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

preschool snapshots

noah was only at preschool one day last week because school was canceled on monday because of the snow storm, and then he was out wednesday through friday because he was so sick.  he's a lot better now and back to school this week.  last week during his one day at school he managed to build with the wooden train tracks, play with orange play doh, and get his hair styled by helen!

love, laurie

i need to hibernate

last week was such an incredibly tough week.  we were challenged with a major unexpected event which gave us whiplash.  all we want to do is hide under a pink fleece blanket like leko does.

life is so insane, unpredictable, unfair, and bizarre.  we're going to need a moment to navigate through this chapter.

give grace to those around you because you never know what battles they are fighting. 

love, laurie

preschool artwork

i didn't even realize there were winter olympics this year until noah came home with olympic torch artwork from school.  these teachers are pretty clever.

we got sent home with a pink heart paper and were told to do a kid/parent collaboration valentine.  so, noah painted with his colorwonder paint set and then i cut it out in a heart and trimmed it with lace from my theatre costumes i have been working on recently.  a nice noah/mom collab for an old fashioned valentine feel!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

some recent preschool snapshots of noah playing with mr. potato head, making a firetruck craft, making a police man hat, playing in the sand table, listening nicely during circle time, and playing hair salon learning how to use rollers.

love, laurie

play-doh!

noah has been into play-doh recently and has been having fun using the tool-themed set that a friend bought him for christmas.  i like the little tool-shaped molds it has!

love, laurie

do you know the muffin man?

do you know the muffin man?  well, i do and his name is noah.  

this guy loves chocolate chip muffins and they are a special treat once in a while when a friend makes them for him.  i found an easy recipe for mini chocolate chip muffins and asked noah if he wanted to help me make some.  of course he did.  he was pleased with himself and the results!  

the muffin got a thumbs up, so it was a success.

love, laurie

costumes during a blizzard

luckily i brought some costume work home with me over the weekend because being stuck inside during the blizzard was a good time to work on costumes for both cabaret and rapunzel.  i was especially pleased with the way the trim and appliqué turned out on rapunzel's dress.  here's a sneak peek photo. 

there's still tons more work to do on costumes!

love, laurie

too cold

it has been way too cold lately.  it was cute when i pulled the laundry load of towels out of the dryer and dumped them on the bed because leko curled right up to one of the warm towels.   poor guy!

love, laurie