ta da

Jonathan has an old telescope which is very cool but needs a new lens.  In the meantime I took the neat old wooden tripod and made it into a lamp.  Yes, I did the wiring and did not electrocute anyone.  Fun.  Of course now I want to make lamps, lamps, lamps.

Lisa

That's better

DSC_0325, originally uploaded by lisacooper100.

I finally put a bed skirt on our bed. I have been putting this project off because I knew I would have to hem a king size bed skirt, ugh! It turned out to be so easy and elevates our bedroom from the "grad school squalor" look we were rocking.

Tomorrow I will show you the cool thing I made with electricity!

Lisa

Spring hopes eternal

After a brisk walk this morning I snapped some shots of signs of spring around the yard. 

Lenten Roses ready, daffodils peeking, foxglove holding fast...

Looking ahead but enjoying the moment

New things

Today I followed some great advice I received when Anna was a baby.  "Sleep when the baby sleeps".  I never followed the advice when my babies were babies so I decided to put it to the test today.  My girls still (thankfully) willingly take naps. I know, I know, don't hate me.  Well, especially don't hate me when I tell you that I took a lovely 2 hour nap with them today. 

New things:


Swim lessons and a note from Anna to her Daddy about what she "lund" (learned)

I bought an old suitcase at the thrift store and recovered the inside and added some ribbon trim.  As I suspected, the girls love it.  I am amazed at all the the things it becomes.

Lucy whispered to me the other night: "sweetie baby is half doll, half human".  (sweetie baby is up on the left)  I think Jonathan has been reading Stephen King to them at bedtime.

Why, why, why does she already give me this look?


See you tomorrow.

Lisa

Let's think about summer

Here are some photos of my yard from this summer.  I have plans for enlarging a flower bed this spring.  I need more sun in my yard for my plant taste.

I made the above photo to remind myself that the inpatients next to the hydrangea need to be white.  Those two colors together are like fingernails on a chalkboard.  Of course the hydrangea hasn't bloomed until this year and I wasn't even sure what color it might be. 

I still think about our great yard on East Scott. Wasn't it great??

Enjoy your day and for my friends in the blizzard, please be safe!
Lisa

Cooper Camp

No camping at this "Cooper Camp".  The annual congregation of the Coopers and their respective electronic devices and their families. (in that order).  I cannot make too much fun, my sister in law and I were having fun with the ipad into the late hours.



I tried to get some photos of all four Cooper grandchildren without too much luck

It seems like just yesterday it was just Anna and James. 

(how cute)

Anna and Lucy thought Esther was just like a real live doll.  I see lots of good times in the future.

Lisa

And I was disappointed by a hedgehog

Yesterday Lucy and I went to the Zoo.  I heard that there was story time at 10:30 where a zoo animal would make an appearance.

Here she is waiting with excitement!  Me too!   I'm not sure what sort of "animal visitor" I was expecting but I can tell you that I was sorely disappointed with the hedgehog.  Even if we were allowed to pet it.

After the let down I did notice all the very young kids, toddlers and infants and, well, nursing going on.  I guess a more *exciting* animal would have been too much.

I hope that your weekend lives up to all your expectations!

Lisa 

Bloggin' everyday

I'm going to try to blog everyday for a week.  Can I do it?  Probably not but here goes.


What I have been doing lately: 




I made GIANT fabric buckets to hold all the ten billion toys we have.  If I put anything in the girls room remotely rectangular it is turned into a "baby bed" not an "organizer". 

Promoting peace and sisterly love and cute tights and a skirt made by Momma (on Lucy)



Lisa

New Year's Eve at the lodge

After some detours  we arrived at the lodge for our first New Year's Eve at the lodge in 4 years.  It was great.  Great friends, great food and lovely winter colors.


The kids had a great time together.  Thankfully they were all pooped out at bedtime and, as Sterchi Lodge seems to make you, they slept in a bit too.


Happy 2011 to you.


Lisa

Christmas day

This was all cute and fun until both girls got a little freaked out by the baby "pooping".  They don't want to feed the baby anymore.  Actually, they don't even want to play with the baby anymore! 



Sweet Anna made us all gifts - even though we had been shopping to buy gifts.  I got a duster made from a big pom pom and a Popsicle stick,  Jonathan got a book mark and Lucy got some feathers.  She wrapped them, put tags on them and put them under the tree.  That little girl has a big heart. 

I hope yours was special!

Lisa