Let's recap

One hundred and one posts.

It started with a little introduction in Hello World, this is me. Then I posted about my Beautiful Blogs introducing the artwork of Belle & Boo. I got my very first comment on that post and it made me feel like i was Catching a Glimpse of how friendly the blogging community can be.

After that I showed you My First Etsy Buy, a super cute button from Belle & Boo. In that same post I wrote about how the blog of Sheye Rosemeyer had affected me ever since I discovered it. In Please don't cry when I'm driving I explained about the picture in my blog header and that wrapped up my posts for January.

In Before the tears I showed you some more pictures of my Little Sweethearts and in Preparing for a Royal Ball I wrote about my little girl's upcoming 5th birthday, a day that would be dominated by princesses and the colour pink. Proof of that is shown in Oh how time flies.

Then I had to spend Valentine's day without my Sweetheart which left me with some time to think so I wrote my Mind versus Heart post, a post you may have seen On the Flipside since I was recently a guest blogger there (thank you Kellan!). And perhaps A Little Miracle may have had something to do with that previous post as well.

In Kiss the Cook I boast about my husband's cooking skills. He will also be referred to as a Domestic God, but more on that in a later post. In my second post in March we had to say Goodbye to one of our little fish. The kids still talk about him sometimes. Then we were Anxciously Awaiting our new camera. We show off our first pictures in Capturing the Moment and My Favourite Picture is definitely still one of my favs.

You can see how a princess has fun in the garden in BOOT-ilicious and the Easter Bunny wishes you a happy Easter a day early in Look who hopped in. The day after that the kids went egg hunting: 3, 2, 1: GO! Although winter was over we still witnessed the birth of a snowman in Wait until spring, Mr. Snowman. Then our Easterbunny got a bad case of otitis but I found myself in Chocolate Heaven.

A thought had been playing in my mind so I asked my commenters whether they felt I was Etsy worthy. It still took me a while to actually get my shop set up but Walt Disney's quote: All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them eventually made me sit down and get to it. In Cute as a Button I found the perfect place for my first etsy buy: on a cardigan that goes with a dress I made for my daughter.

Some of you may know that, thanks to my Domestic God I have a bun in the oven. Well, sometimes. Other times I have cupcakes in the oven, or lasagna. A little peek gave you exactly what it says at a little project the kids and I started. In The one with the Castle Cake I had googled around for some inspiration for my son's Knight Party.

Some days I still feel like there is So little time to do all the things I would like to do. I was Tagging Along after I read a post on Elise's blog, telling you 6 random things about myself and in Never mind the rain we took the kids to an amusement park. Look who's here introduced the little bear my son made and of which you had seen a little peek.

Then in May we had our very own Knight's tale and I also welcomed you to the Grand Opening of my Etsy shop. More Happy Days are lying ahead. My business cards arrived Just in Time to be included in a gift I made for a friend of mine and I simply had to Thank You for all your kind wishes upon opening my shop.

Mother's Day left me with a quickly disappearing tower of Ferrero Rochers (which of course had everything to do with the sun and nothing with me) and since my Sweetheart had to leave that morning for India, we left him a little Surprise. (First picture of me on my blog!)

If you haven't tried my Belgian Pancakes recipe yet, you should think again: they are Just Yummy! And then I was finally able to say "It is time" for my bloggy giveaway! That was a fun post!

My blog isn't always about me. No, It's not about Me, really. Well, maybe just the bottom of that post since I did include a little travel wishlist. Then there was a pictureless post in The Gift of Wisdom and another kind of gift in Gift Giving where I announced the winner of my bloggy giveaway.

In June my daughter asked me to Kiss the Pain Away which I happily did. And then I had this sweet little idea in my head about making some Snail Mail friends. Best bloggy decision ever! If you are not a snail mail friend of mine yet, but would like to be then send me your address and date of birth and we can send eachother a Christmas card!

In Tag your 8 you can find out more about myself. I'm happy to say I already accomplished one of my "8 things I want to do before I die" list (Thank you Tabitha!)! My bloggy friends left me some kind wishes and kept checking in on me after I had my wisdom tooth pulled. Ouch!

