It’s been ages since Bub’s first birthday. But I meant to blog on the cake that I made…so here it is! Bub’s first birthday cake!
It was modeled after this jungle-themed decoration. If you look closely, you can see the lion, and the giraffe, and the lizard. I was going to attempt the zebra, but by [...]
There are a few items that made my life significantly easier while traveling with a one year old.
The first one:
Duct tape. Yep. Duct tape!
I used it to:
- hold cords up off the floor
- tape the refrigerator door shut
- tape drawers shut
- tape a blanket over the windows dividing our suite’s bedroom from the living room.
Tell [...]
The next day, we went hiking on the trails around the lower falls area.
It was really beautiful.
Bub rode in the Kelty carrier again. We borrowed the carrier from a friend of mine, and I’m so grateful. We wouldn’t have been able to go on this hike without it.
We saw gorgeous sights…
…and had a really good [...]
Halloween Tarts
You thought this was going to be a post about baking, didn’t you? Alas, no. It’s more of a social commentary.
I’ve started getting catalogs with Halloween costumes in them. I was paging through one of them this morning when I was faced with this:
and this:
Trashy Halloween costumes for teen girls. Because you can’t possibly dress [...]