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It’s that time of year again for the kids to go back to school. There is definitely NOT 104 days of Summer vacation as Phineas & Ferb’s theme song states! There are 60 at the most! The time flew by so fast it barely seems we had a summer.

Anyhoo ~ the kids started school on August 2, 2010. Curtis started high school this year! Samantha is in 7th but started a new middle school. And Isabelle has started Pre-K! I take pictures every year on the first day of school. Here are two of my three!

I hope they look this excited as the year continues!

Since I have been taking my cake decorating classes, and most recently the fondant and gum paste, Iz has been watching me mold and create flowers. Of course she wanted to do the same thing! I gave her a small bit of my gum paste to play with the other night, so when she asked me the next morning for more I had to say no because it’s not cheap.

That of course caused the light bulb to go off over my head and I searched for a playdough recipe. We found one that is so simple and perfect! She had a blast watching me make it on the stove top. The hardest part is waiting for it to cool off enough to play with and make her own flowers.

She has made snowmen, barbells, used cookie cutters and anything else she could find to mold. Of course it is all dried out now so we will have to make some more. It only takes baking soda, cornstarch and water so it’s a very inexpensive to make!

I hope you will be inspired to make something with your kids too! Creativity is awesome!

Thanks so much to Barefoot & Pony-Tailed (Marty) for nominating me!

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~*~ About Me ~*~

1. I love flip-flops and sandals! It’s all I wear unless I am barefoot or must wear close toed shoes.
2. I drank charcoal lighter fluid when was in my 2′s. My mom says that is why I am so unusual! LOL
3. I am Vera Bradley addict and love purses of all shapes and sizes!
4. Crochet is one of my newest crafts! I have been at is since January of 2010 and love it! I enjoy it more than I did knitting!
5. Cake Decorating is my newly found profession! I have finished all 3 Wilton’s courses and am now baking and decorating as a hobby and business! Be on the lookout for www.cakeittotheedge.com to be up and running soon!
6. This past Saturday, July 24, 2010, is the first time EVER I have been stung by anything and it was a wasp. I had an awful allergic reaction to it and needed to get some medical attention. No fun!
7. I have the best husband and kids in the world! I love them with all my heart and would do anything for any of them!

Noteworthy Blogs to read and peruse!

RedCurlySue
Assertive Wit with a Touch of Sarcasm
Mommy’s Kitchen
Momspective
KraftyKash
Chubby Cheeks Thinks
The Pioneer Woman – Ree Drummand

Happy Blogging!!

No, I didn’t lose a child. Well, sort of. My daughter (step-daughter), Samantha has gone to live with her real mom. This will be the first time in 8 years Sam has lived with her. It’s not a bad thing ~ just different for us all. We’ll miss her here at home, but she has been unhappy for a long time not living with her real mom. Yes, she and Curt call me Mommy. Yes, I have been raising them for the last 8 years, and I know it is different for kids when they still have their mom. But she has been mine for a long time so it’s a bit strange to not have her around. Now mind you, she and I would butt heads quite often. More often than either of us would have liked. I would yell at her. She would roll her eyes at me. We’d both cry and slam doors. But we’d always at some point say sorry and that we loved each other. Sometimes I don’t think she knows just how much I do love her. Sam may not have come from my body but she is in my heart.

Samantha will be starting a new school this year and hopefully finding some great new friends while keeping her old ones here at home. And yes, I say home because this will always be her home even if she doesn’t live here. I want her to be happy and to have a wonderful childhood. She is lucky to have a great family on all sides. She has me, her dad, Curt and Isabelle here. And she has her mom, 2 brothers, 2 sisters plus a few in-laws and 7 nieces and nephews there. We all get along which is quite strange for ex’s and step’s and half siblings, etc. I think we are a rare breed. We may not always see eye to eye, but who does?

We all want Samantha (and all the kids) to be happy, so I hope that she will find the peace and happiness she is searching for in this new journey at a new school and new home.

And to Samantha, if you read this, you may not be of my flesh and blood but you are of my heart!

I love you!