Back in 2004, I wrote down some ideas on how to keep a cat out of our Christmas tree. As our kitten grew older, the issue went away. However, this year we have a new kitten so it’s top of mind again. Lucky for us, there have been some good advancements over the years. The […]
Category: Holiday
Luna Lovegood Halloween
For Halloween this year, Lily went as Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter. It’s great to see her picking characters/costumes that are unique and fun. Luna’s brave, smart, creative, and not like any one else.
2018 Halloween Pumpkins
This years Halloween pumpkins include a cat, OMG face, Spiderman, Harry Potter and a cat-a-corn (cat unicorn). This year we tried a few different techniques on a few of the pumpkins like scraping the outside of the pumpkin and not carving it all the way through. That’s how Spiderman’s web is done and Harry’s glasses. […]
Some Easter Fun
Had some fun on Easter. Created giant Peeps for the neighbors, made an even bigger bunny in the snow, and finished off the day with a fun Peeps Jello dessert.
Happy Easter!
I have to say that face painting is amazing. They’re getting bigger and better all the time. We love it. Especially when it’s free!
Easter Egg Hunt in MN
All this snow makes it easy to find Easter eggs. White ones would be so much more fun!
Tip: Don’t buy multi-mode solar powered Christmas lights.
Solar power Christmas lights sound like a pretty good idea right? Well, they are but make sure you don’t get multi-mode lights. I bought two sets of solar Christmas lights from two different companies. Both had 8 modes. Both have the same issue, no memory. When the batteries run out, they forget what setting they […]
Christmas Phone Wallpapers – WordPress, Apple, Santa
I found a nice Christmas wallpaper for my phone the other day but I wanted something more. Adding a WordPress logo looked great. But not everyone likes WordPress, so I made an Apple one too. And then a Santa one. Enjoy!
My homemade Jack Skellington is up! Hopefully he survives until Halloween.
Jack was made mainly from PVC. You can see the instructions over here. I made him a bit shorter as he was like 8 feet tall and instead of fabric, I used a plastic tablecloth for clothes. The mask is from Amazon so I kind of cheated on that part. All in all, it turned […]