{Weekend}

uh, first day of spring.......

Guess we got spoiled last week and over the weekend. By the end of last week, our temps were in the 60's. Now that I can take. My kids were pulling out their flip flops and shorts and two tried to escape from the house in bathing suits! The weekend wasn't quite so warm but we spent lots of time playing outside.

First weekend in a long time we had no basketball games. Well, I should say no basketball games that we had to go to. Basketball was on the TV pretty much all weekend.

Saturday we snuck in some shopping.

My 5 year old pulled out her second tooth to get more money lost another tooth. She had been waiting all week to go to Walmart to buy a new Barbie doll. The older girls and I went shopping with friends on Saturday night and then out for a yummy dinner.

Yesterday we visited with family and were treated to another yummy dinner of cornbeef and cabbage.

And, in between all the outside playing, shopping, basketball and eating, I finished that book I got at the library last week.

It was so good! Sad, happy and hard to put down. I'd definitely recommend it.

Hope you all had a nice weekend and have a great week!

No Pinching Here.....

Don't want to risk any of my kiddies getting a pinch today......

so last night (and yes, this morning) I made the girls some rosette hair clips for St. Patrick's Day.

I had some green gingham fabric in my stash and made the rosettes just like the one I made for the ear warmers. We had some metal clip type barrettes and I used hot glue to attach the rosettes to the clips. Super easy and quick!

Now, you might have noticed my son is wearing yellow instead of green.

Don't worry, he's got himself covered.

This is his idea of wearing green for St. Patrick's Day.

Notice A Change?

Anything different?

There's been a little spring rearranging going on here at 7 All Together.

I've been wanting a new look for my blog for awhile. Something different, all my own, special.

But, since I know zilch, zero, nada about all the stuff that's makes up blog design, it wasn't happening.

Until this weekend. I stumbled upon Making Cute Blogs. Oh boy, free tutorials with no professional software needed for anyone who wants a cute blog....raising hand, wildly waving, that's me!

I used the tutorial for making a custom header using Picnik. So easy, so quick and so free! The tutorial is very clear and understandable with lots of pictures. I kind of started on a whim thinking it would be over my head and I wouldn't be able to figure out how to get it into my blog. Nope. I followed step by step. Never had a question. No what the heck does this mean moments. And as you can see, I got it into my blog!

I wasn't quite sure what I wanted for a header so I made two different ones.

I'd love to hear your thoughts....what you like, don't like, what you think of the ideas and colors.

Now on to adding some pages.......

I'm linking up to Weekend Bloggy Reading with Amanda at Serenity Now and Round Robin with Amy at Keeping up with the Schultz Family

Ear Warmer Alert

Just wanted to let everyone know, I was in Walmart today and they had the ear warmers I used on clearance for 70 cents. Now $1.50 was a good price. 70 cents is an awesome price. Can't beat it. And if you can't beat it, put a pretty flower on it.

I picked up a few more. They'll be nice to have on hand for gifts. Or just in case one of ours gets misplaced. Or as Yvonne at Styleburb suggested, they would be great as gifts after a girls' party-love that idea!