A little about me gave you some info on my Belgian background. Look at what the kids made for their dad on Father's day. Shortly after my daughter drew a piece of Art that makes my heart sing. I'm so glad I took a picture of it.

We had a baby over to sleep but we hardly noticed she was there since it was a Silent night. Then Tabitha got the snail mail ball rolling in A tale of Cats and Snails.

In one post I wondered: When's Summer's coming. Now I think: Is it over already?

I've still not gotten into trouble for being in the CIA. I have found that I have colleagues all over the world, but I will not disclose their secret identities.

My heart swells with pride when my son brings home his report card. I hope I can keep saying that in the coming years.

Sisterhood. Well that post may have been a bit boring ;)

Bloggy giveaway: update. Here you finally get to see what I sent the winner, Erin. Then I had Butterflies in my tummy, some of which have flown away to far away places thanks to Dani. I've just seen now that there were some extra (sweet) comments on this post!

I guess A Sales Girl & a Play Date are always better than a play girl and a sales date. There is more about my little sweethearts in Bonnie & Clyde. My first Treasury on Etsy ever has been deleted by now, so it's too late to check it out if you hadn't.

I have happy feet whenever I think back to my first sale on Etsy. Since some e-mails got Lost in space I sent an urgent SOS to Pigs in Space. They have yet to get back to me.

Perhaps a little late I welcomed Blake into the world in A new addition. Then I went undercover for a while but for a good reason: We were on a break!

Then it was time to send some small MAG(net)IC gifts to my snail mail friends. You can find out what my loved ones think of me in Sweet Little Tag. And in Coming soon I introduced my Chocolate & Strawberry bookmark.

Beary Busy got you all thinking about what could be hidden in that adorable packaging.

The sweetest post ever was not written by me but by my husband, wishing me a happy Anniversary and proposing to me once more. Of course I said YES!!! After all, he is my Win for life.

In Unwrapping you finally find out what was inside that Beary Special wrapping.

Thanks to a very [jen-er-uhs] person I now have my very own personalised bookmark. One can never have too many books - but too many bloggy friends would have been a good answer too. Divine Brown is a post that does not include Hugh Grant but Heat(h) does include a little bit Ledger. One can never have enough of these either.

Memory Lane Monday took me a few years back. Not a single tear fell when writing this post, but some may have when writing this one on some sweet Memories.

On Etsy I found Apples, Pears & some cute Bears and posted them in a treasury.

I enjoyed My kind of movie with my son and now I will forever be known as the older version of Queen Suzan the Gentle. If I ever get to meet Prince Caspian I will take him to Mi Casa. Would that cause some Blushing?

I was Sending up a pink balloon for Ava's birthday and joined the Etsy auction to support the Nielson Family in August. I hope some day they will be able to look back on all this and wonder when the blogging community came together to raise all that money. Their children will answer: it happened While you were sleeping.

Tweet tweet brought a little bird into my life and that of my Etsy shop and it has flown off to several destinations since. Ha, Mr. who-did-not-think-much-of-it! Then, Off they go, my own little sweethearts on their first day of school.

Up close & personal was exactly that and there was even a little More here. You know by now that my daughter looks Pretty in Pink so we signed her up for ballet classes. Some french song lyrics in Le temps c'est de l'amour made me think about living in the now.

The first video on my blog featuring my Ballerina Girl and a little break-dancer was posted in Craving attention.

In Don't forget I reminded you about the Etsy benefit for the Nielson family. It turned out to be a huge success with the total sales surpassing 10,000 USD! I had donated a few Robin Red Breast ornaments and I was so excited that it got featured!

Winter may come has some beautiful pictures of my daughter and her new coat. Then I found out I got tagged by Amanda so I was Tagging along in this post. And then it hit me: Only 83 days till Christmas!!!

Find out who My hero is in this post.

And then, we came pretty Close to my 100th post!! Three, Two, ... Hooray!! 100 posts and a birthday!!! Now wasn't that a Simply Beauty Full recap of my blogging adventure so far?

Next week I'll draw two lucky winners who will win a set of Christmas ornaments. Stay tuned! I might even do another 100 posts...