This afternoon the weather was lovely (the calm before the storm) so Lulu and I played in the snow. I kept making her snowballs which she excitedly plopped into our neighbours yard (only a few, I promise R and J!). And then I got an idea. A wonderful, awful idea! I decided to make the tree out front into a Snowball Tree. Have you ever heard of a Snowball Tree, because I haven’t. Well if there wasn’t before such a thing, there is now! Isn’t it lovely?

I found the book! I found it! The one that inspired my Rockstars & Superheroes! line of personalized custom art for the children in your life. This is the cover. Now I get to read this magical book to my lovely daughter, replacing my name with her’s! She loves it, too!

Okay, that’s enough exclamation marks for an entire year’s worth of posts.

Oma made these awesome cupcakes for Lulu’s 2nd Birthday Party. I love them so much. They make me think of Alice in Wonderland. Plus, they were very delicious!

Lulu supervising the arrangements.

Cousin A on top of the playhouse. Just love the imagination at work here!

How funky are you, girl! Where can I get myself a pair of those tights?

Birthday fun with the best cousins in the world.

Hope you loved your birthday Lulu, as much as we enjoyed celebrating your two-ness!

My baby is getting so big! And cuter by the minute. Good thing she’s not chocolate cake, or I’d really be in for it.

Ahhh! This tea is goodness to the last drop! She actually does drink the real thing, too. Rooibos tea is said to be lovely and calming for people of all ages, including youngsters, and Lulu just loves it. I drank it all through my pregnancy with her, so maybe that’s why.

Oh Lulu, could you please just stay newly two forever? You know when you’re ten and twenty and thirty and beyond, you’ll still be my little baby, right? Right?

For Lulu’s 2nd birthday I decided to repurpose an old cardboard wine box into a travelling puppet theater and sew her up some finger puppets. Here are a couple of before and after photos. Lately she has been using her little animals and playmobile people in it.

On the back here I glued a piece of felt and cut a slit down the middle for the curtains. I created some little slots on the sides to house her finger puppets when on the go.

And Ta Daaa! Here is the theater all complete! It was fun to make, except for the being covered in glue part. I love repurposing cardboard boxes! Especially for kids toys since everyone knows they love the boxes more than the toys anyway!

As you can see, Jack Frost delivered! The snow is not packing enough to make a Frosty Noman, but this is definitely progress.

Over the holidays I ordered 3 sort of crafting with your kids calendars from The Artful Parent, kept one for myself and gave the other two to friends with young kids. The first craft for January was to make snowflakes. Here’s ours! Honestly, I don’t think my little one was that into helping to make them, but she sure enjoys being around while it’s happening! If i remember correctly, in grade school you get points for participation if you show enthusiasm! Gold star for you, babe.

It’s true. I lived in his stomach for a good month. He was kind enough in the end to spit me back out, and now here I am. I have a lot of updating to do, and lots of pictures to share because I was awol for so long. In the meantime, I just wanted to pop in with a quick hello.

Hello!

Above is the card I made for Christmas. It is actually a giclee print of a little painting I made in 2011 of my daughter and our cat, the difference being that I added snow by hand to each card in the edition of 20, so each one is personalized and a little bit different from the next. This card and I are wishing you a happy new year, and loads of fun playing in the snow. If it ever get’s here. Excuse me Jack Frost, but my daughter would like to make her first ever “Frosty Noman” already. Anytime!