Snippets of the fun and challenging life of twin mommyhood, marriage, and some crafts in between.
From the monthly archives:
So what were the Piggies up to this year? Let’s see… They turned: 3 Things they can now do that they couldn’t do at the beginning of the year: Climb stairs with just feet Use a potty Eat in a restaurant with just Mama Go around town without a stroller Go around town without a [...]
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I made simple placemats for my mom this Christmas. She has been wanting new ones for a long time and gave me this pretty black printed fabric last year. I meant to add bias tape to the edges in a contrasting fabric. Unfortunately there just wasn’t enough time before Christmas. But she was happy with [...]
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I didn’t expect Christmas Day to be so packed with activity (well, packed for us, I guess). It was such a long day, but a nice one. In the morning, we woke up and opened a few gifts, then we had to get ready to go to San Francisco to visit Great Grandma. Of course, [...]
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Today, we’re getting ready for Christmas Day…baking some cookies (from readymade cookie dough), wrapping presents, (I’m) sewing a last-minute gift, and we will soon be braving the Asian supermarket crowd as we shop for our Chinese Hot Pot dinner tomorrow night. That’s about as crazy as it gets around here. I am overwhelmed with emotion [...]
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I am always giddy when someone tries out one of my projects…and posts about it! Kim @ kidHaven created her own version of my clove-studded orange sign. Get this…she strung hers from the ceiling! So cool. Check out how she did it! Her little ones created some as well. Looks like they had a lovely [...]
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We spend a lot of time in our dining room. I thought I’d do some last-minute and very minimal holiday decorating in there. I had some empty toilet rolls left so I made a snowflake garland. Notice I picked the word “Love” for the garland, and I kept it all red…I’m all set for Valentine’s [...]
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Last Thursday was the girls’ very first last day of school before winter break. Their class had been rehearsing songs for the last few weeks, and they presented them to the parents last Thursday. I had an idea of which songs they would sing, as they’d been singing them at home and in the car. [...]
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What do I want to make in this last week before Christmas? I’ve seen so many lovely Christmas crafts out there, but this one is among the most beautiful and meaningful CHRISTmas crafts out there…the Baby Jesus and Manger Tutorial by A Lemon Squeezy Home: And I need to make some placemats for my mom. [...]
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My niece and nephew are a tween and a teen, respectively. Thus, they love gift cards. I thought I’d dress up their gifts this year by creating a personalized gift card holder, attaching a little envelope onto the humble toilet roll snowflake. Materials: Empty toilet roll Craft knife Self-healing mat Ruler/Straight edge Adhesives (I used [...]
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We got our tree almost a week ago, and the poor guy has sat there waiting for us until today. So this morning as the girls ate breakfast, I strung on the lights. Needless to say, breakfast ended early and they were eager to dig into the ornaments that we’d been talking about all week. [...]
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