Happy Birthday Matt!

Happy 30th my dear! Hope your day was good! We Celebrated with a lovely supper out with our parents and children and then rounded off the evening with Cake. Matt requested Harvey Wallbanger cake which turned out yummy and his mom made his favorite chocolate no-egg crazy cake with white fudge frosting.

We will definitely have to try the Wallbanger recipe again.

Happy Birthday Miles!

Miles turned eight years old yesterday! He got to take treats to his class and then we got to celebrate, play Uno Attack, and eat yummy cake again! Hard to believe he's eight already!

Check out this awesome cake Grandma Margie made!

It was chocolate cupcakes laid out like an alligator!

Easter 2009 Round-up!

Happy Easter 2009 from the Harju Family!

HE IS RISEN!

OK! The sugar has worn off and Easter is now over but I did get some of my projects done which turned out fairly good. First, this year I wanted to try tie-dyeing eggs. Miles wasn't too impressed actually with the whole process, I think he really likes the whole messy dip and dye the eggs thing so maybe we'll do a few that way again next year. I actually bought this kit from The June Bride on Etsy which saved me from scrounging the thrift store for silk ties. This turned out to be fairly easy and I decided to blow out the eggs since we weren't going to be eating them. Matt helped me with blowing them out and he and Miles' helped to wrap them. I weighted the wrapped eggs down with a Pyrex glass casserole lid and I also used a

stainless steel pot since I didn't have a glass or enamel one. I do think next time around I will get the silk wet before wrapping the eggs to see if that would help make the silk tighter. I also finished making the cashmere bunnies for Max and Vivian. Vivian was so funny because she found the one I was making for Max and then wanted to know where hers was! I completely lucked out when I went hunting for a pink cashmere sweater at our local DAC thrift store because I really didn't expect to find one. This was my first attempt at a soft toy and they weren't quite the Betz White perfection but it was

fun and I'd definitely try it again.

I was going to hang these with ribbon but didn't have a spot for them, so my Mikasa bowl got to be the happy container instead!

The bunnies turned out cute if not perfect!

Happy Birthday Vivian!

Vivian turned the Big Two on Saturday, the 11th and got to celebrate and eat yummy cake made by Grandma Margie. I had to go back and look at her First Birthday pics - Wow she has grown so much!

Vivian's First Birthday April 2008

The Birthday Princess 2009!

Super Yummy Cake made with love by Grandma Margie!

Vivian got a new bike! It really wasn't that cold out but she insisted on putting on her snowsuit!