Daisy Dee Projects

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

~A catch up post~

Wow, I can't believe that it is May 11th already and that it has been almost 2 months since my last post.
Starting at the end of March until the first weekend in May, I was kept busy almost every weekend with dance competitions for Avery. This is her first year competing and she had 4 competitions in total, one in Kingston, Peterborough, North York and Scarborough.
She loved every minute of it and we are very proud of her. She was in a ballet group number and a production number.

In between competitions we had time to fit in a visit from the Easter Bunny! Here are some pics of the kids dying their Easter eggs.

These were Madison's eggs, she was creative and put elastics bands around them to get this look.

Hope everyone had a great Easter and Mother's Day. Now that the nicer weather is here we have barely been in the house. It's so nice to be able to spend more time outdoors!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

~St. Patrick's Day~

A yummy cookie cake

My treats to the kids

With some 'gold' chocolates (rolos)

My St. Patrick's Day decorations

We also went to the ROM today in Toronto. It was a busy day but the kids and I had a great time!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

~A Random Post~

I don't normally post in the middle of the day during the week as usually I am at work. But today I am home on March Break with the kids! So this post can't get anymore random for me than 1:00pm on a Wednesday afternoon!
I am going to share some random pictures that I have found on the internet. I love anything with my kids names on it. I am big on personalizing my kids stuff because I love their names and why shouldn't I, I picked them!
Below are some pics that I have come across in my internet travels and although I don't know what I will ever do with these pics, I can't bring myself to delete them.
I've also been known to send family and friends pics of their kids names if I find them!
I'm a little weird, I know.

These are all just random pictures that I have found. If I like the pic I click on and save it to my computer. A few of these have been on my computer for a couple years now! But now that I have shared maybe I can finally delete them.

It's probably a good thing that I have a day job.

Thanks for sharing in my randomness today!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

~More Valentine's~

This pic below is of Madi on Friday morning. Her class was having a Valentine's Dance and we had gotten up extra early so that I could fix her hair. She looks beautiful!

Friday, February 11, 2011

~Valentine's~

For the past 2 years I have made Madison's Valentine's for her class. 2 years ago I made Twilight ones and last year it was Vampire Diaries. This year I created Valentine's from one of her new favourite books, The Hunger Games. I even read this series and would highly recommend it!

Then for my sock-monkey-loving Avery, I created these. She loves them and can't wait to hand them out.

And then for lego-loving Caleb, I created these. He thinks their okay and doesn't really see why the girls and I are excited about them! He is so his father's son!

I have then cut them down to individual size and had the kids glue to scrapbook paper. I also rounded the edges with my rounding punch. I haven't took pics of the finished ones yet but you can bet that I will share them when I do!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

~My New Favourite~

Subway art has taken over blog land. So many blogs now have it. And I love it!
Look at my tribute to Valentine's Day with my framed subway art.

(click on the pic to see it larger)

To find some of your own, do a google search for 'subway art' you will find tonnes of blogs that will offer free downloads. I sent mine off to be printed at a Wal-mart photo centre for a mere $15! The size is 16x20, I bought the frame at Michaels with a 40% off coupon.

I had a Christmas one as well, but didn't get a pic of it and so it will have to wait till next year.

Very soon I will be posting the Valentine's that I made for the kids this year for their classes.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

~A New Year & Good Intentions~

A little late on the wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I hope that the Christmas holidays were wonderful for everyone.
I had good intentions of posting a full update this evening, but the evening has gotten away from me! I will post again soon, with some pics from Christmas and upcoming projects for Valentine's Day and such.

Friday, December 17, 2010

~Christmas Past~

Tonight I was looking at all of the Santa photos that we have acquired over the years and thought that I would share them with you!

1997

Madison - 2.5 months old

1998

Madison - 14 months old

1999

Madison - 2 years old

2000

Madison - 3 years old

Avery - 2 months old

2001

Madison - 4 years old

2001

Avery - 14 months old
(notice Avery is wearing the same outfit that Madison wore for her pic at this age)

2003

Madison - 6 years old

Avery - 3 years old

2004
Madison - 7 years old

2004
Avery - 4 years old

2005
Madison - 8 years old

Avery - 5 years old

2005

Caleb - 5 months old

2006

Madison - 9 years old

Avery - 6 years old

2006

Caleb - 17 months old

2007

Madison - 10 years old

Avery - 7 years old

Caleb - 2 years old

2009

Madison - 12 years old

Avery - 9 years old

Caleb - 4 years old

We are missing years 2002 and 2008, but not for lack of trying.

