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June 7th: The little hiatus was due to me not having the camera since David and Jack took it with them to the Pokemon tournament. I'm afraid I don't have much today, I'm exhausted and ready to start winding down so just a shot of Mika's hopscotch...

135/365: Cupcake toppers

June 2nd: Here we go! Mika's birthday party is starting to come together, we have the invitations and most of the paper items designed. These will be the cupcake toppers...

In other news, we came home today to the table fully set and dinner made... all by Jack :) Granted, he made scrambled eggs (6) so some additions had to be made in order to feed us... but still, the kid made dinner :D

131/365: Cars

May 28th: I just took these from Mika, she's supposed to be sleeping but she was sitting on her bed playing with these. She claimed them a while back in Jack's room and since Jack is getting a little too old to find them interesting he gave them up willingly.

They are definitely one of her favorite, go to toys...

114/365: Blue

May 7th

Meringues for the Teacher Appreciation Week, for Mika's daycare. I don't have a photo of the final product, but I did a platter of strawberries with the teal meringues in the middle.

I hope the teachers like it. I got the recipe from TomKat Studio. These were so easy to make I think I will use them for Mika's birthday party.

113/365: Oh la la

May 6th

Made some aprons for Mika's daycare

112/365: Tutus!

May 4th

I had some leftover tulle from Mika's Halloween costume so I made tutus for her daycare. The TomKat Studio had a really good tutorial.

101/365: Cuppy cakes:)

April 22nd

I've picked up these baking cups a while back and decide to use them this evening. I attempted to make filled cupcakes and they seem a success.

The cups are cute and have a potential to be striking but definitely cannot be used for actual baking. If I can find lime green ones I'll use them for Mika's birthday party.

Cupcakes are lemon, filled with blackberry jam and chocolate icing.

96/365

April 15th

We went back to try and find the hands of Mika and friends. Unfortunately, the banner was broken so even though we found Mika's class only the hands of two of the kids were actually still a part of it :/

93/365: When you're happy and you know it...

April 12th

Children's week at the Captiol

One of the festivities is hanging of hands sent it from daycares all around Florida. The photo doesn't do it justice, it's three levels of hangings... hands as far as eye can see. There are so many we couldn't pinpoint Mika's daycare or her group :)

89/365: Inspiration

This photo wasn't taken so much for the azaleas as it was for ideas.

I am on an idea hunt for Mika's 3rd Birthday Party. Her birthday isn't until end of July but I have to churn things in my head for a month or two, and then when I have it all worked out I can actually make the stuff fairly quickly.

I fell in love with this color, I know I want strong colors for this party: lime green and powerful dark pink, orange and red. Did I mention it will be a bug party?

Mika's crazy for all things animal but I thought narrowing it down a little will work better so it's a bug party: D Lady bugs, butterflies, dragon flies you name it.... Ideas I have so far:
- dessert and regular food table will be under trees next to each other so we can hang pom poms and big breezy butterflies above....
- mason jars!
- pink and green lemonade, if you have ideas on how to make them be that color please let me know...
- desserts: sugar cookies and raspberry ice cream for ice cream sandwiches, cupcakes, mini cheesecakes with fresh fruits....
- regular food: mini sausages, puff pastry maybe, carrots, cucumbers, cheese sticks...
- felt crowns for all the kids
- big felt flowers all around the yard
- felt bugs for goodie bags
- bug coloring pages with crayons
- chalks (I hope the $ store has these cheap)
- bubbles!!! ($ store again)

I will have to stop by the $ store one day next week, they should have plenty of Easter merchandise I could use for this.

Please let me know if you guys have any ideas.

83/365: Sun hats

April 2nd

Summer is the time when little kiddies need sun hats, this is Mika's for this year. I took off all the ghastly pink and plastic ribbon and added buttons.

I really dislike the stereotypical "fashion", the only thing they have for girls is pink, always pink.... seriously there are OTHER colors... the choice in the hats was either pink or white... ridiculous...

P.S. I was really trying hard to post pics every day as I take them but this weekend has been a total mess

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Dear bed,

I am so glad you finally arrived.

I was a little worried at first because you didn't look so good; all boxy and covered in that plastic stuff.

Thanks to dad and Jack you now look much better, all comfy and spacious. After some testing, I decided you are a very bouncy... that's good because it helps with jumping.

Medo and Bunny agree with me. They like that there is a lot of space so we can all snuggle up for a story at bedtime.

I' m happy you're here dear bed. Looking forward to all the bouncy fun,

Mika

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My dearest crib,

we had spent such lovely times together. You were warm and cozy in the long nights and never complained when I jumped on you with all the glee I could muster.

My stuffed friends really liked you too because you always found room for all of them. I loved climbing on you and drawing; until mama took my crayons.

You were a true friend dear crib but I'm getting bigger now so I need more room for jumping and rolling and just having fun with Medo & Bunny. I will ask mama and daddy to give you away to a good baby that will love you as much as I did.

Love you, Mika

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Mika's "art" ~ Mikina "umjetnicka dostignuca"

45/365

This is not a rigged photoWe came home, I was starting dinner and David was dealing with Jack. Mika was patiently sitting at the computer trying to log in i.e. randomly pressing buttons in the password field.

David came over and she asked for daddy game... David started Oblivion, Mika put the headphones on and attempted to play:)

44/365

Our new wheelbarrow is getting some good use :D

42/365

I stumbled upon these cute bandannas at Walmart while frantically looking for Valentine's Day candy and figured Mika will have a blast with them..... while I thought of them as an accessory for her, Mika decided they work better as baby doll blankets :)

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Mika after a bath.

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Today's weather was doomy and gloomy so I present to you:"The Mouse Book" in Mikanese

This is Mika's current favorite, we read it 6 out of 7 nights. The reason it is her favorite is.... you guessed it... the mouse!

No page can be turned until Mika locates the mouse and squees in excitement: "Mouse!"
mama: "Mis!" (Croatian for mouse)
Mika: "Mouse!!"
mama: "Mis, Mika"

Mika [with a very serious look on her face]: "Noooooooo mamaaaaa ... mouse!!!"

and so it goes every night... together with singing "Twinkle twinkle" on certain page and hushing and shushing whenever the old lady comes anywhere near.

It's loads of fun really :D

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We were supposed to do the roof on the house today but with all the rain it had to be postponed, Mika had a blast though....