The hubby aka Dada's birthday is tomorrow and the boys and myself are looking forward to making it extra special for him. Whatever your plans, we wish you all a wonderful weekend!xx Ps. I snapped this with my phone in the Summer. Zion was telling his Dada to place Ian...
This is a throw back from last fall when I styled my front porch for my work with the local paper. Lots of diy was involved. Have you started to decorate for fall yet? Happy Thursday! xx pic by Cindy Burnham
Zion has always thrived on structure and schedules. As a result, we’ve always incorporated some sort of schedule, BUT, it was not always a visual one. These days we have a visual schedule that he uses daily. It has been noted that individuals with Autism...
I was recently asked to review the book titled, This Equals That, from the Aperture Foundation. This is is the foundation’s first children's photobook and is authored by Jason Fulford and Tamara Shopsin. Given my fascination with photography, I was...
Zion seen here at age one didn’t have a chance to escape the beauty of gardening. He observed his gardening fanatic Mom in action and wanted to do exactly what she was doing. Although, the watering can was bigger than he was, he would still attempt to water the...
Good morning everyone! If we are friends on Instagram, you know that I’ve been working on a few mini projects and wanted to complete them before the hubby returned home. I had only 2 weeks to complete them. Above is the guest bedroom. I painted the bed head wall...
We recently celebrated Zion’s 5th birthday and even mother nature gifted us with a present of the most perfect day. Besides Zion turning 5, there are so many other things about him and how much he has accomplished that also merited being celebrated. A colourful theme...
Zion, my prince, turns five today and I cannot believe it! Happy birthday Zion! You are so loved my sweet boy. Muah! I have been in party planning mode as we will be celebrating Z’s birthday on Saturday. You can probably tell lots of diy-ing is taking...
I’ve recently caught the travel bug and have been daydreaming of visiting one of my favorite places; Spain. It got even worse after I watched a travel segment on HGTV showcasing Mallorca, Spain last night. How about you? Are you itching to travel too? xx p.s....
My neighbor’s beautiful daughter, Elouise thinks I did a fab job, right Elouise?Learning how to use my sewing machine was on my to do list of things I wanted to learn this year. I am thrilled to say that just recently, after two lessons from my...
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Because it is Valentine’s Day, and this blog is also my happy space, I am rising from the funk I’ve been in for the past few days to share some pretty… Happy Love Day everyone. Love and light. xx...
I strive to do this most of the times, but today, I almost failed at my attempts at “finding the brighter side…”As I get older, I realize that the thing Ivalue the most is good-heartedness.— Alice Walker The week of love reverie that I started this week...
I haven’t posted anything about Valentine’s Day, so I am making up for it by attempting to post Valentine’s Day-ish posts each day this week. Let’s see how that goes. Today, the red roses head dress sported by the gorgeous Lupita is my ode to Valentine’s...
When Dada is gone as often as he is, I felt the need to make sure that he didn’t become an abstract concept. Well, I just didn’t want him to fade in Zion’s mind. Communication via phone with Dada is not always reliable much less getting to see him via mediums like...
Sometime last year, I mentioned in a post that I wanted to carve out a creative space in my home. I also knew that having such a space would help me be more organized and productive. For what I do, I don’t need a whole room for my office space, so I chose this closet...