Another Pinterest Attempt

You never know what will happen when you try something you found off of Pinterest!  Some of my projects look great and then others look like THIS.  Since Easter is coming up I wanted to do something fun for the kids I am teaching in Sunday School and found these:

It looks easy enough, right?  You never know when it comes to Pinterest.  But I decided to give it a shot and was pleasantly surprised that they turned out so well!

Aren't they adorable?  I only came home with 3 and I may or may not have secretly eaten them so I would not have to share.  I don't even feel guilty!

Zoe surprised me the other day by saying, "Mommy, did you know Jesus died and came back to life?"  I know she doesn't fully understand yet, but the fact that she's slowly starting to get it makes my heart swell.  One day she will realize that Jesus thought of her before she was even thought of and loved her so much that he died for her to save her from a burning hell.  What an overwhelming thought that brings tears of thankfulness to my eyes to this day!

I hope everyone has an amazing Easter weekend!

Happy Birthday, Titus!

Titus Colin turned 1 on October 26th!

(I know I'm behind.  I'm a horrible mother!)

 

His party was monster themed and the decorations and cake were adorable!  I'm thankful for Paul and his sister's art skills.  Without them I would be lost!

 

 

I enjoyed watching Titus eat his cake(s) and open his presents!  He actually paid attention to his gifts which surprised me since Zoe and Max didn't really care at that age.  He was excited, though!

 

Happy Birthday to my little man!  My little monster baby! =)

Pinterest fail.

During the football season our family likes to get together and watch our team and we make appetizers!  This past Sunday wasn't any different.  We had pizza pockets, hot wings, potato skins...  I decided to look at some of the appetizers I have pinned on my Pinterest board.  I found these yummy looking cheese bites and knew this is what I wanted to make!  Plus the recipe sounded so easy -- just what I needed!

 

"string cheese chopped into bite size pieces, dipped in milk and bread crumbs, baked at 425 for 8-10 minutes- serve with marinara sauce! Delish!"

 

Sounds easy enough, right?  Almost too good to be true, right?  Well...

 

When I started putting my appetizer together, my sister-in-law asked if my cheese was frozen in advance.  I'm sure I looked like a deer caught in the headlights.  She said that she had found a recipe like this online, but the cheese needed to be frozen overnight first.  Oh snap.  My too-good-to-be-true recipe didn't say anything about that!  We popped my appetizer tray in the freezer for maybe half an hour while waiting for my turn with the oven.  When it was my turn, I popped them in and waited 10 minutes, hoping for the best.

 

Well...10 minutes later...

 

My little cheese balls turned into cheese dump.  Pretty sad looking, huh?  I was pretty disappointed.  But we all scraped some "Who Hash" onto our plates and ate them anyway.  They still had great flavor despite their ugliness!  I didn't fail completely I guess!  But this is a pin I am definitely deleting off my Apps and Zerts board.  I might try again and freeze my cheese in advance, but let's face it...who remembers to freeze cheese in advance?  This recipe seemed too good to be true -- because it was!

 

Se la vie!  I have (now) have 298 more recipes to try in my Apps and Zerts board, so I am not discouraged!  If you want to check out some of my recipes I have pinned, go to my board by clicking HERE!

 

This Fall I have plans to do a lot of Pinterest crafts with the kids.  Surely you can't go wrong with kid's crafts!  Can you?  I want to make Fall colored leaves with our handprints, garlands made out of felt leaves and yarn, maybe make a wreath with construction paper and real leaves from outside...  Great ideas to keep us busy almost everyday, right?  What could possibly go wrong?

My first Pinterest Project

I'm really excited about what I found on Pinterest this morning!  But first, I have to share this video with you.  Have you heard of Vine?  It's an app for recording videos.  I caught Zoe and Max fighting this morning, and normally as soon as they start swatting at each other I nip it in the bud.  But I saw some video opportunity that I may want to see when they're older. ;)

 

 

Crazy kids. :)  I laughed so hard I was crying!  I don't know why, but I just thought it was funny.

 

Anyways, yes, I have my first Pinterest Project!  Look at the picture below.

 

This is a toddler bed that is made out of pallets!  I don't know why, but it seems like pallet furniture is really popular right now.  Some pieces look really cool while others don't.  When I saw this I immediately saw Zoe!  We could even paint it a prettier color.  And notice the "shelving" under the bed?  Perfect for storing books, right?!  I am super excited about this project.  Paul has pallets at work so this is going to work out perfect!

 

I just hope we can do it soon...

The Pinterest Project

Source: tasteofhome.com via Grace on Pinterest

 

For anyone who knows me, I'm a Pinterest addict.  I am on there daily repinning everything from sewing tips and DIY projects.  It has inspired me to love cooking and making fun crafts with the kids!  I noticed the other day that I have a lot of boards that are filling up.  Which gave me an idea..

 

I am starting the Pinterest Project.

 

I'll probably only able to do one or two things a month (except for recipes), but I definitely plan on clicking on each pin and actually trying something new every month!  There are so many crafts and projects I want to try!  So here we go!  What should I try first?