Mothering Magazine

What a great way to start off the holiday season! Thanks to Jen of LivingPlaying.com, my mermaid tail is featured in Mothering Magazine as one of "the best natural toys of 2008".



Check out Jen's website. She has some fantastic toys for kids - colorful, fun, and educational!

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Muffin Tin Monday

Another Monday brings another reminder from my son that today, we were having lunch in a muffin tin. Next week, I need to be more prepared as our new host - Her Cup Overfloweth, has proposed a challenge. Family Heritage/Traditions. I'm sure I'll be mulling that one over all week.

This weeks tin: steamed carrots, yogurt, crackers, thinly sliced turkey, our version of Greek spaghetti (ground turkey and cheese on noodles - Robbie likes Feta, Lyssie likes Parmesan), and corn.

It's fun to check out everyone's tins - there are tons of great ideas out there for children's lunches. Check them out!

I have a big surprise that I'll be blogging about later today, so check back! It's a very big deal for my World of Whimm store. Yippee!

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Special Delivery

Friday I received a special delivery - a box full of color! My mom (who lives in San Jose) does much of the cutting for several of our items - the mermaids being a big one. I told her that I wanted to be sure to have a large variety of colors available at the Urban Craft Uprising and she delivered! Look at these beautiful colors! Of course, now I face the daunting task of sewing them all up. I hope to start sewing these right away! I was out of small tails - so it'll be nice to replenish. Just imagine how pretty the booth is going to look with so many pretty colors!

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Under the Mistletoe

Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner already??? It seems as a child, Christmas couldn't come sooner... now, I find myself wishing to skip it or push it back just a few more months.


But this year, I plan on taking it head on... preparing myself so that I can enjoy the holidays. We have lots of family coming to town this year which makes it even more important that I do as much as I can ahead of time so that I can enjoy their company.


To get myself in the mood - and yes, I did this before Halloween (gasp!) - I started to make fleece mistletoe (the one pictured has already sold, but I will have more in the shop soon). I love the idea of mistletoe - but I hate that the fresh mistletoe always look horrible, you have to find a new one every year and every year you could pay a ridiculous amount for a small twig of it. This mistletoe will last year after year - so you will only have to buy one! It's also soft - I love fleece!


Watch for more of these in the shop - although color and beads may vary as I'm trying to use what I have.

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A great Halloween

We are exhausted! But what a day we had yesterday! The kids were wiped out by the time we got home. We went to Robbie's school for their Halloween party - there was a DJ and the kids had a great time dancing. Lyssie loves loud music and a dance floor - "I jake my boodie" she says. She's the center of attention every time! Robbie loved dancing too... but I think he was busier scoping out the room for his friends. Aw... I remember those days!

We followed Clifford out of the party and into the school's book fair. It was perfect and Kasey bought each of his kids a book. It was also the perfect way to leave the party and to move on to trick-or-treating.

We took the kids to the mall - with the forecast of rain, the cool temperature and our given neighborhood... it seemed like the way to go. Apparently everyone else in Everett felt the same way. The place was packed! It made me a bit sad. I have the greatest memories of trick-or-treating in our neighborhood... going door to door, blocks and blocks away, pillow cases full... seeing friends as we made it from one known neighbor to the next. Our kids won't have these memories. But I have to remember, that just because their memories won't be like mine doesn't mean that they won't have their own fond memories of childhood, they'll just have ones different from mine.

We finished the night off with a not so peaceful dinner out (the kids were VERY tired).

So, here are a few pictures from our Halloween... enjoy!

For those unfamiliar with Mario Cart (or any other Mario game), I'll help you identify these costumed kids... Lyssie was Princess Peach and Robbie was Diddy Kong.

Before leaving for the party. They couldn't really wear their costumes in their car seats... they are supposed to be posing with their carved jack-o-lanterns, but as you could see they were more intrigued with the ones that could hold candy. I wish I had thought about making them into the shells that the characters throw in the game - that would have been awesome!

Peach and Diddy dancing

The little puppy was the cutest EVER! I am fairly certain he was even smaller than Lyssie when she first started walking. This puppy was drawn to Peach - he must love blonds!

Peach shopping at the book fair.

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