Better Late Than Never!

I made a cute CHEAP Valentine's Countdown for the boys. It is a few days late, but I am living by the "better late than never" theory. To make the cute little containers all that you need is paper & double stick tape. I used some other embellishments, but it was really simple. You can find the directions HERE.

A great cause...

Recessionista is partnering with Soles4Souls to donate shoes to people in Haiti. What a great cause. Check out their post HERE. For every pair of shoes that you purchase..they will donate.

The Dress-Up Drawer

There is a HUGE giveaway going on over at The Dress-Up Drawer. It is going for the whole week...so head on over & enter. Click on the button below!

More pages...

It has been a NASTY foggy morning. So, little man & I have been snuggling while watching UP & Jurassic Park. {Yes, my 3 year old LOVES Jurassic Park}. I have been able to get some pages done! He is such a good little snuggler {blogger doesn't like the word "snuggler" but I think it works}! I love days like today! The creative juices are flowing!

I have to admit that I totally copied someone else's layout for this last one. It was PERFECT for the pictures.

My Therapy

During my "me" time I have been doing a bit of scrapbooking. Here is what I have been working on:

More Monkey Bread

I wrote around Christmas about "Christmas Morning Pull Aparts" on my Mommy Guru blog. I have to say...I was a little disappointed. I realized that I DON'T like butterscotch & there started the disappointment. My husband REALLY liked them, but I wanted something more like Cinnamon Rolls. So, along came Angry Chicken & her "bread of the monkey" post. She uses Martha Stewart's Monkey Bread recipe. It sounded more like what I wanted. So, I made it yesterday & YUM!! The only thing that I would change is the icing. For me cinnamon rolls need cream cheese frosting. This is the recipe I would use:

1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt

Beat together cream cheese, 1/4 cup butter, confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract and salt.

I bet you could still use the frozen rhodes rolls. Take what you have & make it your own!

I'll be back...

Life is hectic. You would think that after the holidays...that things would settle. Yea, not so much here. We are still working on getting things prepared for when hubby deploys. Time is going so fast & the "to do" list just keeps growing. There is never enough time. A part of me just wants to get it started so that I can start to look forward to the end of his deployment.

We finally broke the news about Daddy's deployment & now it is all about our time together. Right now, we are focusing all of our spare time on the family. We have game night almost every night. We read story after story. And my favorite...SNUGGLES! I don't think that they understand the time frame, but they get that Daddy will be gone.

So, there won't be much crafting going on {possibly until March}. I will still bake & post recipes.

I am still posting over at Mommy-Guru & of course on our family blog.