Truffula Trees: The Lorax

Happy 108th birthday Dr. Seuss.

You can see the Truffla Trees by the door. You can use pool noodles and electric tape to make the trunks of the tree and multi colored tissue paper for the leaves.

Truffula Trees

D's preschool has been taken over by Dr. Seuss! In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday all week long D's school will be doing Seuss projects. Some of the parents made trees like in the book The Lorax. I think the Truffula trees turned out great. They are so colorful I hope they stay up the rest of the year.

Mardi Gras

I took the boys to Disneyland for Mardi Gras. We saw Princess Tiana's Mardi Gras parade at least 4 times. The boys really liked Trazan's tree house and the pirate island. I think they could of hung out there all day.

Madeleine

2nd try turned out twice as nice

I found a lot of recipes online for Madeleines but it seemed no two were the same. The recipe I settled on is a very basic vanilla cookie from Williams-Sonoma Foods of the World, Paris By Marlena Spieler. The 1st batch I made I used whole wheat flour so the texture was kind of gritty and I burned them. The second batch I used All Purpose Flour and they turned out great! I think better than Starbuck's. I can't wait to try Maple Madeleine next!

Madeleine

My whole family enjoys eating Madeleines. Are they a cookie...Are they a cake? I've often wanted to try making these little delights. However you need a special pan and that just made Madeleine seem complicated to me. I took my first step in mastering a cakey and tender Madeleine by buying the pan.

My partner in crime.

and he shall call her Cupcake...

Since D hasn't started going to school full time we spend a lot of time together. I am always trying to think of ways to fill our day. When we went to Clay and Play I made the decision to let him have total creative control. Whatever colors he wanted or if it is a little sloppy I would stay out of it and just let him do his thing. It was hard to keep my mouth shut but the end result is total D art work.

We had a lot of fun and he was so proud of his work.

He named her Cupcake. She kind of has a Dr. Suess look to her.

Grey Gloves

I bought these fingerless gloves from etsy.com. I thought San Jose would be a nice weather change from San Diego. However it was beautiful and sunny the whole time we were there, so I didn't get to wear my gloves.

I wanted to share a fun website that is giving FREE quilt classes. If your like me quilts seem a little intimidating. I've never made a quilt before but I would really like to try. You learn 2 new squares a month and by the end of the year you have a throw quilt.

http://www.craftsy.com/

San Jose Wedding

Saint Joseph Cathedral

It was a beautiful wedding!