Tutorial on Magnets

I have been meaning to purchase number magnets for Asher for awhile now but kept forgetting or could not find them when I remembered I wanted them so decided to make my own (with his assistance of course)

Acrylic bubbles, magnets, glue, scissors. I found a font I liked and printed it on regular paper.

Cut out circles of paper

Paint a small amount of Gel medium onto the acrylic bubble then place the paper circle onto bubble then apply another layer of Gel medium let dry. Then apply the magnets to them with glue and let dry.

Asher's picture including cupcake half eaten that I made him

I used Gel Medium so the paper would not  stick as well as create a protective layer on the paper in case of water contact (ie squirt guns)

Finished Product

Fun little project with my beloved 3 year old. We also made play-dough today. I tried to use natural food dies but it didn't' turn out so good. No wonder they use the fake food die stuff.

FYI spinach did not make it very green more like brown.

coffee made it smell so gross and not turn dirt brown.

Berries made it pink but sticky.

Think I will use food coloring next time.

What a wonderful weekend. My house was full of people. I had my two boys and two other boys. I cooked, cleaned and played. Now I feel full of happiness!

I made Pho (chicken and beef ) from scratch for Skylar. I hope he liked it. Spent a couple hours finding all the right ingredients. Good thing they have a H-Mart in Lynnwood, so not to far of a drive from home.

Had brunch this morning with my sister and her boyfriend. My absolute favorite meal of the day. Something about brunch just makes me so happy and always has.

 I feel so loved and happy for the family and friends I have in my life that love and support me.

Cooking and taking care of people is one of the things that make me feel worthy of having love. It warms my soul.

Beautiful Quail Eggs

So cute but very hard to break open

The Eggs Benedict I created with the quail eggs. It was a hit and so yummy!

Honey ham, Quail Egg Benedict on a bakery baguette with a dusting of smoked paprika and fresh chives from my garden partnered with Mimosa's.

Asher, started eating as usually before everyone sat done.

YAY Food!

Kelsi (aka my sister)  and Chris (aka her boyfriend)

Skylar (aka my son and Eddie (aka my son's friend)

Asher (aka my son) and Jaime (aka the love of my life and the most wonderful nice human being on earth)

My most beautiful sister! I love, love, love spoiling her!

Chris such a happy nice sincere man!

Asher took the camera for a minute and took this still life

Another picture by Ash from his perspective. Ahhh....being small.

May 2012

Things are going so great. Life is good. Here are some updated pictures of things I've been doing and the people I love.

 Most days consist of Jaime serenading us. Stickers on guitar curiosity of Asher.

 Asher love's his Auntie Kelsi.

 Park

 Asher

 Joon Bug and Guthrie channeling inner evil.

 Pillow I just made from $4 find at Value Village.

 Asher feeding the ducks outside our house. Yes we feed them Dave's bread.

 Cake I just made with the best icing ever!

 I've finally made enough of the re-purposed insulator hanging tea-light holders to list on Etsy.

Looking forward to the next few months as I know they will be fun.

Things Asher Says

So I am getting gas this morning and Asher wants to watch me. He is stands there asking me questions. He loves to learn things. He can watch me do something once and he will figure out. So as I'm pumping gas he thoughtfuly says to the car "there you go car" as if the car was hungry or that the car knew it needed gas. God I love my child.

Asher the Duck Shepard

Asher the Duck Shepard Terrorist

Yummy Top Pot Donut

And I think he likes it

He's always happy:) Which in return lights my soul.

I love you Asher

The most important things in my life are as follows

 This is where I would like to be most days right now!

 This child lights my soul and keeps my head above the bathtub water.

One of my most prescious memories as of late was seeing Skylar hold Asher's hand through the whole mall. If Skylar only new how much Asher loves him.

Head Vase Project

I decided to start doing a craft or art project every weekend. This way I can make sure I do something creative each week. My mom http://juliesartlife.blogspot.com/ an amazing artist as well as talented at everything. My sister is a full time artist too http://kelsifillo.blogspot.com/ equally as talented.

This week my project was figuring out what to do with these two head vases I absolutely love and a glass atrium. I just bought these two cute plants and Central Market http://millcreek.central-market.com/newSite/millcreek/home.php this grocery store is within walking distance of my home. Its as almost good as Whole foods and or Metropolitan Market. So I came up with the this: putting the plants inside these beloved items. I then proceeded to rearrange my built-in hallway shelf's to hopefully more amazing than it was. I love it for now or at least until I change it as I always am doing in my house.