baking for a good cause!

on friday, the university's student theatre club held a valentine's themed bake sale to raise money for their club.  noah pitched in by helping to bake blondies and mini banana muffins on thursday night after school.  he was happy to help his "big show" friends. 

i snapped some pictures of chef noah to share with the kids in the club and they loved them!  in order to get some business, they shared a photo of noah on the club's instagram stories . . . 

too cute!  

noah's baked goods were a huge hit and he got a lot of complements! the bake sale was a great success.

love, laurie

noah's valentine's day celebration

noah had a fun time celebrating valentine's day at school on friday.  he took in valentine cards and stickers for his friends and got to pass them out to everyone by putting them in his classmates' bags.  he made mommy and daddy a sweet card too with the help of his favorite teacher.  when he came home after school he had a fun time sorting through all of his valentine's treats from his classmates!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

some recent preschool snapshots of playing at the sand table, making a mouth for dental week, building tall towers, and lots of fun at circle time.

love, laurie

eight years!

today is my eight year work anniversary of running the theatre.  (it feels like way more than that!)  my job is truly bizarre, but i do like it and i'm very grateful to be able to do it!

get out there and support local live entertainment!

here are some photos from the past year at work.

love, laurie

pumpkin muffins

ryan had to work on saturday, so noah and i stayed inside to stay warm and made some pumpkin muffins.  the little muffin man had a lot of fun making them and eating them!

love, laurie

grandma's pasta fagioli

i have always loved my mom's recipe for pasta fagioli.  noah apparently loves it too because he scarfed down lots of it recently when mee-maw made a batch!

love, laurie

groundhog noah

noah's preschool celebrated groundhog's day last week in the cutest way.  the kids decorated "happy groundhog's day" headbands to wear, did an art project where they made a groundhog, and then got to each take a turn being a groundhog and popping out of the groundhog borrow.  so clever.

love, laurie

our jobs are weird

we have weird jobs.  espeically making a concentration camp costume for the emcee in cabaret.  i always like to leave little tricks in my costumes.  bonus points to anyone who can spot the hidden easter egg in this costume piece! 

love, laurie

static hair!

it's so incredibly dry this time of year and the static is out of control.  point in case: noah's hair which was literally standing on end after playing on the carpet!

love, laurie

a sweet memory

thinking back to when mr. noah was only 5 months old and wearing my brother's noah's ark outfit from when he was a baby and thinking of uncle jeffrey today.

love, laurie