The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Hollywood

Baking

Strawberry and chocolate cupcakes for my kids' birthday party. 

Homemade Christmas decoration

My daughter made this Christmas tree decoration and I LOVE it! The homemade decorations by my kids are my favorites!

I love books

My kids and I went to Michaels yesterday. They bought a birthday present for a friend and I bought the above mug. I had to have it once I saw it! It's perfect! It is also the truth because I love everything about books: Reading them, writing them, learning from them, smelling them, seeing my keepers on my bookshelf. Yes, I have a love affair with books! I'm happy to say that I have passed my lifelong love of books onto my kids, as well. 

The Santa Clause

Here's the trailer from the 1994 movie The Santa Clause. This is what my kids and I watched together tonight. 

It's almost here

This has been the mantra at my house for a couple of weeks now. My kids are nearing the end of their school year (it went by in a flash) and they are so ready for summer. To be honest I am, too. They go to a good school and have great teachers but we are all so ready for a break. We love the more relaxed demeanor of summer. We love going to the pool, the beach, taking road trips and generally being able to have more freedom with our schedule. Oh, and my kids adore being allowed to stay up a little later and sleep in a little more in the mornings. So yeah, we're all ready for summer here!

Fused Glass Butterflies

These are butterflies that my kids made out of glass today. They will go into a 1500 degree kiln to melt down and fuse all of the glass together. The butterflies will then become a part of a mural of about 250 total butterflies at their school. I am so excited to see the finished project. I'm in love with these butterflies as they are. I can only imagine how much more beautiful they're going to be when fused and a part of the mural. I'll definitely post pictures at that point, as well.