Small Things Are Big Things

It’s official (kinda), the website should be up sometime in September! Here are some of my favorite silly pictures from our photo shoot last week. All the truly amazing ones will be on http://www.smallthingsarebigthings.com/ soon… we hope 🙂

Eli and I sporting our Lids, Dark Grey and Light Grey. We are wearing the same size!!!

Ella looking up toward the M & M’s wearing the Reversible Heart and Skull Lid

Eli’s silly face in the Light Grey Snowboarder Lid.

Bella showing off the reversible Black and Red Surfer Lid.

Cole trying to explain to me that Anakin Skywalker turns into Darth Vader wearing the Red Snowboarder lid.

Sophia showing us her attitude in the Limited Quantity Blue Lid w/ Navy Open Star.

Jonas can’t sit up yet so I’m trying to prop him up. He is wearing the reversible Yellow and Skull Lid.

Creative Iris wearing the Brown Snowboarder Lid with an orange and yellow bow added.

Hannah playing peek-a-boo in the Lavender Snowboarder Lid

Eli doing the “happy dance” after I brought out M&M’s as bribery to smile! Wearing the Dark Grey Snowboarder Lid

Ethan is ready to walk off the set wearing the reversible Blue and Skull Lid.

Cora holding on for dear life wearing the Pink Argyle Tee with her over sized bling binky.

Hayden imitating his little sister Sophia’s (above) attitude. He is wearing the Limited Quantity Blue Lid w/ Black closed Star & Vintage Tie Tee.

Hats off to JP for wearing the
reversible Thermal Green and Skull Lid!!!!

Thank you to all our Friends who made this photo shoot happen. We are so blessed to have you in our lives… and that you have such beautiful children!!!

~KN

I mop wearing socks! I’m not sure where I got this tip, but it is super handy while mopping. Throw on a pair of old (clean) socks and mop your heart out. Use the socks to rub out those stubborn spots and get into corners easily.

Cora has decided that sleeping through the night is for the birds so we had a lot of “quality” Mommy/Daughter time last night. This morning was a little rough, but I was able to go on a morning beach walk with my best friend and her son, Isaac. After the walk, and with no hope for a mommy nap, I stopped by McDonald’s to try their new iced coffee. I decided to get the large because it was only $2.09. It was 32 oz of pure bliss! Did you catch that? 32 ounces!!!!! Iced coffee is fuel for this mommy.

Typical of most stay-at-home moms, it is one of my main “jobs” to save money for the family. One way (of many) is to make my own baby food. With Eli I bought a baby food cook book and tried the recipes. I found the process to be very time consuming… ug! Now that Cora is ready for food I’m going at it again… my way! Here is a “recipe” I made up today that you can do while you are feeding lunch to your toddler and getting dinner started and switching over the laundry and…

• Throw peeled carrots into a pot (you can buy the peeled baby carrots so you don’t have to peel and it will cook faster)

• Fill the pot about 1/4 full of water (not too much because nutrients boil out of the carrots into the water so you will want to salvage as much as you can)

• Cover and put on a low heat till the carrots are soft (this gives you plenty of time to do stuff, just check on them and stir every 15 minutes or so)

• Smash with a potato masher

• Puree in a blender (you may need to add more water, be sure to use all the water from the pot!!)

• Add cinnamon to taste. The cinnamon will make the carrots taste like pumpkin pie… REALLY it is yummy. Only spice a portion of your mix so you can mix up the tastes for your little one.

We just received the Eli’s Lids tee shirts and they are fabulous! Of course I had to have Eli wear one out to a family dinner at Home Town Buffet (yes, my family goes there, with 20+ people’s likes to cater to… we love that place). Eli proceeded to get jello, beans, spaghetti sauce, chocolate, mac & cheese and so much more on the shirt. We got home and I scrubbed the heck out of it and then let it sit in a sink of oxiclean overnight, but many of the spots were still there. I then scrubbed it more, to no avail. After breaking a sweat and using a few choice words I noticed the hand soap…mmmm. A squirt of that and a few scrubs and the shirt was as good as new.