Elia and James Showered With Love

Elia and Brother James are welcoming a little girl in July. 

We are all so excited we could not help but take this time to celebrate.

The proud parents to be.

Marie and I assemble handmade decorations. Little Olivia is a really good helper.

Super easy Scalloped Doily Bunting Banner with gold and pink vintage paper doilies. 

These are glued on pink and white bakers string.

Handmade paper Popsicle Stick Votive's, Tissue Paper Flowers, Popsicle Soaps and Paper Straws and Grandmas Vintage China.

Yummy food and Marie's homemade Gluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes. Mama to be is loving Chocolate right now. Who are we kidding. Loving Chocolate all the time, I am sure.

Elia giving the new wardrobe a fit test.

James giving some love to babies favorite new toy.

 A stuffed yellow lab that looks just like Lucy. His first baby.

We are all so happy for you guys. You are going to be wonderful loving parents. Congratulations!

P.S. Thanks for sharing the babies name. Your secret is safe with me.

Put a Bird on it and Call it Art

Hello spring! What? You can't hear me through the pounding of the rain, the blowing of the wind, the snow drifts and fog.

I remember being a little girl and putting on my snow boots with my brand new Easter dress (that mom would make for us girls every year) to hunt eggs in the front yard Easter morning. Easter is one of my favorite holidays. Today I treasure Easter by collecting vintage Easter items and displaying them all year.                

This year I am all jazzed for Easter. Us siblings are all gathering to celebrate in our parents new house for the first time. New house means new memories.  Little Olivia is going to color and hunt her first Easter eggs in Gran and Grandpa's front yard in her little Easter dress. (and possibly snow boots)  I wonder if the Easter Bunny will be spotted re-hiding the colored eggs during breakfast like when were kids? Very suspicious that bunny. But it sure was fun having a second back yard hunt.  

A family get together and a holiday give me a pretty good reason to buy butterscotch chips. What am I going to do with these chips?

      Bird Nest Cookies

I found some Snyder's Gluten Free Pretzels for the nest and used these cute Cadbury Mini Eggs. I think they are super cute. I hope they all make it till Easter.