Pinnie and cupcake giveaway!

One of my favorite blogs and children's clothing designers is Lassie Girl. Ashley finds the greatest fabrics and makes the best pinafores and skirts a little girl could ever want! She also has a great love for cupcakes, Sprinkles in particular.

(How can a cupcake that looks this good be bad?! The winner of the contest actually get a mix from Sprinkles in the flavor of her/his choice!)

So she has combined the two in a fabulous giveaway. It's easy to enter, simply visit her blog, leave a comment or link to her blog or make a purchase from her store. It's that simple!

BTW, her pinnie giveaway is a cupcake pinafore! The fabric is as delicious as as the real thing! Don't wait, check out the details and her fabulous blog now!

(Isn't this the cutest fabric?! Lassie Girl will make one pinnie for the winner in any size between 3 mos and 4T.)

Thank you Ashley!!!

Very Cute Upcycling Idea

I love Design Mom's blog. Gabrielle Blair has a lot of energy and some awesome ideas. Her most recent idea/find is to remake empty Altoids boxes into super cute tool boxes. What a great party favor for any kids birthday! To check out the idea and how to make them, visit Design Mom's blog. I am so thinking of doing this for Isabelle....maybe not her birthday, but another party that I am going to be having for her later this summer.

Vincent Shoes and BusyMom.com

This is one awesome giveaway and too great not to share!  

BusyMom.com (a blog that any mother would totally love) is giving away a $75 gift certificate to Vincent Shoes!  Isabelle loves these shoes as do I.  They are very well made and come in some great styles.  She has worn Vincent shoes since she started wearing shoes!

To enter this super-duper giveaway, simply go to BusyMom.com's blog and enter.  Also, don't forget to check out Vincent Shoes!  The fall season will be showcasing some great shoes.  The one below is one of my favs!

Day at the Currier Museum of Art

Beautiful Sculpture on Second Floor

Being inspired

Fountain on First Floor

A quick pose 

We had a great time at the Currier Museum of Art.  So much so, that Isabelle did not want to leave.  Of course, having hands-on painting play and a Discovery Section were she could draw and play with wooden blocks (in the theme of the current exhibit - Making Art out of Wood) certainly added to her excitement and desire not to leave.  Overall, a wonderful afternoon.

If you are ever in the Manchester (NH) area, you need to check out this museum.  It is not large in any way, but it has some pretty interesting items and a varied lot from modern to colonial represented in its galleries.  Well worth the trip!

It is still quite chilly here - being not even 60F before 7am!  This is July....need I remind the weather patterns.  A little warmth and sun would be nice before the fall and winter come in less than two months!

Dreary Day Fun!

It is another rainy and cool day in New Hampshire.  This is totally amazing the amount of rain we have had.  The weekend was beautiful, but until July 3rd, we had over six weeks of rain!  And, it started again on Monday.  Wonderful.  If I were  mushroom farmer, I'd so love it....cool and dark days.

So, what to do with a preschooler after a zillion days inside....okay, maybe not quite a zillion!  I am not happy about the bugs, so outside is sort of out of the question - though I have been sending her out in the rain on her own to play.  Not heavy rain, nice misting or light rain.  It's worse than winter!  Anyway, I am digressing.  Then, I thought - Currier Museum of Art in Manchester.  Perfect!  So off we are this afternoon for a little culture and fun.  I cannot wait!!

Currently on exhibit at the museum: Turning Wood into Art...looks very interesting.  For more info on the museum visit www.currier.org

Stay dry :-)

Great weekend

What a holiday weekend.  Isabelle and Al had a wonderful time at his sister's house.  They had a firework display that Isabelle loved!  Not to mention spending the whole day in the pool.  What a lucky kid!  

A little squiggling firework

Some more fireworks - the whole display lasted over an hour!

a little quality time with Cousin Erica - who is adored by Isabelle!

Cousins, Isabelle and her aunt & uncle having fun

In the pool with Auntie Cassandra

I spent the day with my Mom and a friend of our family's.  We had a great lunch at Max-A-Mia.  Followed by a leisurely stroll through Barnes and Noble - even bought a few Christmas gifts...crazy, I know, but the items were on sale and perfect for the people I had in mind!  Ended the day with a walk down a trail, a quick dinner and we all watched 'Good Morning Vietnam'.  Forgot how good that movie is!

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!  It feels like summer....at last!

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Fourth of July!  I hope those celebrating the holiday will be having fun.  The rain seems to have subsided....so far....  I'm off to my Mom's and Al & Isabelle are going to his sister's house.  Isabelle *loves* her cousins, Michael and Erica.  She has been looking forward to seeing them all week.  

The above picture was too yummy looking not to share with everyone - festive and delicious!  It is from martha Stewart (oh, who else could do something so divine?!)  Here's the direct link to the above picture... recipes etc all included!

http://www.marthastewart.com/summer-food?lnc=0ad3452be04c1210VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&contentid=a2d97cb018b3a110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

More rain...and some new music

Okay, this is just getting plain ridiculous.  It is still (insert expletive of your choice here) raining!  It is july 1st and the high today was 60!  Seriously, where is this infamous global warming?!?!?!  For the past few years, the summers have been getting *colder* and the winters too.  

I should be taking pictures of the interesting fungus growing in our yard.  Our garden is water logged.  The plants are so "desperately seeking sun".  I think they are getting prison pallor - if plants get such.  Rumor has it that there may be some sun heading this way for the weekend.  One can only hope.

So, what does one do on a crummy and rainy day?  Work? Play?  No, listen to music and download from iTunes some new tunes.  That is just what I've done...music from Omar Souleyman, Ingrid Michaelson and Ray LaMontagne.  Crank the tunes and pretend it is summer....somewhere it is!!!!

Okay, I lied.  I did do a little shopping.  I've just ordered this super-duper skirt from A Little Bit Funky.  How awesome is it....again, pretending it will be summer someday before I die.