One of my favorite things I did when I was visiting ma last month was bake and cook. We invited Judy over to bake cookies with me so I could take them to my grandma on Palm Sunday. My favorite cookie I like to make are the Italian cookies and Judy and I had so much fun decorating them. We didn’t just frost and add sprinkles like I usually do but I added mini marshmallows, nuts and kisses to some of them. When we finished making the Italian cookies we
Hi, Snowball here. I asked mom if I could tell my friends about my birthday party yesterday and now I’m five years old! I thought mom forgot it was my birthday because she was busy all day and didn’t say anything about it. But last night my friend Judy came over and mom surprised me with a birthday party! Mom put a blue ribbon around my neck and I had a little cake decorated with Lia’s Minecraft decorations. I was so excited to get into that cake. Judy and mom
Today I’m sharing my Wordless Wednesday Gardening project. Yesterday’s post was about my roses and the beginning of a project I was starting in the front yard where I removed a large pampas grass bush. Last night I worked on this area a bit more. I do things in steps so the project is over whelming and when I can find the resources I need. (Yes this is turning into a Worded Wordless Wednesday!) These are the photos on yesterday’s blog, what a difference a year makes from when I
Today is National Gardening Day and I get so excited when the flowers start blooming in our gardens, especially the roses. Rich would talk to his roses every morning and he grew the most gorgeous flowers but his roses were exquisite. These are just a few of Rich’s roses from years ago, he planted this rose bush in 2013 and it is full of blooms from early spring to sometimes into December. 2026 Roses I’m doing the best I can to keep Rich’s roses growing and thriving like he had
When I had the computer hutch in the front room, I made a double shelf on the top using an old mirror and 4 large mason jars filled with decorative pea stones. But when I removed the hutch and painted that room I took the shelves down. Now I had 4 mason jars to come up with an idea for them. My first thought was to use them to store nuts and dried cranberries. I make my own trail mix and now I have the nuts and cranberries right at