Maren learned to write were M O and Q. So I get plenty of cute little notes with MOM written all over them.

On another note, we love Megamind. So many good quotes (and good music). Today Maren and I went on a walk/tricycle ride and she was driving like a maniac. I told her she was nuts. She replied, "Oh Minion, you're such a pill."

Thursday, December 8, 2011

NYC/10 year anniversary

Originally, Chris and I were planning to spend our 10 year anniversary (yikes...where has the time gone?) in Vermont, but sickness and a blizzard hindered that arrangement. Fortunately for me, Chris started a new project in New York working at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. I jumped on the opportunity to make a weekend visit.