Life as a Leach

So, I try to be a Pinterest mom.  Sometimes it works out, and sometimes it turns out more like this.   (Just ask me about the nail polish cookies sometime!) 😆😆😆 I recently learned about Paperless Post , and guys, I think I found a way to make my life easier!!  This company has the CUTEST e-cards and invitations!  You can add your own pictures to many of them and the editing is very simple.  Here are a few cute ones that I found:  Click here to the adorable animation (great name too, right?!) Click here to view the beautiful envelope that goes with this one! (fun Harry Potter card) (my Ninja boy would like this and you can actually put your child's face in as the ninja!) And man, I wish I'd found Paperless Post before Abby's cooking party!  Check out this PERFECT invitation that would have saved me so much time! I love the cookie envelopes that go with this one.  Check them out here. Many of the designs are free and others can b

My dear, sweet, Abby Joy, What. A. Year!  This time last year, we honestly weren't sure if you would be here for your 8th birthday.  What a mighty God we have who has healed you and allowed you to flourish in the last 6 months!!  You have come such a long way, and we are so grateful. While you started out your 7th year a bit rough and pretty limited in what you could do, in April you returned to school and were able to finally join your 1st grade class in person!  You finished out the year LOVING every second of school, and then started the summer with an amazing trip to Alaska!  Your favorite memories of the trip a meeting the sled dog puppies and going to Kids Club on the ship. We had an awesome summer and played so hard!  You participated in a theater camp and a camp through Therapeutic Recreation.  It was so good to see you playing again. Your second grade year has started out great and you are loving your teacher.  Of course, your awesome one-on-

Abby had her 8th birthday party at a local cooking school today, and it was SO much fun!  The party was a Chop Jr. theme, so the group was split into 2 teams and they worked together to create an appetizer, main course, and dessert from a basket of ingredients.  They could add additional ingredients, but all of the ones in the basket had to be included.  Judges decided which team won each round. Her great group of cousins and friends from school and church Learning how to use a knife properly Abby peeled an apple cutting up turkey stirring the baked apples and adding cinnamon shredding chicken for the main course cooking the chicken and cream sauce cutting up spring onions You can't go wrong with cheese! Team 1 with their dessert creations! Time to sing "Happy Birthday!"  The girls each got to decorate their own cupcake. Lucy thoroughly enjoyed the whipped cream! Wh