Archive for April, 2010

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

spring break indoors

This week had been much anticipated with big plans for trips to the zoo, parks, beaches, anything outside. However, Kenosha had something else in mind. Instead we endured chilly, rainy, windy, and even snowy weather almost the entire spring break. As a substitute for the zoo we went to the Kohl Children’s Museum. The kids [...]

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

meet doris, sadie’s identical twin

Some of you may remember Sam the Wondercat that I made for Annie almost exactly one year ago. Sam was actually intended for Mimi, but she immediately gave up custody to Annie and requested a white cat. The book that I used for the kitty patterns had a black w/white kitty and all white kitty, [...]

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

pt. iii, a minnesota easter

For the third and final installment of our Minnesota Easter I’ll review our last day in the land of 10,000 lakes. The previous night the Easter Bunny made a stop by Grandma’s house and left some real goodies and solid evidence of his appearance. See for yourself. As you can clearly see, Mr. Easter Bunny [...]

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

pt. ii of a minnesota easter

Today we’ll discuss the many events of this past Saturday. The annual Easter brunch and egg hunt went off without a hitch at Grandma’s home. Sara, Jake, and Dave all arrived with their families, and it was a full house. Jake and Dave each contributed yummy dishes for the meal such as poached eggs and [...]

Monday, April 5th, 2010

a minnesota easter, pt. i

It’s no secret that we were in Minnesota this past weekend to spend Easter with Grandma MN and the many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Oh, how the girls love to see their cousins. We arrived on Thursday evening around bedtime and ventured back home on Sunday without any traffic or weather events slowing us down. [...]