{"id":3971,"date":"2014-03-30T07:43:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T12:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/?p=3971"},"modified":"2014-03-30T07:49:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T12:49:58","slug":"3971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/3971\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting, Quilting, Tarting&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not many things are better than a night of having pizza delivered.  BUT, here&#8217;s one!  Making an easel out of your pizza box!  Perfect.  \ud83d\ude42 We just inverted ours and put 2 small holes in it to put a string through.  Win!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"p2\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p31-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"p3\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>   <a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/p11-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"p1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Ben and his read aloud skills I have been able have Enders Game and Enders Shadow read to me as I finished up two quilts!  One for Alice&#8217;s reconstructed from two crib quilts I made for her as a babe.  Once they outgrow those itty beds those quilts are not so useful.  So, I combinded the two into one.  Yay to be useful again!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/q1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/q1-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"q1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This second quilt finally got put together after 3 years of collecting old pants!  Most of these pants had their knees blown out from early motherhood.  I hate tossing anything. The result? A pants quilt!  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/q2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/q2-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"q2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed trying out this recipe for<a href=\"http:\/\/smittenkitchen.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/homemade-pop-tarts\/\"> HOMEMADE POPTARTS<\/a>.  That&#8217;s right.  Usually I run the other direction when I see anything about making pastry crust.  But homemade pop tarts?  How could I run?  We embraced this one and were very pleased with the results.  Modifying it into a tart was even better \ud83d\ude1b <\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/15-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>    <a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/21-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"  \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And a shot of this girl and her reading selections for yesterday.  She is STILL choosing &#8220;The Great Mouse Detective&#8221;!  We&#8217;ve been reading this one steady since the summer of 2012. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/111.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/111-480x640.jpeg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>When not reading detective stories, and be found shenaniganning with her Dad.  Did I make up that word?  I like it!  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/b.jpeg\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/theholtsite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/b-480x640.jpeg\" alt=\"b\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not many things are better than a night of having pizza delivered. BUT, here&#8217;s one! Making an easel out of your pizza box! Perfect. \ud83d\ude42 We just inverted ours and put 2 small holes in it to put a string through. Win! 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