she saw a bee…the really big fuzzy kind. i totally get that look when i see them too!
thank you tracey.
i hope you loved the wild sweet peas as much as i did.
your blond cuties were adorable.
Oh. My. Two thoughts when I look at these pictures. One: where did the tutu’s come from, cause I need two. Two: I want to fly to where you live to have photos done. I love the pictures you take. I really do.
What cuties – my daughter would go nuts for those pettiskirts!
They are so cute and I love the tutus too! Could them two be any cuter!!!! – they are going to be even more gorgeous when they grow up!!! Adorable! I love these photos!!!! I have a question for you that I’ve been wondering for a long time…how do you get your photos to be so large when you upload them to Blogger. I can’t get mine to be very big at all…just wondering if you would share your secrets with me:) ha ha! Thanks!! I want a tutu now! Love the tutus and especially the picture of them running – too cute! Just look at those little skirts and flaying legs – too darling!!! Just saw that some were asking where the girls got their tutus. Not sure if Becky told you or not, but I’m pretty sure they got them at Von Maur. BEAUTIFUL pictures! these girls are going to be some serious heartbreakers! Darling! Perfect! Those eyes…they are great pictures. What photo editing software do you use? Have you tried to “eye pop” your portraits? I think those girlies are a-dorable. How cute is their hair? Wish I could get mine that cute! I’ve been wanting to make those pettiskirts but I can’t muster up the energy. Do you know where she got them? I want a puffy tutu.. I wonder where they got them. <3 SOOOO cute! I love those skirts. I want one 🙂
Beyond adorable. I think I’m going to start wearing a tutu. OMG those two are SO PRECIOUS! I LOVE their smiles! :o) ugh…i’m melting. such cute girls and adorable photos! well done, megan…as usual! OH MY WORD…they are darling and nothing cuter than a girl in her tutu!!!!!Fabulous job AGAIN!!!! The little one reminds me of your Annie! That all-out-smile. Gorgeous girls. Thanks for sharing. xoxo SO adorable! I know those 2 little beauties. You did a great job capturing them. They are just too cute for words! TWO wells!! So exciting, and amazing!
awesome! 🙂 That just ROCKS! Yes, and your heart is amazing! All the goodies you donated made my heart skip! They are SO CLOSE! i loved this session. great photos! my favorite is the one of the 2 girls with the pony … and the pony’s head is perfectly divided by shade & sunlight. i think it’s cool. what darling girls! 🙂 beautiful
Those pics make me want to have another baby! I have two little girls now – and am now convinced I need a third! =) Gorgeous pics!!! Yes, he was in my class – it was fun to see his family…. Beautiful photos and a beautiful family! So pretty! Beautiful Awesome pics…dad has some strong genes! I love it! 🙂
Beautiful girls!
I love to look at pictures with warmth and sandels especially when we are surrounded by snow! Beautiful pics, lovely family. Merry Christmas! our kids get a new ornament every year. sometimes i take them to pick them out…sometimes i don't. these are the specials for 2009. sean…he likes snow globes and the orange star is just one i got at target a few years ago…look how easy that is?! happy holidays to you and your family ? Um, yes. that should be a C. Christmas. 🙂 Today I feel peaceful and looking forward to the next 36 hours filled with family , friends, and fun!! Merry Vhristmas to you an yours! my mother in law did this for my husband when he was growing up. When we got married, he had a box of ornaments for our tree. It was so cute! We are doing this for our girls also, but since they are only 15 months & almost 3 years old, they don’t have that many in their little boxes!
i love your honesty with “sometimes i do … sometimes i don’t”. that made me laugh. 🙂 the lesson being it doesn’t matter HOW it’s done, just that you’re doing it. thanks for sharing, meg!
