http://www.ymydew.com/blog/ ja 2009-01-06T18:57:01-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000412.html i freeze lots of things, definitely there's been few mysterious contents in plastic bags were found in my freezer. so i started writing "what it is" on the top of the bag with sharpie but i ran into this... maggie m+d 2009-01-06T18:57:01-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000411.html happy new year everyone! how is your new year so far? we went over to trisha + greg's house for a new year's get together. kai had the "happy new year" head band and played with absolute vodka disco... kai m+d 2009-01-02T21:45:46-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000410.html made hummus to bring it to a little get together for the new year's eve tonight. i forgot to buy the toasted pine nuts to garnish on top! next time...... cooking m+d 2008-12-31T15:18:33-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000409.html walked over to the park with the whole fam on sunday. surprisingly it was nice weather (about 55 F/13 C) and daniel haven't been to this park so we decided to go with the basketball. i think we see... kai m+d 2008-12-29T16:58:59-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000408.html hope you guys had very merry xmas this year! kai sure did have a good one. of course he got the most presents from friends + families. he ripped some wrapping paper out and moving presents around on the... kai m+d 2008-12-26T13:25:24-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000407.html i made some vanilla cupcakes with cream cheese frosting for the xmas family gathering today. i'm not so happy with my frosting job today, they are kinda messy! yes, i did do the same decoration thing like kai's cupcakes,... cooking m+d 2008-12-24T13:59:21-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000406.html i actually did this art project few weeks ago, i've been kinda busy (kai's b-day) and i guess kinda lazy to take some pictures until today. anyhoo, i watched the finale of bravo top design and the winner, nathan... maggie m+d 2008-12-23T16:13:16-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000404.html we've been kinda teaching him to do this hand gesture when he is done eating or when the food is all gone. this morning, i showed him the empty baby yogurt container that he just ate and he did... kai m+d 2008-12-22T12:25:28-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000405.html we finally decided to buy the keuring coffee maker. my friend, trish bought it a while back and she's been recommending me ever since ;) i tried it at her house once and i loved it! i was actually... m+d m+d 2008-12-21T15:54:52-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000403.html so this is what i did to the sad mantle but now i think it's a festive mantle ;) i did take vanessa's idea for putting the ornaments in the cylinder vases. it definitely worked out very nicely and... maggie m+d 2008-12-19T15:25:54-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000402.html i've been into drinking nice hot green tea everyday. i guess my "japanese-ness" is coming out this winter ;) altho, i'm not drinking in very traditional cup and tea pot :P i actually don't have one besides this one...... m+d 2008-12-18T16:18:22-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000401.html i found this fun chalk mat at target. it's a place mat but on the other side, it's a black, chalk mat. i think it's a pretty cool idea so that you can bring it on-the-go and your kids... maggie m+d 2008-12-17T14:28:05-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000400.html we got our xmas tree a day after kai's b-day (so that kai's b-day doesn't get mixed up with xmas). it was raining on sunday when we got the tree, so we decided to let it dry in the... maggie m+d 2008-12-16T00:40:41-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000399.html we totally forgot to take pictures with snoopy, so this is actually a day after his birthday. as i mentioned before, he does not sit with snoopy anymore so just took pics with him playing with snoopy. the blue... kai m+d 2008-12-15T13:01:15-08:00 http://www.ymydew.com/blog/archives/000398.html just a little sign i made for the front door (sorry, can't see well, huh). birthday cake that our friend, sue made for kai. cupcakes that trisha and i made (trisha frosted all the cupcakes, thank you for that!).... kai m+d 2008-12-15T12:09:14-08:00