The End of an Era

 I bought these shoes at the Goodwill store on 3rd Avenue and 121st in NYC many, many years ago. They had these shoes in every size and lots of colors. I still kick myself from time to time because I didn't buy a pair in every size. A few months ago Margo said I could throw these shoes away (because I asked her to put her shoes away when we came home). So I did. Gladly. The next day she regretted her choice and sadly I caved and pulled them out of the trash. They have been in a continuing state of deterioation ever since. When she asks if she can wear them to school I say "No, because you are not a ragamuffin." But yesterday she had them on and we were late so I said yes. But I told her it was officially their very last day of existence. They are deep in the trash can today. When we got to school I discovered her dirty shirt was on backwards and she was wearing a dress with green play dough dried on it. So much for trying not to look like ragamuffins around here.

Braid

I checked on Margo playing in her room one day when, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature girl that knows how to braid.

Plains Art

We visited the Plains Art Museum for their annual Friendship Day activities on Dr. King's birthday. H&M posed by a couple of their favorite pieces in the VIVID exhibition featuring Seth Chwast's and Dietrich Sieling's art.

Delphy

Couldn't have a new round of posts without a photo of dear old Delphy Dog, the love of our lives. (And bane of my existence.)

Cupcakes

We were reading through our library of Pinkalicious books (don't judge, dear reader) and Margo thought we should make some cupcakes to see if she would turn pink from eating too many. We used some leftover beet juice to dye our frosting pink, some good old fashioned FD&C1 Blue to get that highly unnatural pretty shade of blue you see in the photo above, and some mashed up blackberries to make some nasty looking but absolutely delicious purplish-brown frosting. No one ended up with an acute case of pinkititis (or chronic vomiting) because we only made twelve.

There Is A Lot Of Washi Taping Going On Around Here

Harper and Margo should write the book on how to use it.

Sign Maker

Margo also made an awesome sign for Christmas.

Happy New Year!

We started the year off right with a couple of showstopper pancakes. Thanks for the idea, dear reader.

Sign Maker

Harper made some signs for us this holiday season.

Take Down

We took down the Christmas decorations today.

Clay Our Way

My friend, Jen, invited us to her classroom to make ornaments. One week we cut out our shapes, and the next week we returned to glaze them.

I think they turned out fabulously.

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