Small Things Are Big Things

Eggcellent time this year decorating eggs with feathers, googlie eyes  and glitter. (Finally found a hard boiled egg recipe that works!!)

 Got up for the 7am service. We were actually on time… shocking!!

We (us and the family we went with) were the only people with kiddos. But they did great amidst all the older folks.

I  even broke out the pearls…

We have winners!
Monica from Modern Peanut won the Family 4 pack to Pretend City!

Soni from the Stringbean Company won the Bosh Images Photography Workshop!

Thanks for playing everybody. 
I wish I had prizes for all.
Speaking of prizes…
I have a little secret (no mom, we aren’t having twins!). Blessed Nest, BYOG and Eli’s Lids are planning something fun especially for our fellow Mom Bloggers. 
Details coming at the end of the month. 
Launch date Mother’s Day!!!

Our first Easter activity was last Sunday over at dippin’ dots in Fountain Valley!

The Easter bunny was there!

I had banana split, Hot Hubby got Snickers and the kiddos got their usual… RAINBOW!!
Here is a lesson on how to eat them so you are prepared:

If you have a little trouble, you can fill your spoon then pick the dots off the spoon with your fingers…

Or you can just use your fingers…

Or forget everything and do this…

“You’re Welcome!!!”

You never know who you’ll spot at dippin’ dots.
Of course you’ll see Debbie the dippin’ dot woman and if you’re lucky you might catch Angry Julie with Angry Toddler chomping on some dots! (Adam the Dad was there too!)

Thanks for the Easter celebration dippin’ dots! Can’t wait to visit again!

Need some last minute Easter basket tips. Check out my post over at Blessed Nest here!

On our actual anniversary we went to:

Sushi Box is a TINY hole-in-the-wall place in Costa Mesa. A friend recommended it as a “cheap good sushi place.” We got all this food for under $20…

It’s about 10 square feet and the decor was… unique. But the place was hoppin’.

Then we headed on over to the Orange County Performing Arts Center to see the Bolshoi Ballet in Don Quixote. We (yep, we) love the Performing Arts Center! There is just something so fun about getting dressed up for a live performance… no matter what it is! (FYI Hairspray will be there April 6th-11th & The Lion King, May 26th- June 13th!)
After the show we cruised to The Melting Pot for dessert!

$15 gets you a small fondue pot and loads of goodies to dip into it. Yum!!

Eli’s Lids – Shaping the Brim from Kara Noel Lawson on Vimeo.
(Did you notice Eli’s shadow on the left??? He is picking his nose at the end!!! How can I not be inspired by that little guy?)

Shop Lids here!

Do you want to learn how to take pictures like this:

Here are the workshop details…
When: Saturday, April 24th
Location: Orange County exact place TBA
Time: 10-2pm
Includes: Hand-on Class, Delicious Lunch, Practice Photo shoot, and endless encouragement from Mali and Noel.
$175.00 value!!!
Go here and click on “the class” at the bottom for some Q & A about the workshop!


Here’s How You Win…
*****MUST be a Southern California Resident or willing to travel to Orange County, CA for the workshop!!!*****
Main entry (mandatory): Click on over to Bosh Images blog OR Bosh website OR the Anytime Art site, OR Mali’s site (whew!) then come back here and let me know one of your favorite shots in a comment! (note: you just need to go to one site… just giving loads of options to see their AMAZING work!!)
In addition to the main entry you can get loads of extra entries if you…
~Subscribe to the Bosh Images blog RSS Feed in the navigation bar. (3 entries)
~Follow Bosh Images on twitter HERE! Leave your Twitter ID in the comment or let me know you already follow (2 entries)
~Tweet about the giveaway, can be done daily. Copy and paste this for the tweet: “So Cal residents!! Learn how to use that camera with this free photo workshop w/ @boshimages here http://bit.ly/dcjk8J $175 value!” (3 entries per day)
~Facebook about the giveaway with a link to this post! (3 entries per day)
~Follow the Eli’s Lids blog (2 entries)
~Follow Eli’s Lids on Twitter, leave your Twitter ID in the comment or let me know you already do (1 entry)
For every extra entry, be sure to leave a separate comment on this post! i.e. If you tweet about the giveaway leave 3 separate comments.
***Giveaway open one week! Ends Thursday April 1st 9:00pm PST. Which leaves plenty of time to buy the workshop if
Whether you win or buy the workshop, it won’t be long till you are doing this…

My picture graced the pages of OC Family last month.
When I showed my mom, her exact words were,
“Is that it?”
The picture is the size of a postage stamp…
but it’s still there!!
Here is the cover with my lovely friend Suz on the cover and my cute lil’ postage stamp…

This month I was also in the magazine. This time my pic was more of small label size.
I’m moving up!!
Maybe if I get any professional shots I’ll get to be centerfold!
(Any photographers want to shoot me for free?)
Ha!
Cover and me with my blogger friends…

Pick up a FREE copy of OC Family almost anywhere. I get mine at Juice it Up. They are a great resource for OC moms!!
Click on the She’s Crafty button in my sidebar to see all my posts!!

I’ve just started writing for the new Orange County Moms Blog.
Check out my first post. It’s a tongue and cheek Guide to NOT Parenting.
I’ll be posting there a few times a month. Click on this button in my sidebar for a direct link to all my posts.

Eli’s Lids was featured on Scout – A Mom’s Guide to Stylish Living.
Who can blame them?
Our Lids ROCK!!
See the post here with our Lids included in a list of Cool things for little boys.

Whew… we really are everywhere!!