Dear Emma,
If you are as lucky as I have been in life, some day in the distant future you will be the mother of a little girl. She will be charming, cheery, and compassionate, as are you.
One day, she will turn nine years old, and, out of the blue, will seem suddenly compelled to start partaking of more grown-up, womanly activities.
You may notice her repeated applications of glitter lip gloss and pink nail polish. She may begin to ask questions about boys and bras. And, if you are the very luckiest of mothers, she may even start helping out with household chores without your prompting.
Please allow me to offer you a word of advice.
Sometime prior to the commencement of this pivotal time in your precious daughter’s life, be sure and educate her that Dawn dishwashing liquid is only for handwashing dishes in the sink, and is never (EVER) to be used in the actual dishwasher.
Failure to pass on this important tidbit of information will result in your required participation in the cleanup of gallons of bubbles which shall surely pour from the cracks and crevices around your dishwasher door onto your kitchen floor.
Ask me how I know.
xo,
Mommy
P.S.F.Y.I. Salt and olive oil are effective de-bubblers. WHO KNEW?? (Google did.) (And now you do.) (You can thank me in 25 years.)
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Happy Friday! I made something for you.
My daughter, Emma, said this to me this afternoon and I about died laughing. Apparently, she heard it on one of those Disney shows. (Naturally.) It was a lot funnier when I thought she made it up herself. Oh, who am I kidding? It’s still pretty funny.
By the way, I revised the MAKE DILEMMA-NADE graphic in non-Crash Test Mommy colors, and uploaded it in high resolution for printability. It’s a bit smaller than 7″ x 5″.
Have a nice weekend!
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Okay, here’s the deal. I have been a parent for 18 (EIGHTEEEEEEN) Easters and, call me crazy, but this year I seriously need something more exciting to do with two dozen eggs than dunk them in cups of Paas water. Don’t you?
Google to the rescue.
With one quick search, I found tons of tutorials designed to fancify those shells to my heart’s desire. Here are my picks for the top four ways to decorate Easter eggs.
Easter Eggs How Tos
1. Sparkly Dot Easter Eggs by Kristen at Domestifluff
The only supplies you’ll need are eggs, adhesive dots, and microfine glitter. Eggs stay white. Easy as pie. Plus the kiddos LOVE to craft with glitter. WIN.
2. Doodle Easter Eggs by Alisa Burke
Remember all that doodling you used to do during Mrs. Summerlin’s Geometry class? You’ve got skillz, baby. Grab a Sharpie and let your imagination run wild on these puppies. Don’t forget to give the kids one to doodle on too.
3. Misfit Stripes Easter Eggs by Jen at Indie Fixx
Finally! One for you hard-core Easter egg dyeing fans. Get out your egg coloring kit, or just some plain food coloring, and a roll of electrical tape. It’s ON.
4. Fingerprint Ladybug Easter Eggs by Martha Stewart at Her Media Empire
The link above takes you to a web page for Martha Stewart’s new iPhone app, Egg Dyeing 101. The app is utterly adorbs, with hundreds of ideas and extras like templates, and it’s worth every penny of the 99 it will cost you. So, right, technically this one isn’t a tutorial. (HINT: I’m betting with some blue dye, a Sharpie, and a red ink pad, you could figure out what to do without the app. You’re smart like that.)
Hey — don’t forget — if you need help figuring out how to hard boil an egg, I have an app a tutorial for that.
Hop-py Easter. Hope the bunny treats you well.
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Last Thursday, I took my two youngest daughters to the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial, a place we had never previously visited. Today, April 19, 2011, is the sixteenth anniversary of OKC bombing, a tragic and horrific event in world history. In honor of that day in 1995, and in honor of every person who was affected and forever changed because of that day — all of us, really — I would like to share some of the photos I took on our visit to the site.
The 9:03 Gate and the Reflecting Pool
I took over 200 photos and edited 23 for posting here. To speed up page load times, I am posting them on their own page. Please click “Continue reading” below to view them.
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