yesterday i kept H home from preschool because she was sick the majority of the weekend and her nose has remained a faucet. but we got dressed, she picked out some shoes although we were going nowhere, and asked me to put her hair up on top like mommys. we cooped up in her room and read books, did puzzles, and played store (where she used her typewriter as a register and demanded i pay her for things). every so often she would say “mommy, take a picture of me doing this” which is completely out of the norm for her. i brought up snacks and we played the morning away. sorry for the photo overload, but she was just too much.
sweater and striped tank underneath: h&m //jeggings and flats: target
last week my friend Chelsey posted the cutest paper terrarium on her blog. i’ve been seeing terrariums everywhere and am loving them all. the levi’s store in SF had HUGE amazing ones and all i could think was “i could never keep that alive”. i still want to (try to) make a few live ones, but in the meantime i had to make Chelsey’s completely impossible to kill paper one.
my apothecary jar i wanted to use was too small for the bunting and Harper wanted one for her room and she loves dinosaurs. a trip to the dollar store, some painting and arranging later, the dinosaur terra/aquarium was born and sitting on her shelf. Harper said it looks like an aquarium/fish bowl and since it’s not alive, we are calling it both. because you do what a three year tells you.
besides, a fish is the last thing i need around here. plastic dinosaurs live foreverrrrr!
bonus – this fulfills two of my must-do-soon crafts: terrarium and painted plastic animals. unfortunately, it only made me want to paint more plastic animals and create more terrariums.
i bought the moss and dinos at the dollar store, the paints i already had (but were less than 2 bucks a pop) and i picked up the fish bowl at goodwill for a dollar. Chelsey’s printout was free (if only printer ink was!) so in the realm of cheap crafts? ::insert YOU ARE HERE arrow:: in hindsight, the only thing i’d do differently is splurge (heh) on the moss and buy it at Michaels. the dollar store moss isn’t very green.
do any of you own a real live terrarium? give it to me straight – are they easy to maintain? or should i stick to neon and gold children’s figurines in a bowl – which oddly i’d be ok with?
on Harper >> top: fred meyer // cardi: thrifted, cherokee // jeggings: target //loafers: thrifted, arizona co.
purple jeggings. it’s unfair how little humans can pull off anything.
today marks 3 years since i started this blog. happy birthday blog! kind of unbelievable all that has transpired here, no? what a trip. blogging – who knew?
my only small request for today would be, if you’ve enjoyed yourself here over the course of the past 3 years, would you consider making my day by donating to March of Dimes? it doesn’t have to be much at all – every dollar counts. i know times are tight, but if you have a spare buck or two, i’d be so stoked to see it go towards the babies. simply click here to donate. (and THANK YOU so much in advance!).
hope you guys are finishing up a great weekend. and thanks for being here!
sweater: gymboree, thrifted // jeans: gap // boots: carters, thrifted // backpack: mini harajuku for target
last friday H had preschool in the morning and we had a date with Stacy and 2 of her 3 boys to go to the children’s museum afterward. but it was just our luck that the museum was moving and therefor closed, set to reopen in it’s new location the next day. what do you do when you’ve told your 3 year old you’re going to a museum all day and then you can’t? cupcakes.
because toddlers don’t know nor care that cupcakes are totes 2006. oh and? either do their moms.
frosting is frosting. is marshmallow flavored frosting.
pretty sure that sweater is completely ruined from being slathered in chocolate frosting. if you ever need some cheering up, simply sit and watch a couple of kids (or just one if you only happen to have one handy) consume a cupcake. there is nothing not cute or happy about it. if you disagree i will fight you.
that escalated quickly! brick killed a guy with a trident!
besides, cupcakes give you muscles. or they have muscles. who knows really?
sweater and striped tank underneath: h&m //jeggings and flats: target