I love the ornament idea! Over the weekend I made your mint chocolate brownies and can I just say how much I LOVE them!! 🙂
peace out!! Love it! We do the same thing, although I like the idea of getting their ornaments together. This year, it was a soccer ball for my son and a cow for my daughter. Do you know how hard it is to find a non-comical cow? Our family ornament was a cruise ship – love cruises! what a beautiful tree! I love the idea of keeping everyone’s ornaments separate…I so need to do that. I have just been buying a family ornament lately and the miniature ornaments for our advent calendar (which is now full)…the tree looks great!
I do the same ornament thing with my kids. My mom did it for me and nothing made me happier than the day she handed over my box. I still have them all and they go on our tree along with all my kids’ ornaments. My oldest is only 5 and our tree is so full. I hate to think of that 1st box of 18 (or so) not being on our tree. It’s just like it’s right out of a magazine! Beautiful! I love it! Your tree looks beautiful. No tree at our house this year because of the move but I am enjoying all the trees in blogland though. I could find peace at your beautiful house. Mine has a half-dead Christmas tree in the living room. Barely any gifts wrapped yet. A falling-down shanty of a gingerbread house we tried to make tonight (it was a pre-made kit, and still i ruined it). I love your blog. It makes me happy every time I read it 🙂 I love your Christmas tree and fireplace pic – I need to find some PEACE stocking holders (ever since #3 I’ve been doubling up).
Not EVEN close….yet 🙂 But it will come…I’m just sure of it 🙂
Your tree is beautiful! My parents did this same thing for us when I was growing up. I moved out years ago, and I took my box of ornaments with me. And I love putting my own tree up every year because each ornament has such a wonderful memory to go along with it. And the toy bike with a hook was such a creative idea! So pretty Meg….very peaceful picture… What wonderful support we have in blogland! I feel peaceful too! I am at the airport, waiting to fly to Dallas with the in-laws… hubby trying to find me a starbucks just for fun… kids hainvg a blast rooting for their favorite team on the big screen (based soley on their uniform)… and I am getting to catch up on my fav blogs?! Peace! so pretty!!! and yes i could make that ornament…..hmmm…. ok i call a craft day with meg!!!!! 😉 I do that for my girls as well. It is such a fun tradition. I too don’t have any real system going on either… makes it less stressful that way : ) LOVE the picture of your tree… it looks like a postcard or like it is right out of a magazine. Another fun thing I did right out of high school & in college was ornament exchanges with my girlfriends… when your young & don’t have a lot to cover your tree (and your broke & can’t afford to buy all your friends real gifts) this is a GREAT way to accumulate them! i have a sean and we got him that same ornament this year (from kohls??). beautiful tree!
Love it and your tree is just GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!
well…i did it! at first the kids were bummed to be torn away from the tv and computer. ————————————————————————————– popsicle stick christmas trees ***edited to add…we used green craft sticks that come pre-colored and i cut them with big scissors to get the different sizes. don't use good scissors for this…and watch out…the pieces fly everywhere! it's simple as can be. this was a hard craft. thursday: sugar cookies (used this recipe from REAL SIMPLE) yes…i made the peppermint swirled cupcakes. gingerbread house. are you feeling crafty now? here is a collage of the arts and crafts i was inspired by and wishing i could make all of them. Wow. Looks like fun! Can you tell me what kind of dog that is?
love the round pom pom ornaments, what did you use to attach them pom poms to the foam ball?? where did you get all of those buttons? 🙂 What a colorful collection of crafts! Brava! i love them all! …making such precious memories for your family. thanks for the great ideas 🙂 I love all of the crafts you did with your kids. I have 2 and I think next year they will be a the perfect ages to maybe try 1 or 2 of these crafts. Also I have been buying ornaments for the kids each year but love the idea of putting them in a special box to give to them later. I am gong to start that this year. Thanks for the great ideas. Oh, did we ever! We made homemade crayons for 2 year old cousin and we made clay pinch pots for the grandmas. We made clear glass swirly painted ornaments for the aunties and tomorrow is granola making for the uncles! And then there’s the baking…… Inspirational as usual! Love the crafts and will have to do some more this week. My little girls and I made the snowmen ornaments that look like smores for teacher gifts. it took about 3 hours but we made 13 ornaments that were all individual and cute. then after baking the clay they wrote their names and the year on the bottom. I am going to try the pom pom snowball ornaments for sure! Thanks! So fun! I can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to do that kind of stuff! One note about the sugar cookies…while you do need a lot of flour I reccommend putting the dough in the fridge for 30 or so minutes before you work with it and it makes the process a whole lot easier. Also, after I cut out the cookies and put them on the baking sheet I place the whole baking sheet in the fridge for a few minutes as it helps the cutouts to keep their shape and cook more even! you are such a great mom! Loved all of the crafts….. How did my dog get in your pictures??! What kind of dog do you have- she looks exactly like our goldendoodle, Sally!
