my hot date

The waiter at PF Changs spilled a steamy, family size bowl of wonton soup all over me.

They were kind enough to give me a complimentary burn kit with my meal, though.

It was a huge blessing that it hit me and not Brooke who was just a few inches away. (my Coach bag was not so lucky)

Anyway, here was my v-day posse, who are hot in their own right:




Hope all my bloggies had a great Valentine's Day!!

V-Day '09

Thought I'd share some of the projects Paige and I made for her school V-Day.

First, here's her class valentine. They were wallet size.




I made each of her classmates a bar of frog prince soap.


Here are little bags of chocolate covered marshmallows we made for administrative/support staff.


We made cinnamon bread for her teachers:


And hot chocolate for the dieters:


She even let me put her hair up in DOUBLE bows!!

why Brooke is not allowed to go to newborn photo sessions

I was practicing for my upcoming newborn session when Brooke decided to "help".

kitty fights back

This is how Paige prefers to carry our cat, Pepper.


Because she's had to deal with it since near birth, she's usually pretty passive and takes it in stride.

But sometimes, kitty fights back.


Other cuties from that afternoon:

100

Friday was the 100th day of school! All the kindergartners brought 100 of something (we chose Q-tips). The class also celebrated with cupcakes. (baked by Ms. Tessa)

Brooke is the unofficial mascot for the class and makes herself at home whenever she can.


Betcha didn't know there was a song about the 100th day of school!!!


Note to self: never leave my cupcake unattended when Brooke is around.


When's dessert???

knifty knitter

Hi. My name is Alexandra. It's been 2 weeks since my last blog post. I blame Facebook. And exercise. And my kids. And knitting. (yup, you read correctly)

I'm trying to counteract my teenage tendancies with an elderly activity. And I'm pretty good. And I overuse the word and.

Here's my first creation.

It only took a couple hours. And, wow it's addictive.

Here's my next project: a prop for a newborn session I have coming up in the next week.


I've been coveting the baby cocoons on etsy, but not so much the price. So, I headed over to the WalMartz and picked up a knifty knitter. It's totally knitting for dummies, but I rarely do things the hard way. WM is pretty limited on yarn selection, so I picked the best of the bunch and went to work. The next day I was at JoAnn's with my handy coupon and got the cool rainbow yarn for the cocoon.

While at JoAnn's P and I found these cool heart glasses and decided they would be perfect for her class valentine's card. This isn't the photo I used (you'll have to wait for that one!) but I thought it was cute anyway!