It is pretty magical when a simple trip to Papa and MeMe’s house can turn into a harvest. Hoisted up on Papa’s shoulders so little hands can reach ripe fruit. Beautiful golden , amber and orange apricots, red ripe raspberries, and one sweet girl exclaiming “so natural! so fresh!” over and over. The setting sun [...]
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5 Comments »When my great grandma passed away I was given the chance to inherit quite a lot of her kitchen. When I moved out of my parents house and into my very own apartment my kitchen cupboards were filled with the same dishes my great grandma and grandpa used everyday, my drawers were filled with tools [...]
Posted in Catherine Evolving, Pure Catherine Tags: family, Kitchen Must Haves, memories, sweet things, things I love 15 Comments »Earlier today we heard word just before leaving for Maddy’s music class that some good friends of ours had welcomed their baby girl into the world this morning. While we were eating breakfast and getting ready for our day they were bring a baby into the world. Seeing the little text messaged picture of their [...]
One Way Ghosts Can Be Completely Adorable… Maddy and her best friend Boo are reaching the age where they not only enjoy crafting but they also can follow directions and think creatively so we have been working on little craft projects here and there. Two 2-year-old girls armed with glue, paint and paper basically means [...]
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Evolving Kids, Holiday Tags: easy, fun idea, Halloween, inexpensive, memories, things I love, things you should know about, toddler craft 3 Comments »When we found out I was pregnant we immediately decided that regardless if we had a boy or girl we were going to decorate the nursery with Luke’s photographs. Luke was excited to have a project and I was excited to have our baby’s nursery decorated with such personalized one of a kind art. After [...]
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Everyday, Evolving Kids, Home Decor, House and Home Tags: fun idea, memories, Monkey, sweet things, things I love No Comments »I did in fact pull on my wedding dress yesterday. The dancing around the house portion of yesterday’s post is still just a maybe. It all started when I decided to organize and clean up my closet. I decided to change around where some things were hanging and of course this brought the huge white [...]
Posted in Catherine Evolving, Pure Catherine Tags: Catherine Evolving, memories, Quick Question, Random stuff, things I love 1 Comment »My friends and I used to make mix CD’s with all of our favorite (of the moment) songs that would travel with us in our cars, into the house while we were getting ready to go out, and really anywhere else music could go. It is interesting how a song can transport me to different [...]
