have a happy easter weekend

the kids did a great job on the easter eggs this year..and isnt that chic my mom bought them in NY cute :)

nothing like a milkshake and french fries with my little girl to cheer mommy up..

feeling sorry for myself today

what is my problem??

I have a shredded cheese addiction..

I couldn't get my refrigerator cheese/meat drawer closed..
it frustrated me so I started pulling everything out..these were all stuffed in there..and this picture is just of the ones that were EXPIRED and MOLDY!.. I felt too ashamed to post all of them..
every time I go to the grocery store I never remember what I have so I just buy new and then get home and push the old stuff to the back and throw the new stuff in to use for recipes..
My name is Cara and I have a shredded cheese addiction.. I need help..

Hailiegirl pillows

had some fabric laying around...
hailies bed was looking naked..
40% off coupon to Hobbylobby for the pillowforms..

these are truly hailies pillows..

I finished the first one with the white roses and I had a cute idea for the pink pillow until she tells me she was having a tutu pillow in her mind to make..

a tutu pillow it is... LOVE her little mind..

still here...

been working on some projects...

I will be sharing them soon..

also I added a follow me link now after getting some requests :)

How frickin cute is my pregnant sister by the way..



making me happy today...

my new authentic bowery lane bicycle crate...

straight from NYC (thanks mike!) I like the way my fabric looks in mine..
You might like yours on the back of one of their amazing bikes.. check out their site

jcrew diy bracelet tutorial...

hailie and I were browsing crewcuts online for some new spring clothes for her and she spotted this bracelet..she said it was cute and she wanted me to buy it for her... $14.95..hmmm..it just screamed to me a diy though...
so here you go...30 minutes later and $0 dollars she had her bracelet...

I found an old plastic dress up bracelet of hers..and found some fabric scraps that I thought were cute together....

I cut about an inch strip all along the salvaged edge of the yard of fabric I had...

 then just put a dot of hot glue in the inside of the bracelet and started to wrap the bracelet...

There are a million flower tutorials out there, I ended up using the one from Dana at MADE.. it was a no sew one and I just did it without the dowl rod...

 hailie was super  happy with it...

 and mommy might steal it from her occasionally too!

peep these brownie covered oreos

I used the springtime oreos..
and found the recipe over at the picky palate

melts my heart..

wow no idea where the last couple of days have gone.. I do have some things to show you that I have been working on over the next couple of days though..

luke..

melts my heart looking back at old photos..

tomorrow I will post the sweet note he left for me out of nowhere.. I cried..

starbucks?

walked into starbucks this morning and was greeted by these...

I was a good girl though..

just got my green tea frappachino..which probably is the equivelant of all of those tasty treats though.. lol..oh well..

they changed their cups too..



82...

nonie finally got to eat her cupcake....

(I froze it)

the claw game..
you know the one..always sucks my kids in and then they never win anything..
not this time..not this claw game..hailie beat it..
my little girl put her dollar in..as I was explaining to her one chance and no fits when she doesn't win..
she nods her head yes as her little hands start moving the claw.."mommy I want the monkey or the giraffe, they are the cutest"..
and then she hits the button and would you believe after I dont know how many times watching her loose and throw a fit..that claw picks up the monkey AND the giraffe and dumps them in the slide thingy..
she takes her animals and jumps up and down and laughs and screams with such happiness...
crazy I tell ya..

aren't they so creepy....I mean cute...

a favorite in our house....

settled...

kids are tucked in..
the last box unpacked..
and a fresh batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies...
it's starting to feel like home..

we had the party all planned out..and then the snow got in the way :(

two dozen cup cakes.... sitting waiting to be eaten.... 

yummy cupcakes are from Top It Cupcakes..

if you live in AZ ..go check them out on Gilbert and Warner...

we had big plans for these guys...

we peeled crayons for hours and melted and molded....
the kids were going to give these to their friends for valentines..
and then we went to Target to pick up some things and they spotted the valentines aisle..
they found some old school valentines they got so excited over..
whats a mom to do..sigh..
so now we have an army of lego crayons.. which Luke is quite okay with as he said "It's okay mommy.. I didn't really want to give any of those cool Lego crayons away anyways.."
lol

toucan sam...

hailie called me outside to look at her sidewalk chalk drawing and I went out and was floored..
she made a perfect toucan sam... i use to love froot loops

you can see luke in the back playing with his nerf gun..cracks me up..

three...

I was going through my photos to put up a different post and I came across this picture...

it startled me..  the number three.. the chaos of packing.. I sat there staring at the photo and contemplated if I should blog about it... I have yet to see anything so personal be put out there on a mommy craft blog..

I am moving.. again.. 4th time in a couple years.. not because of the economy..or a job change..
but because of together..not together...together..divorced...
I am not sharing this for sympathy or any other reason but to say it does happen.. it is a reality.. my reality...

three instead of four..

the kids are doing great though... we have done what every parent should do..put them first...
but I do not have a perfect life.. nor do I want to give the illusion of one..
it is chaotic.. I have a ton on my plate.. and at times I have been an emotional wreck..
but I am moving forward and accepting change.. and am finding my happiness..

Love For Michael....<3

I was at the mall and I saw this woman with my perfect purse...
One of my girlfriends asked her about it.. I chickened out..
It was Michael Kors... didn't surprise me.. I love that man and his vision of perfection..

Yes Please....

and this......

and THE BAG... here it is in Gold Python ... hers was black.. It was beautiful...  sigh..

chocolate crinkle cookies..

MAN..these were AMAZING...
according to luke.. "these are the best cookies we have made.. EVER!"

I found the recipe via Bakarella which she got from Martha.. I tweaked mine though...
I  used milk chocolate chips instead of bittersweet chocolate and I didnt have milk in the house but I had chocolate milk..why not.. they are chocolate cookies..right?
I will NOT tell you how many I have eaten..

love

I just noticed there is a lot of love in this house...lol

and the funny thing was that I was looking at another love sign the other day but ended up putting it back thinking to myself I didn't need it...

finally...

my baby lost his first tooth.....
"finally mommy, at seven and a half"

In honor of my baby sis having her first baby..

She called last night and told Luke and Hailie that their new baby cousin was going to be a boy!
So they gave her some advice on what she would need to buy for him..
Hailiegirl being the little mama she is told Auntie Melissa she needs to get some pajamas.. a shirt.. some jeans..a stroller... and a diaper.. of course..
Luke said that she needs to get the baby some goldfish.. so it wont cry...
hilarious..
Big sis says she will need plenty of these:

Serena and Lily sure know how to do hoodie towels and swaddling blankets right...
LOVE THESE...

Christmas.....man it went by fast....