SER.EN.DIP.I.TY

I first found Cristin's blog SER.EN.DIP.I.TY awhile ago by eyeing just a glimpse of this hutch. I left her a comment that I wanted to see the whole thing........she is just now getting around to it.......good thing I'm a patient woman. She even put "For Miss Kim" :) I love looking into other people's homes, getting ideas, seeing their style. I love this hutch. I also love this one too.

Cristin is one of the most energetic blogging crafty mom's I have come across. She has a ton of children and is always one step ahead of them. They look like such a happy bunch........and she just had a baby a few months ago! I was still trying to figure out the stroller a few months after my son was born, let alone creating and crafting. Look at that baby below! Yes yes, he is cute........I don't deny that.....but now that we have that out of the way, I want you see what that baby is sitting on.........I love that chair. Is it wrong for me to push the cuteness of a baby aside because I'm oooh and ahhing over a chair? I'm horrible...........admitting is the first step.

I love the Mormon's. (my sis is lds, so I can say that.......and you already know about my crush on Donny) They have the best family ideas..........I still don't get how they have all these kids and make it through the day without a cup of joe.............but they do and I love this idea. It's a bit late to do it just like Cristin, but you could adapt it somehow. She has little notebooks that she has each child write their goals, memories, etc..., they place it inside the box until next year on New Years Eve when they review them and add to it. I'm going out on a limb here, but I doubt there's any champagne involved. :) On her blog, she shows more details to this. Each little notebook has the child's photo.......great idea.

She celebrates every holiday imaginable! She is looking for a reason to celebrate every day........gotta love her. My girlfriend Valerie, the queen of holiday celebrations........I don' t think she even knows about this one. Back to School Cones....... What? Don't tell me you've never heard of them? Well they're big in Germany........Cristin says so. I like it.

Also, she did this..........Give her a plain T-shirt and she's going to make a statement. She made these for her children to wear on their last day of school.

She is such a show off at school. Look at the cupcakes she took for her son's birthday. What a great idea to make a fish out of them. I would have done that, but our school doesn't allow sugar treats..........good thing cuz you know.........I would have done that and made a castle or something. :)

She has an embroidery machine..........I think I'd like one of those. These are burp cloths she made for gifts. I love simple, homemade, personalized gifts like that............I love it even more when a stay at home mom makes them.

A few years ago when we went to Disney land, I saw a few families with matching shirts. I thought "What a great idea"........but since there is only 3 of us, I didn't feel too bad..........It probably comes in handy when trying to keep track of everyone.......That's really the reason I only had one child. I would lose them.........really I would. I would be the crazy mom hyperventilating at Disney because I lost my children. I remember my sister telling me a story about a friend of hers from college. This friend had lots of siblings......lots.....so the mom took off their shirts and wrote on their backs with a sharpie........NAME, NUMBER......etc. Sounds crazy? Crazy enough that I actually have thought about doing that with my son......just in case. Why all this crazy talk about Disney bla bla bla? Well because look what she did.

She cut out mouse silhouettes for t-shirts and appliqued them. That is cute........that's not crazy. Much better than a sharpie.And speaking of silhouettes.....she made these cute ornaments of each child for Christmas. How cute!

Cristin we want to know your secret. How do you have so much energy? How do you do it all?

Lots of great family ideas on this site. So tell her how you found her. I love surprising people.