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For some reason my new post about spring projects won't show up unless I make another post after it. Why? I do not know, but whatever works!

A Spring full of Projects...

We have had a busy project filled March and April. This post is in reverse chronological order. Or maybe that would be like retrological order, hmm? I don't know, anyway this earth day we planted our second year of square foot gardening. It really is a great way to garden especially if you are busy and overwhelmed. A lot of people have asked me about it and you can learn all about it at squarefootgardening.com.


Some friends and I sewed this these adorable aprons. It turned out really cute. The straps cross in the back, loop through the sides and then tie in the back-very complicated (: lol.

I bought a little bit of extra fabric so I could make Elise a dress with the left overs-It looks adorable on her, even though I combined two dress patterns to make it work. (Thanks, Joan for all the sewing tutorials:) I plan to make some red and white ones for both my girls to wear to our reunion this summer.

I bought this pillow to use as inspiration for the kids to do some paintings for the basement.Here are my little Monet, Rembrandt and Picasso.

We made stepping stones at Grandma's

Carter was reading about the solar system so we bought some foam balls and made one :)

Elise even painted a couple planets :)

Lauryn made the earth and it turned out really cute with little clouds and a moon.
Its now hanging from our kitchen chandelier.

Crushing up broken plates to make a future project-a mosaic...

We had a freak late March snow and so we got to build a snowman! :)

Quilting-

Grant finished up a quilt made of all his special t-shirts.

As a bonus-mainly because its a picture that I'm actually in, here are the kids and I on a field trip to the fire station.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Lauryn and Jeff went to a daddy daughter dance put on by a high school in Jeff's district. Lauryn planned for weeks what she would wear, what earrings she should choose, and exactly how she wanted her hair. To her it was as exciting as prom. They went out to a fancy dinner and then to the dance. She had a very special evening with her dad. They say girls learn from their dads how they should be treated by the boys they date. Lauyrn has a great example to look to. Her dad definitely makes her feel like a princess.

April Fools Dinner-Fish Sticks?

This year's April Fool's dinner was "Faux Fish Sticks and Beans" The fish sticks were actually wafer cookies covered in peanut butter and rolled in crushed up corn flakes. Then I spent a good chunk of time making watermelon Laffy Taffy's into lima beans :) Lauryn is not the kind of eater who digs into things with out investigating them first. She had to break her "fish stick" before she would bite into it and that kind of gave it away. It was still fun though. I thought they looked pretty real, and all the kids got a kick out of it. My kids are getting harder to fool. I may have to step it up a notch. Hmmmm.........

Yum!!