"Merly Merly Merly Merly..."

Enjoy Bentley's rendition of "Row Row Row Your Boat"

spring arrived...

...on my doorstep.


thank you sondra.

flour power

Bentley enjoys when I put bowls in front of her during cookie-making to pour the ingredients into. I plop her on our portable dishwasher and wheel her around to the countertop where I'm working. First to measure was the sugar. In goes her little finger just wet enough to attract a few sugar crystals up to her mouth. Next, came the flour, instead of just a little finger going in for a taste, she grabs a handful and stuffs it in her mouth. I looked at her wide-eyed waited for a reaction. She goes in for seconds. And thirds if I would let her. Instead of making a big deal about it, I simply asked if she would like some water. "yesh" she says with a nod and little flour cloud puffs coming from her mouth.


p.s. Notice the crooked pigtails. Drew once told me her pigtails were crooked. I told him he is more than welcome to try to get them straight. Instead of trying over and over again to get them just right, I go with it.

a little dogwood joy

was feeling down tonight...
...then in walks my husband from a prayer evening with the guys with a little piece of joy.

George, the sock monkey.

The desire to at least attempt making a sock monkey has intensified recently. When a couple of baby shower invitations showed up in my mailbox, I knew it was sock monkey time. Here is my first attempt. I have yet to name him. I think he is a boy. He is for a baby boy anyway, let's call him "George" for now.


I had a hard time finding just the right buttons for his eyes. I don't recommend white (super creepy). And black, well, that didn't look right either. I ended up finding the turquoise buttons and thought they needed a little something else, so I doubled them up. I highly suggest this if you want to tone down the creepy-factor.


If you would like to make a sock monkey creation of your own, I recommend this sock monkey-making-website.