Heart a Day - Day 57

This has been hanging in Kelly's room for months, I don't know, maybe they could have put a little more glitter on?

Heart a Day - Day 56

Lampwork bead

Heart a Day - Day 55

Kelly and I made homemade pizza tonight, per her request.  This is a child who eats strictly chicken nuggets, mac and cheese and fish sticks.  Every night. Every single night.  So her request took me by surprise but I jumped at the opportunity.  I let her knead the dough, sprinkle the cheese - we had so much fun and she ATE IT! While still eating her first piece she asked for seconds, SECONDS!

Getting this child to eat has been a battle since birth.  I try not to make it a battle, I never make her finish her plate or eat more when she says she's full.  I never make her try new foods, but when she does I tell her I'm very proud.  Some days I swear she lives off crackers and milk, but she's not under weight or over weight, she's perfect, so I figure we're striking some kind of balance.

I want her to learn how to feel full herself, and portion control - I've heard studies reported on NPR that show that children know portion control better than most adults and children that are allowed to self control their portions have less tendency towards addiction later in life.  I'm trying child, I'm trying. 

Heart a Day - Day 54

Kelly's new shoes.  We HAD to get Twinkle Toes shoes, ALL the other girls in her class have them.  We HAD to.  The tops are a lot cuter, they light up with these obnoxious LED lights that will probably last forever.  Good times.

Heart a Day - Day 52

Our grass is turning green!  I caved and even turned the A/C on today, it's been such a cold spring, the 80 degree weather today was wonderful, but quite a shock to the system.   We have a large swath of clover in the yard that Kelly calls "clover land" and the bunnies call "dinner".

Heart a Day - Day 51

Set up Kelly's easel in the front room the other day - I wish I had one room in the house where we could have our easels set up at all times - open painting!  One day. 

Heart a Day - Day 50

What's your favorite Jelly Bean?  I'm not a fan of Jelly Belly - the flavors are just too weird.  I got these Starburst Jelly Beans today since everyone says they're so good.  I'm not impressed.  I mean, I'll still snarf down the bagful but I probably should have gotten the tropical flavor instead of boring original.  So, what's your poison?

Heart a Day - Day 49

See his wee little ears, see what I did there?  We saw Hop over Spring Break - hastily thrown together slapstick children's comedy, but hey, Hugh Laurie did the voice of his dad, so I'm not complaining. It was pretty cute and has led to much candy consumption.

Heart a Day - Day 48

I plan on making something with this paper mache heart - but it still counts as one!

Heart a Day - Day 47

Fun with stencils

Heart a Day - Day 46

It's a heart, right?  I decided it's "heart" enough for today.  My project, my rules.

Heart a Day - Day 45

This one was made by Kelly, Gary took her to the mall where she spied a candy store and a whole new world opened up before her eyes. 

"There are stores full of candy? That you can buy candy in?" 

Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

Heart a Day - Day 44

I knew when I started this project there would come a day when I'd have to just draw a heart and take a picture.  Today was that day.

Heart a Day - Day 43

The way to a man's heart indeed. I picked up this treasure trove of cookbooks from a RecentHistory.  I love picking out old recipes to try, reminds me of my dad's mom, who I unfortunately didn't know very well, but imagine cooked meals just like these.

Heart a Day - Day 42

Roasted asparagus crusted with Kosher salt and pepper - so yummy!

Heart a Day - Day 41

A little sleepy time wish for Kelly - I think I'll make one of these with a pocket for the Tooth Fairy too, but plan on machine stitching the border next time and using a template for the letters, free-handing it was tricky.

Heart a Day - Day 40

I finally got to have my birthday cake and eat it too.

Heart a Day - Day 39

We love Splat the Cat in this house, though my favorite is Seymour. 

Heart a Day - Day 38

Ham on rye.  I realized after the fact that this looks eerily like a slice of tongue, but I assure you it's just ham. 

Heart a Day - Day 37

This was a lot harder than I thought and I might be the only one who can see the heart here.  It also made it clear to me that Kelly needs a new box of crayons or at least a sharpener.  But they smell really good.