In 2002 we cheaped out (lol) and went to a place that was offering free Santa pics. When we went to pick them up, ours were missing and it's not like we could really complain because we didn't pay anything for them!

In 2008, Avery and Caleb got their pic done (for some reason Madi did not) but for the life of me I cannot find it. I fear that it has been thrown away.

This weekend we will be visiting Santa to get our newest pic.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

~December~

I am sure that everyone can relate to the busy-ness that this month brings.
We have been busy decorating, shopping, wrapping gifts, preparing Christmas cards and packages to be mailed and the kids favourite...making treats for their classes!

Below are the treats that we made for Avery's class.
Treat bags with 2 cookies and some Christmas corn. I didn't make these tags this time. These are actually table place cards, they were on sale at Michaels for $1.49 for 12. I couldn't pass them up at that price and it saved me a lot of time and printing as well!

For Caleb's class, I made the same treats as last year.

Madison wanted to keep it simple (being in Gr 8 and all!) and brought in candy canes to give out to her class.

I have a few more things that I want to post before Christmas. I will really try to update again soon, so keep checking back.

Hope everyone else is on their way to being ready for the big day!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

~Cake Walk~

Every year at the kids school, they have this fundraiser called Cake Walk. The grade 8's bring in a cake either homemade or store bought and then tickets are sold to the whole school and the cakes are raffled off. Kind of like a silent auction as the kids can buy as many tickets as they like.
Since Madison is in Gr 8 this year, she gets to bring in a cake. All of the money raised from the cake walk goes to the gr 8's for their year-end class trip.
Here are the cakes that Madison and I made.

The one on the left is a smaller version of the cake I made for Avery's b-day (kit-kat chocolate bars with chocolate cake and icing and smarties on top) and the one on the right is a cookies'n'cream chocolate bar cake. The cake is white with white icing and crumbled oreo on top.

The kids are looking forward to tomorrow and seeing all the cakes and 'bidding' on their faves. They have already told me that they plan on bidding on ours!

Maybe they will win one of these (or a different one) and it can be my birthday cake, seeing as tomorrow is also my B-day!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Christmas is coming & I need to get organized!

I have been slacking. I keep thinking about all that has to be done before Christmas, before December for that matter but yet I haven't really done anything.
I have started some Christmas shopping but not nearly enough is done. And of course, I make matters worse by browsing the internet and going to sites like Pottery Barn, where they make everything Christmas look so idyllic!

Maybe I need this craft organizer from PB to get me motivated! But at $229USD I don't think I need it that bad!

But it is so pretty! Yes, these are the things that make me excited!

Advent! It is fast approaching. The kids are wondering how I am going to top my advent Calendar from last year. They loved that one.
So far I have succombed to holiday advertising and purchased this Lego City Advent Calendar for the boy.

From the Pottery Barn website I saw these ones and they are really cute but way too $$$.

$99 for this one

$299 for this one!

Who shops at PB anyway?! Certainly not me!

Today, is the Santa Claus Parade. Avery will be a part of it this year with her dance school. She is super excited about it! She's been planning her 'elf' costume all week.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow is when I will get motivated. It always comes together in the end anyway!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

~The "I want it" monster~

This week has been bit of a hard week for Caleb. Only now that I am at this stage again, can I really remember the girls going through it as well. Caleb is going through the "I want it" stage. I am sure that many of you reading this can relate! And really at this time of year when everything is geared towards children and their parents, it is kind of understandable.
However, lately he wants everything! It is getting hard to take him anywhere with me because he inevitably wants me to buy him something. Short of me not taking him anywhere (which is not an option!) we had to sit down with him today and have what I call "the need, want and have" talk.
I remember also having these talks with the girls every few months between the ages of 5-8 yrs old.
I explained to Caleb that he will always have what he needs. As his parents we will always provide him with unconditional love. As he grows we will provide him with food, a warm bed and clothes, he will never have to want or need these things.
Next, I explain to him that we all have wants of material things (for him of course his want is toys!). I explained to him that even Mommy and Daddy have things that they want and don't always get. He is not always going to get what he wants and that is just a fact of life.
And lastly, I explain to him that he should appreciate and focus on what he already has. I told him that he has many books and toys and many other things that he does not play with nearly enough and he has to learn to appreciate that.
This may seem like a lot for a 5 year old to take in but I really do have to say that he did understand what I was saying to him. Like I said I had these same talks with the girls when they were younger. It's all about putting things into perspective for them.
I just hope that it's working...