Love all of your crafts, and how honest you are (you only yelled twice 🙂 ) I noticed that someone mentioned rolling the dough between wax paper, I have used saran wrap for my sugar cookie and gingerbread dough for years and I have never had a problem. Try it next time you have the energy to bake sugar cookies again. Have a Merry Christmas!!
I just love all of your projects!!! You are now one of my daily stops…I am so glad we met…you bring a smile to my face everytime I visit!!! Your oldest daughter is so gorgeous!!! I will miss seeing this week but can’t wait until it works out. Merry, Merry Christmas!!!! You are such a good mom…truly!!!
Oh man I love your craft ideas and post. Hoping to be brave and try again. For now though I get a big FAIL stamp on my forehead for the glitter craft I did with my four year old yesterday. I think I managed to yell at her only 3 times before the final blow out and she was then put in a time out. Honestly, I always thought I would be awesome at craft time. Not so much.
this is so fantastic! your kids will remember this forever. i really love how not all of your kids had to participate in all of the crafts too. what a magical way to celebrate the season.
I am so hopeful that I can be this creative when my child gets to this stage. Thank you for your constant inspiration and ideas!
It looks like craft week went great. I love the pom-pom ornament. My little one is still a too young for this, but just wait until she gets older… We will craft like crazy! I love crafting with my kids and I am so glad to see you making it look so fun. Love your crafts – so cute! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me where I can find those twinkly pom poms in time for Christmas Eve day…I can’t find them anywhere and NEED them to make those ornaments with my kids and neices and nephews! I need to stay the COOL auntie…LOL!!!
Megan, That is SO COOL that you did that with your kids. I love the pompom ornaments. Gonna try that with my kids. And the gingerbread house . . we got one of those ceramic molds from Pampered chef one year that makes all the house parts. It’s pretty cool although we don’t do it every year — big endeavor. We got a kit this year (thanks to grandma 🙂
i think your thursday was better than mine. i did see your craig when we visited santa, though. i wanted to say hi and introduce myself, but i don’t think he would’ve liked it as much. 🙂 the crafts look excellent!!! and i love lauren’s hair…mine never stayed curled when it was long. hope you guys have a wonderful christmas break!
I love your blog. I found it a few weeks ago and cant stop looking at it! I love your ideas for this week, so thank you! Have a Merry Christmas!
You did some really great crafts! I love the little gingerbread men. I made knitted trees with gold stars on top this year and sent them to all my family members. Next year I might make gingerbread men.
http://makeitandloveit.blogspot.com/2009/12/playdough-cookies.html Oh we are doing this too!!! But I find it hard to take the first step… it is so much easier to read a story!!! But look at those little faces it is so worth it to make the effort!!!
I love your crafts…maybe my friend and I will do some of them next week with the kids…the picture of your oldest is wonderful…she’s beautiful.
Good ideas! It looks like fun and I should of sent London down to join you 🙂 Maybe we can accomplish a few of those.
so fun!! looks about like our life lol yay for kids art !! I love the pom pom things and the popsicle stick trees. The trees are definitely pre-school-proof. Great ideas! And yes, we’ll be crafting. And baking. And decorating a pre-made gingerbread house from Ikea. 🙂
fun! thanks for sharing. and thanks for being real, too…that not all the kids were there..or happy…and that you yelled! makes me feel “normal” and willing to try it knowing it doesn’t have to go perfectly. thank you Meg…my kids thank you too
Thank you so much for this inspiring and honest post! I want to craft with my kids, but I’m afraid of stupid stuff, like the mess it will create. I hate that, because I want my kids to have these experiences and memories. I think I’ll bite the bullet and do a craft day next week. But I might yell more than twice.
