Scrabble

When I got married, I wasn't into homemaking. I didn't cook that much, didn't decorate my house whatsoever. But since I had my daughter, I became a better person, I think I should say, I became a mother, a wife and a HOMEMAKER. Haha! I kinda feel bad because I feel like I didn't do much to my husband but I know he forgave me already. =) He supports my cooking, baking, crafting and decorating our house and it's a good thing.

Everytime I go to my friend's house, she always decorate her house and I love it. I think she decorate her house every season, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. I admire how she keeps her house neat and tidy and cute. So I decided to decorate my house BUT, I don't have any decorations at all.

So, when I was cleaning our closet, I found that we have the scrabble. I saw that my friend uses it as a decoration at her house. Here's a link and you check out her BLOG.

I bought the two candle holders on sale. yeah, we have to start somewhere right?



I am so thankful for my husband and my daughter. I am also thankful for my family and friends who are always there for me. I also wanna extend my gratitude to all the veterans who sacrifice a lot for our freedom.
So thankful for whoever invented the scrabble. LOL.

Deployment Project Week # 2

TUTUS

I finally finished Arianna's tutus. One of my friends from church gave me some tips on how to make them. She's an awesome lady. Nancy started posting pictures on facebook of the tutus that she made for her grandkids and I told her that Arianna doesn't have one. She organized a tutu making party at her house but I wasn't able to go. =( She makes really NICE tutus. So, by the help of Nancy and youtube, I was able to make not one but TWO tutus. Yay!

White and American Beauty

Grape and purple

I can't wait for Arianna to wear these. Well, the purple one is kinda big so she has to wait a couple of months to wear it but the pink one is perfect for her size.

I survived another week of husband being deploy. I am grateful for my daughter and my husband. Without them, I would be worthless. Few more weeks and daddy will be home. =)

Weaning 101

Weaning Arianna is one of the hardest things I've done. She is 16 months and still breastfeeding. I've been searching online and asking friends on how to wean a baby. I got alot of different answers. Then, I read from a magazine that it's harder for mothers to wean their babies when the babies turn 18 months. So, I was like, uhm, I need to wean Arianna NOW.

So today, I decided to put Arianna in her crib for a nap. I made sure she's full and diaper is not wet.

The weaning began. I have my phone on me so I can time her crying. She cried for about 35 minutes and she fell asleep. It was really hard for me to see her cry that long. I really felt sorry for her. I didn't close her bedroom door all the way. There's a little crack so I could see her and it's not a good idea at all. I felt really bad but I still managed to be tough.

I took a couple of pictures using my phone and the camera on my phone sucks! It's really blurry. But, when Arianna finally slept, I ran in her bedroom really quick to grab my nice camera. =)

She's actually sleeping that time. Sleeping while standing. That's a talent right there. LOL

Some more crying but her eyes were closed.

A clear picture of Arianna being weaned. lol

Tada! Finally asleep.

Deployment Project Week # 1

My husband left for deployment on October 26th. I decided to do at least one project per week until he comes home.

So for week #1's project I made cupcakes. My friend Tania asked me if I know how to make cupcakes. She needed about 24 cupcakes for her daughter's birthday party that happened on Halloween. Yup, Leilani was born on Halloween. Anyway, she gave me the ingredients I needed. I told her that I don't have my own recipe for chocolate cake yet so I used chocolate cake box mix. I also let her know that I am not a professional baker. Haha! But I tried my best.

So here it is. Chocolate cupcakes with marshmallow frosting.

I added orange sugar sprinkles to add color.



She made cupcake toppers. She printed it then stick it to toothpicks.

Marshmallow frosting
1 stick butter
1jar marshmallow creme
3 cups confectioner sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp corn syrup

Beat butter on high using an electric mixer until creamy.
Add marshmallow creme, beat until the butter and the creme mix completely.
Add confectioner sugar slowly then the vanilla and corn syrup. Beat until smooth.





The cutest Piglet I've ever seen

My husband and I decided that Arianna will be a piglet for this year's halloween. Well, when we were at the store buying costume, the first costume Arianna tried on was a panda costume but she didn't like it so we switched to piglet! I think she's the cutest piglet ever! Haha!



 My friend Tania kept on telling me to go to trunk or treat (church activity). I was kinda hesitant to go but I was glad we did. Arianna and I had sooooo much FUN.



My friend Tania as Olive, Myself(supposed to be Tigger) and Arianna as a Piglet



Mommy and Arianna

I just wish my husband was with us. I feel like I am a single Mama sometimes because he's on deployment.  But I need to be positive that the date he will come home is just around the corner. I gotta be tough for 2 and a half more months.

Sadness

Tony left for deployment. He's only gone for almost 12 hours and I am already feeling the sadness.  I will try to be occupied so I won't feel depress. I am thinking, I have to do little projects every week. So watch out.
Here are some pictures I took when I was helping my husband pack his luggage.

She's so funny!

She wasn't helping at all. LOL

She didn't wanna get out of the luggage

Holidays this year will not be as fun as last year. I am still deciding if I will decorate our house for Christmas. Maybe yes or maybe no.

It was too windy outside so I took it inside the car. Arianna was not too happy.

Sadness... this too shall pass.

Apple Picking

The plan today was to go apple picking at one of the farms in Mount Vernon. But the farm that we went to didn't have any apple picking. Thanks to my wonderful husband that didn't listen to me that I wanted to go to Gordon Skagit Farm. I searched it online long time ago and my friend Angel told me about that farm too. So we ended up going at Rosabellas Garden Bakery. The name says it all. It's more like a store than a farm. I was kinda sad because they said they did apple picking last week. I told my husband that he should have called and asked them. And you know what he told me? "It's ok, they have apple donuts". He bought some donuts. They are actually really good. Now I can say that I had apple donuts. HAHA! 

 So we were driving around and I told Tony that we should check La Conner. It's a nice little town. Then while cruising around, we saw this bridge. We got curious where it leads to.

Little did we know that we were heading to an Indian Reservation. It's really far from the civilization. I told Tony to turn around but he didn't. I was getting scared because it wasn't a busy road. I know, I sound crazy but I am just being me. Finally, we found the hi-way. Good grief.

I told my husband that I really wanted to pick some apples. So on the way home, we saw this property that has an apple tree. We asked if we could pick some and the lady was nice and said yes.

Yeah, sometimes I wish I was tall. hehe!

Then, when we got done picking, there was a grandpa  sitting in his car waiting for us. We didn't realize that he was watching us. He was parked behind our car. You know me, I get scared easy. Good thing I was with my husband. So the grandpa just asked us if we had the permission to be on that property and we said yes and he took off.

Then we went to this farm by Crescent Harbor that has a big "Cider" sign. We went there and pick some more apples.



Arianna's first apple picking.



I also have to document my first apple picking.

APPLES

When we got home, I washed all the apples and ate one. Then after I got done eating it, I asked my husband if there's such thing as a poisonous apple. He laughed and looked at me and said "only the one that Snow White ate". I guess I make my husband happy when I ask him some of my " not-so-smart" questions. I liked his answer though. Haha!

I have heard that apples grow in the Philippines. I don't know if that's true or not. I haven't seen one. All I know is that there's a lot of mango and guava trees in the Philippines. You can get it for free if you have friends that have them in their yards. But here in the U.S . guavas and mangos are expensive but you can pick apples for free or you can buy them. =)