to reintroduce myself

Hi there -

Long time pony fan, but I really have not been an active member of the collecting communities for a while. My two year old daughter recently became smitten with ponies, so I got a little nostalgic and started visiting the MLPTP again. I got an email notification from here for an event or something and I was like 'Oh yeah, there are two MLP communities,' so I figured I would pop in for a visit and check it out.

My life is a lot different than it was when I used to frequent the boards. I am a Stay at Home, Homeschooling Mama to two babies (hopefully more someday soon). I have a son who just turned five and a two and a half year old daughter. We are really just starting our homeschooling journey, but I have loved every second of being a SAHM. I kind of fall into the crunchy Mama group. I love baby wearing, I chose to extended nurse both of my children and we eat an organic, whole food diet (among other things).

I got married in 2008 and we just celebrated our anniversary last weekend. It fell on Mother's Day. I really do not collect many toys these days. I have a few things, but I mostly buy things for my kids. Not vintage toys, because I do not think they are safe (long story, the short version is my daughter was lead poisoned at 10 months), but our house still looks like a toy shop blew up in it. I buy a lot of handmade toys off of Etsy, but we do have some mainstream character toys. My son is smitten with Transformers and my daughter loves SSC.

Hmmmm, outside of that I paper craft and I am trying to teach myself to sew. I play the XBox (when the babies are sleeping) and I love to read. Oh and Bubbles is my favorite G1 pony, but I also fancy the MGR and TE ponies as well. Thanks for reading!

Carol Ann aka Ice Empress aka Icey