My son and I made the pom pom ornaments this week too 🙂 I’m so excited to do more crafts next week…you’ve given me some additional ideas! I love the button wreath and ribbon tree! Thanks for sharing this with us…you’re AWESOME! i found your blog last christmas and it makes me so happy to see all these fun festive things here again! you’re such a fun mum… i especially love the pom-pom ornaments. and i still wish i had even half of lauren’s cuteness 🙂
I want to do all of them with Kenzie, but I ‘m pretty sure we’re going to have to do most next year instead. 🙂 I love this. My kids are still pretty little-but I think they would love to give it a shot:). Loving the pom-pom ornament…so, so cute. Have I told you yet that you are my favorite? It’s true, you are. awesome crafts! thanks for the links!
Reason #1000 I want to come live with the Duerksens. This looks like so much fun! I AM feeling crafty now!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you so much Meg for taking the time to put this together for us. I have been thinking about your craft week all week and couldn’t wait to see what you did, so I could copy you! I see pom pom ornaments and snow man pops in my future! Have a great Christmas!
lots of links coming up.
i order from scrapbookpictures.com and i LOVE them. i ordered this CD last week. it is ROCKIN'. AND i want to make these…. remember the vintage pearl? it's all so pretty.
ok…enough links. i am working in the kitchen today. I am 3 chapters deep into Crazy Love (well, i was a few months ago). Can’t wait to finish…new years resolution?? Glad to hear you like it…
what is a stick pen? a straight pin?
Cute stuff! I love Annie’s dress. Makes me want another little girl!! 🙂 lol love that headband!!
Oh my gosh, I am so so happy to see that you loved Crazy Love! Francis Chan has a serious gift, and it really is such an incredible book! Good recommendation! lots and lots of pretty!!! you do not have mom hair.
Love CRAZY LOVE!! I’m reading it right now and it’s rocking my world. My minister always says that when you hear something and it makes you say ‘ouch’ then it was what you needed to hear. I said ‘ouch’ over and over and over again when I read Crazy Love. In fact, I am on the waiting list at the library to read it again. LOVED it!
thank you for all the wonderful links! and i don’t think i’ve said how much i love love LOVE your vintage ornaments. such eye candy – dipped in a little bit of envy – that you have all of them!
Such colorful fun things you have going on in your house, and on your blog!! I enjoyed this post, as I do all of them!
I will have to check out the book…I just ate a cupcake for breakfast, shhhh, don’t tell my kids! They had oatmeal, lol Kim
That headband is so not “mommish”. Very cute. Thanks for the book tip. I am trying to get out of my US trash phase and read a book or two. I have big, lofty goals. 🙂
The mom hair comment cracked me up. When I cut mine after our girl was born someone said to me, “Oh you are going for the mom cut now?!” I wanted to deck her. I didn’t…well I did in my head. great post. can’t wait to grab a cup of coffee and check out all the links! |
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Janean - the cutest kiddos….the big beautiful blue eyes!!!
Sophie - What beautiful photographs you take Megan! Stunning! I hope you and your family enjoy a peaceful Christmas. I’ve enjoyed lurking and following the blog.
mel - LOVE this set! Great pics & love the sweet peas!
Tegan and Tage - Beautiful family and beautiful pictures!
Sharla - Picket fence picture = priceless!
feather - i love the picture with mom’s mouth wide open with laughter. what a beautiful moment captured.
Christina - How do you do it?! You are very talented.
And the wild ones weren’t the only sweet peas around! Such cute kids.
Heather Giustino - How cute! I especially love the picket fence picture!