This Weekend

Warning: This is not a real post. This is a precursor to the real post to let you know that though this past Saturday was Little Sister's first birthday, and I spent a month planning and sewing and cooking, and I have a lot of pictures. . .it will have to wait. There is no time.

SO!!! Check back soon for birthday party pictures! They're coming!! And I'm excited to share them with you.

xoxo—Lori

New Dress for Peyton. . .or Charlie. . .

I whipped up a new dress for Peyton the other night. . .however, it just as easily fits Charlie. I'm thinking about giving up on buying clothes specifically for each girl and just have a communal closet for them instead.
They're the same size!!!
This plan may not work in the winter with jeans though. Charlie is still a few inches taller.

Regardless, here's the dress!




So cute!!
Now I just need to make one for Charlie . . . er, Peyton. . .whatever!! This could get confusing!

What do you think of it?

xoxo—Lori

An Attempt at the Salsa Recipe

I was contacted in various formats about the recipe for the salsa I posted pictures of. However, there isn't one! Eek!! My variety of "cooking" usually involves a lot of throwing stuff in, tasting it and throwing more stuff in until it "isn't missing anything."

That being said, I hate to disappoint, so I pulled out my trusty blender again tonight and made an effort to measure everything I put in instead of just dumping and tasting.

Also, be warned. This made about 6 cups of salsa and filled my blender to capacity, so you may need to modify or cut it in half.

I used:
10 small to medium tomatoes, seeded and drained
1 yellow onion
2 jalapenos, seeds removed
1 bunch of cilantro
4 cloves of garlic, minced
3 Tbsp Lime juice
2 tsp salt (start with 1 tsp & add as needed)
1 tsp cumin (optional, I love cumin)

Throw all of this in the blender and then use the Pulse feature on your blender and the Chop button.

From this point, taste (with a chip of course!) and if you're happy, stop. If not, just start dumping. Usually works for me!!

There's a good chance it will look pink for awhile. But that's normal and is caused by the air being pulled into the mixture while chopping.

To give the flavors a chance to blend properly and to allow your salsa to turn from pink to red and to deflate, I prefer to put it in the fridge over night in an air-tight container.

Enjoy!
(and let me know how this works out for you!!)

xoxo—Lori

I may never purchase salsa again

If you know me well, then you know of my love for salsa. I even served the stuff at my wedding. (Along with fajitas!)

But not just any salsa will do. Really fresh salsa with cilantro, onions and garlic.

So when I was faced with an ever growing mound of tomatoes from our garden and a daily meal of caprese just wasn't putting a dent it in, there was really only one thing to do: Make Salsa.





It is so wonderful!! I'm making more tonight. . .

xoxo—Lori

Bigfoot lives at my house

Since little sister recently started walking and is very soon going back to daycare, I figured it was high time I buy her a pair of shoes. This summer she's been home most of the time and carried, so since I'm all about comfort, I just let her go bare foot everywhere.

I can't remember why, but somehow I got it into my head that she wore a size 4. So when I took her to the shoe store and they measured her foot, I gasped in shock. (really, I did!) She wears a size 6!!!! For perspective, he sister wears a 7. I even made them measure again. . .twice.



Little Miss P isn't exactly small. . .

xoxo—Lori

Skirt. . .finally done.

So you may remember that I claimed that I was sewing a skirt and showed off the fabric and such a few months ago.

Well, I did sew the actual skirt, but there's an apron overlay that tripped me up a bit. I didn't read closely enough and the pattern was to make a reversible apron. I needed more fabric!! But I couldn't decide. Then I found it. Ordered it and got it delivered a few weeks ago. You might have caught a glimpse here.

Well now it's done!!
And very cute. (if I'm allowed to say so myself—which I believe that I am!)





xoxo—Lori

Whirlwind weekend

Did I tell you that this weekend was busy?
Because it was.
Didn't sleep much.
Covered in sawdust most of the time.

But things are looking really GREAT!!

Instead of exhausting you with words, I'll just start adding photos!










Nate started tearing apart and laying the floor before I had a chance/remembered to take a "before" photo of the girls' room. It wasn't anything especially awful—just normal, run-of-the-mill beige carpet with all it's little kid stains.



We worked so hard that my shoes literally fell apart.



Fine, they're old. But they did fall apart while I was working!

Are you exhausted yet? I am just looking at all of these!! Nate and I made a pretty good team laying the flooring. I measured and cut the boards while he nailed them in.

Out of all our projects that we swear we will never do again without hiring someone to do it for us, this one is not among them. The floor looks great and while it was a lot of work, it was sort of fun.
Now we just have to find time to finish them! (and hopefully before a certain someone's birthday party. . . )

x0x0—Lori