Bakin' and Makin'

Maybe it's this extra hour of daylight in the evenings...or perhaps it's the fact that the snow is melting and we can finally see the ground, but I feel like spring is finally in the air.  We've been doing some spring cleaning along with starting and finishing projects.  Evangeline's feeling inspired too, I think.  She's a big help, and boy, she really loves to clean the windows...

Evangeline has quite the vocabulary.  One word I'm noticing her use a lot is weary.  She always tells me she's weary of something when she's over it. 

Evangeline:  "You know why I'm glad I'm a human?....So I can breath." 

She uses the eeny-meeny-miny-moe method whenever faced with a decision.  It doesn't matter how big or small the situation, this is her go to solution. 

For a family with not one ounce of known Irish heritage, I always love all things Irish this time of year.  This month there's been lots Celtic music, Irish soda bread and Irish butter.  I found a really good recipe for Irish soda bread that seemed more luxurious than other soda bread recipes I've seen.  It had caraway seeds, orange peel, etc...really very good. 


I enjoyed my bread and tea with a little girl that's been looking very grown up lately. 

I finally finished this doll I've been making Evangeline for months now.  She named her Lizzy.  Lizzy's dress matches one of the dresses I made Evangeline last year out of an old bed sheet.  My plan was to make a few dresses for Lizzy to match some of Evangeline's dresses, but my goodness, this doll and her tiny little dresses were a nightmare to make.  I don't think there was one enjoyable thing about the process.....oh, unless you count Evangeline's reaction to the finished doll.  That made it all worth it.