Easter Egg Coloring

We had a fun night of egg coloring last night. We colored almost 2 dozen....why does that never seem like enough?!?

Of course The Hubs made his traditional egg for me. :) 

3 people of the group (not me) were very creative and made cute bunny eggs 

Our grandson had 3 going at once. 

Here is our bounty of colored eggs, the plain eggs are mostly mine, although I did make a couple dual colored. 

I dont care how old I get, coloring eggs is always my favorite part. The family all around the table sharing and laughing makes for those extra special moments.

Soaping Pot - Prickly Pear

Juicy fragrance of crimson-purple desert catus pears also known as Prickly Pears. Sweet, drippy notes of plum, strawberry and watermelon gives succulent, realistic fragrance of a prickly pear while the crisp green watery essences of the cactus itself show through in this unusual, delicious fragrance!

Mixing the prickly pear (pink) and cactus (green)...

Layered in the mold...

The final result!

Soaping Pot - Rosemary Mint

Making Rosemary Mint today....a blend of Rosemary, Garden Herbs and Mint....a great "wake you up in the morning" aroma.

Adding the green mica into the soap batter...and then mix mix mix...

I keep a small portion left uncolored to pour onto the top for a little bit of contrast.

Cat/Dog Toy

Funny how the cats could care less about the dog toys...but lil pup feels he should have ALL the toys. He wants the ball on the top of the cat toy soooo badly....

Here he is asking me to get it with stomping his feet and giving me a low bark...

Now maybe if I stand up tall....

...and take a quick nip at it... 

No...just makes it spring back and forth....

Now Simon comes over to say "I dont think so" Lil pup looks to me for some help....

Simons says "no way!!!".... 

..."its MINE!!"

Foiled! Darn cats!

Lavender Bath Bombs

I haven't made bath bombs in a while, so when I received a special order for some it was time to dive in....first gather all the ingredients...

Baking soda

Citric acid

Shea and cocoa butters

Mica and lavender essential oil

Then I mix with a pastry cutter...until my arm feels like it wants to fall off...then I mix some more to make sure everything is combined well.

Pack into a mold....

Then smoosh the 2 sides together to form a sphere. For me this isnt always so easy.

My recipe made 6 and a half bath bombs...one fell apart before picture time...but I managed 5 good ones in the end...and I keep the halvsies for myself. :)

Motorcycle Diaper Cake

My niece is having a baby and for her shower gift my daughter found the cutest idea for a diaper cake, you can find step by step instructions over at Sweet Aprils blog.

First we gathered our needed supplies...

Fanned the diapers using a cake pan as a guide... 

Make 2 and hold together with rubber bands... 

Wrap ribbon to hide the rubber bands securing with safety pins... 

And we have our 2 completed "tires"... 

Roll 2 receiving blankets...

And connect the 2 tires together with 1, and put the other through just the front, lay down a bib for a fender over the tire... 

Secure the handle bars with a teething ring over a bottle for the "headlight"... 

We added mittens for the handle bars and Voila! How cute is this diaper cake?? 

Miss sock monkey is riding in style with her beanie helmet. :)

A diaper bag was added to the gift for the remaining diapers and other essentials.

Palm Springs Trip 02/09/13

The Hubs and I have not taken some "us" time in a very long time, and we havent been back "home" to visit family in an even longer time, so we combined the two and had a quick 3 day weekend getaway to Palm Springs where I grew up. Here the city of Indio pops out of nowhere...almost there...

 

Still not a fan of all the windmills everywhere...

Oh yeah, and still not a fan of the sand blizzards, those I do not miss!!

As is our luck a storm was moving in on the day we arrived... 

 

When we go to Grandmas I always sleep in Grandpas room, where I am out like a light and sleep like a baby. She had the photo quilt on the bed this time, I made this for them years ago...

The next morning we awoke to a gorgoeus day!

 

No trip to PS is ever complete without breakfast at Billy Reeds...

Where a cinnamon roll is an absolute must! I grew up on these babies and we always bring a bunch home, Billy Reeds has the best!! Oh and the home fries were pretty darn good this trip.

Grandma and I...

Also in town was the "Tour de Palm Springs"..I cant believe they let us drive down the road with them instead of closing off the roads...made me a wee bit nervous. 

Tourist time for The Hubs and I, only 2 things we wanted to do besides family visting.... 

Tour Ruddy's General Store...

Where my favorite part was his pharmacy collection...beyond neat to see!!! 

 

Of course we had to check out the soap display...

Second on the agenda was the huge Marilyn Monroe statue on display for a year in Palm Springs, that was a site to see...I am so dwarfed by her.

The Tour de Palm Springs finish line was right there, so we watched a few riders come in.

And that concludes our trip, we enjoyed getting away and seeing our loved ones.

A side note on our trip....my grandma has been feeding the same stray cats for 13 years now...started out as a momma and 5 babies, only 2 babies left after all these years, they are scared of their own shadow and you cannot get near them but they get their dry food at night and she gives them warmed milk in the morning, she cracks me up.