Easy Bird Feeder Tutorial--Use Whatcha Got!

Okay, so we are on our SEVENTH snow day here.  The roads are fine but the school building is leaking.  Nice.  We need some quickie crafts.  I'm all out of ideas and inspiration.  So...in light of that, I'm sharing with you this quickie project the girls did in preschool.  So easy, you probably have all of the ingredients (or if you are like me, you don't because your pantries are bare due to snow and puky kiddos).  Try it, we're calling on spring with this one.

Supplies:

--bagels

--buttah

--birdseed

--yarn (or some other tying mechanism)

Seriously, that's it.

Halve your bagels.  

Spread each side with buttah.

Cake it with birdseed.

Tie a piece of yarn on it to hang.

Hang.

Done and done.  

Will the birds show?  

I'll let you know.  

Ooh..that rhymed.  (Gettin' a bit slap happy here folks.)

I think I might like winter?

I live in the Northeast.

I used to suffer through this.

Until I decided to find the joy in it.

It may be icy.

It may be cold.

But it is refreshing.

And it makes me happy.

(Although looking at this picture I see what Eleanor means when she told me my teeth are yellow.)

I'm not saying I'll ever choose snow over the beach.  

BUT, I can say that maybe just maybe I may look forward to this when winter looms next fall.

What do you do to stay sane through the winter?

So what if its our fifth snow day?

We're diggin' it!

New Year 2010

The New Year is here! Time for new beginnings, new resolutions, new projects. What are you getting started on? Yes, it is quite ridiculous that stores have stocked their shelves with Valentines and shamrocks right next to the clearance Christmas items. Even though I roll my eyes at the sight of those knickknacks and moneywasters, I still deep down get excited that the winter holidays are O-V-E-R and bring on spring and more daylight. Yes, my coldest, snowiest days are ahead of me, with snowboots, chapped lips, and soggy mittens, but those abnormally early decorations keep me sane. Like a carrot dangling in front of me they remind me that spring is coming and summer is right behind it. These thoughts keep me going on those afternoons when the girls get off the bus and shortly after it is D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK, DARK, DARK!

My mind is racing with new color combinations and projects. Think pinkalicious pink, kelly green, soft yellow, hearts, shamrocks, flowers, grosgrain ribbon, ricrac. All the darling, sparkly little things that girls love. And yet, I sit here in my cozy chair in front of the fire, my littlest one snoozing in my arms, my big girls playing with their new Wii, enjoying a cocktail with my husband. Maybe I'm not quite ready for Winter to be over. Maybe a little more Winter will do me good. Appreciate Little Miss Spring even more when she gets here. But when she does... I will be ready!