{"id":635,"date":"2009-02-12T22:17:21","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T05:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2009-02-12T22:17:21","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T05:17:21","slug":"little-bit-of-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Little bit of everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/nathaniel-is-4-months-old2.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/collins-market-day.jpg\"><\/a>Today was one of those busy days from beginning to end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>February 12th&#8230;my little guy turned 4 months old today.\u00a0 It\u00a0seems like yesterday that I mentioned he was already 3 months.\u00a0 I make a big deal out of these little milestones.\u00a0 I love to take pictures; I basically put on a mini\u00a0photo shoot to mark the occasion!\u00a0 Here he is in the adorable crocheted sweater I showed a little while back (thanks again, Madeline!).\u00a0 I&#8217;m playing around with photo sizes and thought, why not show these in jumbo size. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/nathaniel-is-4-months-old2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-636 aligncenter\" title=\"nathaniel-is-4-months-old2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/nathaniel-is-4-months-old2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/nathaniel-is-4-months-old.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-637 aligncenter\" title=\"nathaniel-is-4-months-old\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/nathaniel-is-4-months-old.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After I picked up my son from preschool, we had a quick lunch, some Valentine&#8217;s craft painting, more photos, then off to my older sons&#8217; school.\u00a0 My first grader had a &#8220;Market Day&#8221; at school in his social studies class.\u00a0 The children recently completed a unit on money (history, types, different cultures, etc) and they created four different shops.\u00a0 The children made bookmarks, tissue flowers, Valentine&#8217;s cards and magnets to sell.\u00a0 They created advertising such as posters and real commercials.\u00a0 I had to videotape that once it played on the tv for my husband to see.\u00a0 We were given &#8220;credit cards&#8221; that the children punched holes in to show we made a purchase.\u00a0 The smiles on their proud faces were so nice to see.\u00a0 Brings back memories of playing store when I was little.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/collins-market-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-638 aligncenter\" title=\"collins-market-day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/collins-market-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"487\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/market-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-639 aligncenter\" title=\"market-day\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/market-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"622\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This evening was busy getting ready for the class Valentine&#8217;s Day parties tomorrow.\u00a0 Luckily we had a head start and the kids filled out their cards\/goodie bags\u00a0for their classmates last night.\u00a0 It was time to make a few cards for teachers and decorate cupcakes.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure many of you are going through this very same thing.\u00a0 I tried a new cake mix that is so YUMMY.\u00a0 Check out this triple chocolate cake mix&#8230;I kept beating the mix thinking there were still lumps\u00a0in it&#8230;turns out they were chocolate chips.\u00a0 So my advice to you is eat these while they are warm.\u00a0 Those chips will be melted = scrumptious.\u00a0 Just a little friendly tip for those Moms (or Chocoholics) needing\/wanting to make cupcakes in the near future (Nikki&#8230;?).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/triple-chocolate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-640 aligncenter\" title=\"triple-chocolate\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/triple-chocolate-300x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/valentines-cupcakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-641 aligncenter\" title=\"valentines-cupcakes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/valentines-cupcakes-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/chandlers-valentines-cards-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-642 aligncenter\" title=\"chandlers-valentines-cards-09\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sweetbeadstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/chandlers-valentines-cards-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whew&#8230;I&#8217;m tired, and it&#8217;s already after midnight.\u00a0 I better get to sleep.\u00a0 Have\u00a0a GREAT Friday!\u00a0 This week sure went fast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was one of those busy days from beginning to end.\u00a0 February 12th&#8230;my little guy turned 4 months old today.\u00a0 It\u00a0seems like yesterday that I mentioned he was already 3 months.\u00a0 I make a big deal out of these little milestones.\u00a0 I love to take pictures; 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