Baby Room Transformation

We are ready, but he has yet to arrive.... The baby room has been transformed from pretty pink to a subtle mix of primary colors. I found the circus crib bedding items on sale at PBK for under $60 for all three pieces - the bumper, skirt, and sheet. (I love a good sale). I made some wall art to mimic the circus animal appliques on the bumper - using some craft papers on canvas. And my mom made the coordinating curtain and chair pillow using an inexpensive sheet set we found at Kohl's. Lauren likes to visit the 'baby room' but luckily she seems to enjoy her new 'big girl' room even more.

Chocolate Biscotti

Tried a new biscotti recipe - Chocolate-Pistachio biscotti, a 'reader favorite' from this month's Everyday Food. I made a few substitutions - special dark cocoa for regular cocoa, white chocolate chips for dark chocolate chunks, and craisins for pistachios. The recipe made a softer biscotti than the Cooking Light recipe I normally use, but it was still quite good, and the chocolate is a nice variation.

B-day Freebie

Last year I signed up for Sephora's free Beauty Insider club in which you receive some pretty good coupons, special offers, etc. And near your birthday you get a lip gloss trio, completely free. Not bad!

Bag Lady

Lauren found a stash of shopping bags in our closet, and went to town stringing them all on her arms. I'm not really sure of her plans once she had them all, as I was able to distract her with a call for 'snack-time' or something like that....

Happy Easter!

There was a lot of talk of eggs around the house this weekend. Lauren had a Easter egg hunt at daycare on Fri, and also got a really cute flower felt Easter basket from her teacher - filled with bubbles, raisins, fruit chews, and a lady bug felt bracelet. Then on Sat, we colored eggs at home. And on Sun, Lauren had fun checking out her Easter basket from the Easter bunny, and had no problem quickly locating the 6 plastic eggs hidden for her. After dinner there was another treat - pink and yellow frosted mini-cupcakes. The Easter bunny left her a foil-wrapped chocolate bunny in her basket, but it might accidentally get misplaced.... as she may have already exceeded her monthly sugar quota.

'Me' Time

The cats love the 'after-eight' hours when Lauren is all tucked into bed for the night. They come out from their hiding spots to enjoy some quality lounging time. They even take over her chair....