• Alpha+Mom post,  artsy fartsy,  Bug,  The Hood

    Those Cat Ears

    September 27, 2012 /

    UntitledRrrrrrrawr!UntitledNutella toast anyone?Cat.Bug getting ready to write her own blog post all animal toys she is designing.Pet-go-roundBug just wrote her very own blog post. Actually she dictated and I typed but she's pretending she typed it.Kitty and the VadersThe kitty ears even go to ballet.Hooray for fried food!SistersDay off clothes. Everyday is her day off.UntitledUntitledKitty got her tail.Untitled"Take a picture of me in the street because I match!"UntitledWearing her prizes.UntitledCat ears to school.UsUntitledUntitledUntitledUntitledFall?UntitledJungle catJazz CatUntitledUntitledBrain Freeze!Riding to school with Papa.

    If you follow Bug and I on instagram you are probably very aware of Bug’s Cat Ears. She wears them every single day. In fact, she forgot them today (a first) and had to go to school without them. It was a tragedy. “How will my friends know it’s me?” she cried with tears streaming down her cheeks.

    Silly kid. I almost drove home and got them for her but thankfully, I was able to convince her that the bow in her pony tail was sort of pointy and looked like cat ears if we tweaked it just so. The way she gets these obsessions drives me crazy and makes me love her more at the same time. She’s just so, Bug.

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    Since a lot people have asked me how I made Bug’s ears I finally put up a tutorial over on Alpha+Mom because they will be super handy for DIY Halloween costumes. It’s easier than you can imagine and as you have seen they hold up quite well. I think Bug even wore hers in the pool once and they are still going strong.

    Also I have the world’s cutest neighbor:

    Beautiful Frog Boy

    Look at those eyes!

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  • Alpha+Mom post,  elsewhere!,  Shiksa post

    Shiksa Crafts!

    September 11, 2012 /

    Shana Tova!

    We sure do a lot of Jewish crafts for not being Jewish but we like it that way. Jesus was Jewish after all so it’s fun to follow Jewish traditions and imagine what Jesus did when he was little. I don’t think he made honeybee cards like these ones we made for Alpha+Mom but I’m sure he ate honey!

    Theses cards are actually really fun and super simple to make. Got bubble wrap? Got paint? Got patience for a little painty mess? Then you should make some!

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    If you celebrate Rosh Hashanah you might like to make some napkin rings like these we made for The Shiksa in the Kitchen. The kids loved painting the beads.

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    I do really love painting with children. I think one of these days I might retire Secret Agent Josephine and start a more intimate blog just about painting and being still in the quietness of art.

    Tea and painting.

    Someday…

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