Fairy Garden, Revamped

Since the arrival of spring, Sophie and I had been wanting to play more in our fairy garden, but although it survived the winter better than expected, it was looking quite sad...

So we decided to revamp it, and bring it from drab to fab!

I thought we could glitter up the smaller house.

And Sophie thought the stones could get some of that too. A bold choice, I know, but it worked.

We made some new mushrooms out of glass rocks and bits of wood.

Then we planted some pretty flowers to make it more lively. Sophie thought it was a very serious job.

No, not really.

With the help of our friend, the glue gun, I made a slide out of sticks and a piece of a coffee can, and we used a wooden block as a bridge.

And then we set out to play.

Word of the new fairy garden must have spread around fast, because soon there were some woodland creatures visiting.

And later in the day, when Sophie was taking a nap, a few of my vinyl toys strapped on some wings to pretend they were fairies, and jumped in to have some wonderful afternoon fun.

Hope you find inspiration from our garden, and if you want to check out the best of the best, go to The Magic Onions!

Cheers and happy gardening,

Gaby

Happy Mother's Day

Today I got:
A good night sleep from my -one month old!- baby,

sweet morning cuddles from my little girl,

delicious chocolate orange ice cream crêpes from the hubs...

... and lots and lots of love.
Oh, and I found this awesome print:

Hope you had a wonderful day too!
Cheers,

Gaby

Happy Earth Day

Grandma and Sophie were checking out the front yard and found some tomato, cucumber or squash, and some potential strawberry plants that had grown where the compost bin was, and decided to plant them in some nice pots. They also added basil, parsley, thyme, oregano and garlic. 

Sophie's favorite part was wearing my gloves and of course, watering everything she could.

Even the weeds got a special treatment in honor of Earth Day.

Next will be to add some pretty flowers, transplant some lavender, rosemary and mint from the front yard, and make cute plant markers (my favorite part).

Happy greening!

Cheers,

Gaby

Introducing Baby Oliver

Our baby boy is here!  A whole 8 healthy pounds of baby. He was in a hurry to be born (a lot different to the 39 hr labor with Sophie!).

We are doing great, and Sophie has given her seal of approval.

Cheers,

Gaby

Aliens and stars for Sophie's spaceship

We wanted to take part in Tinker Lab's Egg Carton Creative Challenge, but could not think of what to do, until Sophie and grandma started playing in Sophie's spaceship. Then it came to us: aliens and stars, of course. It was a beautiful day, so we set up all our supplies on the deck and got cranking.

We all had to have a go, but Sophie made most of them, I promise.

And up to the outer space she went!

Look mom, I caught a star!

And here is our little bear, more than two years ago, just after aunt Sasa and uncle Andrew built her this super awesome spaceship.

To make it, they used an old door, computer part and bathroom fan (see if you can recognize each part).

We are trying to do our best to enjoy our last days with Sophie as an only child. It sure helps to have grandma around!

Cheers,

Gaby

Happy Easter to y'all.

We did it! Colds and all, we still managed to do some fun stuff for Easter.
First, we started with an egg hunt on our front yard, where the sneaky bunny had hidden some cascarones (that he bought for $1.97 a dozen, since he was too sick to try to make them himself). Sophie did not appreciate the smashing on the head, but loved smashing each of the eggs on the ground.

For finding all those eggs, Sophie got some awesome paper birds and bunny that the bunny had downloaded for free from Nani Bird and Paper Box World.

Next, we had some candy.

Then we opened some presents from our lovely friend Paola.

After that, we had some Ginormous Easter Egg.

Then Sophie and grandma painted some egg shells.

And finally, daddy brought up a giant box that our friend Alison had given us a million years ago, and Sophie had the most fun of all day!

Hope y'all had a great day and a happy Easter.
Cheers,

Gaby