WPP #21 - Old wonderful shoes...

These shoes were my daughter's favorite.  She worn them until ...well you can see how the look.  I tried to throw them out a couple times, but she will always asked for them over and over.  We bought more shoes and she will still ask for the brown shoes.  She learned to walk in this shoes.  She first jumped in them as well.   She run.  She did pirouettes.  She learned the color brown with this shoes.  She loved them.  I think they did an awesome job and I felt sad when I threw them away.  I supposed I could had keep them, but I cannot keep every single thing that she or I liked or reminded us of something.  But, I wanted to remember them here, and I took a couple of pictures so they will not be forgotten... those old wonderful shoes :)

WPP#20 - A flower...

Went to a bridal shower and they had this beautiful center pieces.  Reminded me of the ocean and our trip to Cancun.  It was very beautiful :)

Week 16 and 17- Late.. .but here it goes.

For these weeks I decided to work a bit in the garden - pulling lots of weeds and getting an idea of what I need to replace and what I can leave longer hoping it makes it.  Last year we planted a lot of new plants so I am still hopeful that most of them will make it... but so far one hydrangea seems not to :(  Combining gardening I decided to take a few pictures of how my garden is looking so far  - so that gives me 2 of my hobbies - flowers and photography and after having a very 2-3 busy weeks I managed to download the pictures...

This is the tree in front of our house :) It gives this beautiful purple flowers around May then the leaves turn green :)

We have a couple "renting" in our property.  Here is the girl!

This is a new guest moving in the house.. Can you see what it has in his mouth?

This picture looks magical!  Sun and flash... Can you see my purple irises coming up? (Well, no flowers yet)

This is a lilac that I planted last year.  I did not expect flowers, but it is doing better than I thought.

This bush was here when we bought the house, but it has grown quite a bit in the last 3 years... the birds love it, and this year it gave us a lot more flowers than normal. 

Our burning bush help us to protect the birds when they are eating from the bird feeders and in September - October it turns into a super nice red...

This side has a lot of new plants.. the "mini tree" in the corner is a Tiger's eye (planted 2 years ago) and the strawberry bush next to it in the right was planted last year.  Plus, my water bath is new since our previous one broke.  We are still trying to find the perfect bench...

Mike's favorite evergreen tree is a lollipop bush and when we bought it looked down in its luck - the poor thing.  They were practically given it away for 35 dls from the 135 or so regular price.  We figure we did not have much to lose and took a chance.  Well, it has thrive and looks so lovely.  It is one of my favorites now :)

One of my two Japanese maples.  This one was planted last year and it is bigger now than the one I planted 2 years ago! 

Lots of rhododendron and azaleas were planted last year.  So far, 1-2 seemed dead but the other eight are doing great!  I am still giving them a chance for the other 2... Once I thought one of my clematis had died, left it one more year and the next year came back more beautiful than ever... goes to show you :)

And here ends some shots of our backyard !

WPP#19 - Love and a paw

I'd been playing with my cricut so much that I needed to buy a new sheet for it :), and I realized when I was trying to decide whether I will buy one or not that Jack (my cat) had signed my sheet.  Can you see his signature?   It also reminded me that I just got a bag full of old candy... old in the sense that I used to eat it when I was about 12 -13 years old and it is candy that you cannot find here, but that my aunt sent me :)  Yums! 
Also, this weekend and each day we should remember our love ones, but for this weekend Happy Mother's Day to every mommy (love u ma) !

52 Projects - #15 Batman Blanket

I actually finished this one last Saturday, but could not post because it was a gift for my sister in law and I wanted her to be surprised.  I mailed it to her first :)  I did not do this in one week.  It actually took me almost 2 years to do.  But, last week was the only thing I focus because I was so close and wanted to finish.  So, here it is.  I was so happy I was able to finish a big project.  Now, I feel energize to do something else :)

These are some pictures of how it looks in the front, and I took a picture of how it looks in the back.  A lot of times, when I see a project I always wonder how it looks in the back, but they seldom put a picture.  I know it is not as cute, but sometimes is good to see so a newbie can get an idea of what to do in the back.  So, here is mine ;)

And Arianna saw the blanket and liked it.  She said "Mama is wonderful".  Then, she laid down for awhile and when she was not looking I put it away.  Now, I am making her a blanket. :)

WPP#18 Stars and Planets..

When you were a little girl did you want those fluorescent stars on your ceiling?  I did.  Arianna loves her turtle (when it is all dark you can see the stars) that her Ann gave her so long ago now.  I found this planets that light up as well.  So now, we are going for the whole Universe for her :)

No ponytails!

Arianna does not like to have a ponytail, but she is ok with "piglets".  So, here are the first pictures where she actually did not take them down within 5 minutes.  She looks so adorable.  The only problem she kept moving so much it was hard to get a good picture, but you get the idea.

We went to Crackle and Barrel for breakfast.  It is one of my favorite restaurants and Arianna likes it too!  She was playing and singing.

Then, we went to Jo Ann Fabrics and she loves crafts... I know not a big surprise there. I hope she keeps liking it as she gets older.

And finally Target,  we knew one day she will want her own cart and she did.  She saw it and did not want to let go.  She is a proud owner of a shopping cart now.