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Since moving to Colorado, (from Arizona) some time back, I've fallen in love with this place I call home. It's beautiful, the people here seem so down to earth, and I'm in love with being out in nature. They have so many trails, and nature centers. We love taking our daughter to the park, museum, children events, and more!  Our beautiful  daughter was born here on the military post back in 2011. Colorado is where we bought our now 6 year old pug, who we love dearly. We have attended wine festivals, local farmers market, and  have experienced the lovely sounds of the symphony. (I absolutely love their Christmas performances) Lately I've been praying that all of us experiencing this heat could see some rain very soon. This heat hasn't helped with the fires, and I know all of us here are praying that we can get some moisture soon. Last year everyone came together when we had the Waldo fire, and now we as a community are coming together...

    We just recently made some paper bag puppets. A simple project, which we have done many times. It's just always such a fun family project. Using some washi tape, crayons, craft wiggly eyes, and yarn. We created some pretty cool puppets. :) Our daughter ran around the house pretending that her puppet was a monster as she made her little monster sounds. We had so much fun!     Since my husband has been on leave, we have been busy with activities for our daughter, enjoying nights out on the patio, staying up late watching movies, and doing a little bit of traveling. Our local library has been having summer programs (which I will post pictures at a later time), so that has also been keeping us busy with our daughter. We also took a trip down to Denver and visited the Children's Museum. (Oh, it was so fun.)           {My daughter's puppet}             ...

Today has been such a lovely day. Today my husband celebrated another year of becoming younger, of course! ;) No but really we celebrated his birthday, and boy what a lovely day it turned out to be. I was so thrilled to see that the gift  I ordered from shutterfly had arrived. I had a customized book made for him. It was a gift from both my daughter and I.  He absolutely loved it!     We also enjoyed a nice lunch at Bj's brewhouse.  Once we arrived back home we enjoyed some play time with our daughter.  We played with some blocks, and did some butterfly catching. :)       Later on in the day I baked a delicious strawberry cake..               It was yummy, I topped it with a strawberry whipped topping I put together. Also with some fresh strawberries, and drizzled chocolate. It was a hit! :) I'm really enjoying my husband's leave time right n...

Well hello there little bunny. We came across this cute baby  bunny while doing some yard work yesterday.     This morning my husband looked around for a ground nest. We did a little research last night, so he went out and looked around our backyard. He was successful at finding the ground nest. Inside there was one more baby bunny.     Isn't it cute!? We had to explain to our daughter that this was not our pet, and that we must stay our distance, and that they are not alone. We have seen the mom come and go for their feedings. I think they will move along soon, until then we have some tiny little bunny friends. :)    

              Chalk, park days, paint, endless dancing, these are the joys of having a toddler. I couldn't be happier. The weather has been lovely here in Colorado, and so we spent a lot of our time outdoors again this weekend.  Besides being outdoors, we did some reading, and crafting ( Paint/beaded sun-catchers) . We also did some fun activities on my daughter's easel.   We enjoyed planting some new flowers, my daughter painted a clay pot for her very own seeds. We added a few seeds in her pot, this way she can enjoy helping me when I go out to water my plants she can water hers as well. (Something she really enjoys doing) :) I  did some crafting while sitting out on the back porch. I worked on my mason jar lantern. Diy mason jar lantern         My husband made us some delicious chicken quesadilla's on the grill, and jalapeno poppers. He is taking two week...

Diy Mason jar lantern   Materials needed: -Mason Jar -Washi tape/or fabric -Wire -wire cutter -beads -LED tea light   This project was so much fun, and pretty simple! (I can't wait to use it when we sit out on our back porch at night) :)   Start off by wrapping washi tape/ or fabric around your jar. Next select your beads you want to decorate your jar with. Add your beads to your wire. Using wire wrap it around the top portion of your jar, and add your wire with the beads to the main wire. Make sure everything is secure. At the top of your wire twist and make a loop for hanging. Add your LED tea light, All done! It was really that simple! Enjoy~               “it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime!”    -Kenny Chesney          

DIY Paint/Beaded Sun-catchers       This project was a fun one to do with my daughter. It's a pretty simple project. Materials needed for this project are: -paint -plastic (which I reused a plastic lid from a container) -hole puncher -beads -wire/or you can use string -wire cutter- if using wire -Glue or Hot glue gun     I started off with cutting out circles using my plastic lid. After my daughter painted each circle, using paint colors she picked out. Once that's all done, allow it to dry. (I put ours outside so it would dry a little quicker.) When it's all dry, using your hole puncher, make a hole.     Now onto the beads. My daughter picked out a few beads for the sun-catchers. I guarantee your toddler will enjoy picking out the beads and adding them to the wire or string. :) Once that's all done,    I used my hot glue gun and placed the wire with the beads to the painted plastic pi...