Life

I spent yesterday at the science center with the boys. It was a glorious, fun filled day with no agenda. (I love those days!)

When I was driving home in the city, I decided to pass by the school where my hubby did his graduate studies. It's only been two years, since we finished the student life phase. I was feeling a little nostalgia as I drove by.

Then I had to stop at a red light.

I looked over to see a mother in mom jeans holding a map, waiting to cross the street with barely-at-the-tale-end-of-the-teenage-years son standing a few steps in front of her holding a bag from the campus bookstore, trying to look cool.

Is it possible to look cool when you're on campus for the first time with your mother holding a map? I can't wait to do that to my sons!

Then I noticed the car stopped in front of me. In the back seat was a father sitting next to a newborn baby, with his wife in the front seat driving. Instantly my mind wandered back to the first years of graduate life, with our new little baby and the many, many times I drove our only car to pick up and drop off my hubby at school.

Life really does change fast.

I'm glad for the memories I have of the good times and the hard times.


p.s. I sure hope I can find a good pair of mom jeans when my boys get to the college age. :) Looking forward to that.

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And while you are there, take a moment to browse her blog for great creative ideas. I'm thinking this blog is just the thing to help me get out of the creative rut I've been in since the baby was born.

My Interview

Wow, my first interview about the shop! Rachel Krech from associatedcontent.com contacted me about doing an interview about Simple Serendipity. I was happy to talk about myself. That's something I do well.

Wanna learn more?

Here's the link to it: Simple Serendipity

I have to say that I was a little bummed that the picture of my jewelry on her site was halfway cut off. Bummer. Oh well, the top half looked cute. :)

Beach Glass

We've been collecting kryptonite at our house. I guess it's what you do when you live close to a lake. The boys were most stoked about the tiny blue shards and little yellow one. I was most excited about the pale pink one.

I've got my mind thinking about what to do with all this glass. We'll have to see what I come up with.


In the mean time, this week I'll be having another giveaway.

Check out My Give Away Today on Friday for a chance to win one of two $15 dollar gift certificates to the shop.

Date Night and a Giveaway

Here's what I wore as my date night accessory last night: Simple Indian Summer

I wouldn't sell stuff I wouldn't wear myself.

Date night was awesome. Went to an arcade place, got a bunch of tokens, and had a duel with my better half to see who was better at ski-ball. (Insert childhood dream of owning a ski-ball machine in my basement.) Then we cashed in our tickets to get some awesome prizes. My man bought me a bee-au-ti-ful ruby heart shaped ring. Stunning! What did I get my man in return? An aw-e-some army dog tag necklace. And, we wore them all evening. Cause, that's how cool we are.

Until...... my ruby fell out.

Gasp.

What's your favorite "going out for a night on the town" accessory? Do tell.



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My Life with Boys- Dirt Soup

I have a private family blog. A blog where I chronicle the life of our family. (Confession: I'm not much of a scrapbooker. So, my personal blog is all they will really get.)

This blog is for my creative outlet. And that it will stay.

But, from time to time, I thought it would be fun to give my readers a tiny snapshot into the not so glamorous life of a stay at home mother of three WONDERFUL (and energetic) little boys. Enjoy.

Dirt Soup
(worms and all)

Sweet Shops

There are so many great shops on Etsy! Sometimes at night I just spend a few moments clicking on shop after shop seeing all the cool things that are out there. So, this post is the first, of many more I'm sure, highlighting some of them.

First off, Sparkle Power. Gotta love sparkle power. Candace was such a great help to me in answering questions when I was setting up Simple Serendipity. Her posters are adorable. I bought the tooth fairy pillow for the boys. Can't wait to use it next time one of those pearly whites falls out.

Next is, Yellow Mums. I LOVE these cupcake toppers. I love making cakes and cupcakes and I can't think of any easier way to make a cupcake cute than using these cool things. And, the best part--no shipping. She just sends you the pdf file and you do the rest.

And last, well for now, shop Shayzrbeam. I have to say, I have one of these towel bags and it is the BEST bag for the pool!! It's ginormous. It fits all the crap you need when you spend the day soaking up the sun. And, at this house, we apparently have a lot of crap. :)