Those Sew Sweet Mother’s Day Cupcakes

Writers are often told to avoid big long words when a simple short word will do.

Good, because then we can use “MOM” for these cupcakes instead of “Trust Me, People, She’s The Bestest Most Wonderful-est Mother Of Them All”.

The latter *would* allow for more cupcakes to eat, and more cupcakes to eat is always good, yes?

Check out the how-to from Family Fun while I practice my edible running stitch!

March of the Olive Penguins!

Clearly I’m more than fashionably late to the party, because a quick search shows that a whole bunch of you out there have already made these marching olive penguins. Anybody know who first came up with the idea?

Our Big Earth has one version of the whole how-to. Somewhere around here I read the suggestion to use pickled carrots, and I’m sure you could use any soft cheese you please.

Going to have to make them! But first, whooo…breathe…I need a few minutes to get over that huge-looking toothpick sticking up out of the penguin’s head. Ouch.

Ten-minute quiz on the text of Where the Wild Things Are

Take a break from your wild rumpus and fill in the words to Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are.

Only 139 words, and I got “Max” right off the bat. Go me!

Rawr.

Ten minutes. You, go!

RIP Maurice Sendak.

[Ooooh, yes, I thunked so: we've done something similar before.]

Babybel Loraxes!

In a minute, I’m going to completely forget that you’re supposed to eat these Babybel cheeses.

Can someone run out to get Cute Food for Kids [previously] another couple armloads of Babybels? She has a bazillion ideas! Who knew?

More Lorax-inspired food ideas!

She made a happy pile of Babybel boys, too!

Lots of Ladybug Love!

Putting googly eyes on everything aka eye-bombing

And then all of a sudden you want to stuff a whole bunch of googly eyes in your pockets and run around your neighborhood, most unanonymously putting eyes on everything, don’t you?

Yes, yes you do, and so do I.

[minieco/eyebombing]