Happy New Year!

A new year and a new decade.  It seems sort of surreal to think that it’s been 10 years since 2000 – but wow, has my life seen some changes!  Excited, and hopeful, to see what 2010 brings my way

I can’t say that I did much to celebrate the new year last night…as a matter of fact, I actually didn’t even make it until midnight (which is sort of weird for me).  But I ended the night in a warm bed with a bowl of cereal and a new book…and started the new year with 2 kids who slept in past 8am!  Whoa – let’s make that a trend this year!  I figured since the morning was going so well…might as well sugar-up the kids, lol!  I saw this super cute idea on a blog that I recently discovered (thanks, Lara!) and could easily spend hours and hours ogling!  I decided to take this idea and add a bit of my own – here is what Emma and I came up with:

Ok, how fun are cookies on a stick that actually look like lollipops??!!  These are my new favorite thing – I just want to keep going in the kitchen to look at them   They taste good, too.  The kids absolutely loved them and it was a whole family affair to make them – Ted helped roll the little dough balls, Emma made the “snakes” and Abby was the official taster – as in, she could not stop putting the dough in her mouth!  She was out of control!  I guess this doesn’t help with her tendency to eat playdough, either.  Oh well, it was worth it!  You can bet these are going to be making an appearance at future playdates and birthday parties.  Too fun not to make!

So one of my favorite inspirations, Ali Edwards, has got me thinking about my “word” for 2010.  Or rather, if I should actually have a word for 2010.  I’ve seen this concept for a couple of years now and haven’t ever really felt inspired to participate.  I’m feeling a little differently this year.  I feel like I’d like to focus some of my energy on a few areas that I think I’ve been neglecting.  Or rather leading in the wrong direction.  I’m still mulling it all over on the inside so I’m not ready to commit yet.  Just getting it out there that I’m thinking about it…we shall see

On a final note, I just discovered something that I think is really cool (probably something that a million people are doing already, but I’m okay with that) and I wanted to share.  So we have a large dining table that we do just about everything at, everyday.  Eat, play, visit, read, color, glitter, glue, etc, etc.  It’s also a main focal point in our house so I like to try to keep it looking nice as often as possible.  I really like the idea of having a centerpiece on one of those really beautiful table runners.  But that simply would NOT last more than 10 minutes in my house.  Abby would have that table runner ripped off (along with the centerpiece) in nothing flat.  And would probably be wearing it on her head.  Anyway, I need something much smaller but equally pretty.  Welcome placemats!!! I just discovered that a placemat is the perfect size for me and best of all, they are available in almost all of those beautiful table runner patterns – but for minimal cost!  Love it!  I used one I found from Target for my holiday centerpiece and then bought this one today to use for the next few months or so:

Perfect size to avoid being grabbed by wee hands!

I hope everyone is having a fabulous start to 2010…may this year bring a bit of peace and joy to all of us.  Happy new year.

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