real moms {sharing} all things fabulous
My 7 year old daughter has been learning how to sew with a sewing machine but I also want her to learn basic sewing by hand. I tried to come up with some way that would make learning seem more fun than just stitching together a few scraps with no real purpose. I recently made…
In general, I’m more of a savory snacks kinda gal, but every now-and-again I want a good sweet dessert. Sure, it’s easy to grab a handful of candies or one of the billion candy bars they have at the grocery store check out but it’s not very wholesome or filling. This recipe might not be…
A few years ago we decided as a family to eat healthier. We aren’t all clean eating all the time. We aren’t all organic all the time. We aren’t all local-grown all the time. But we do a lot of clean, organic, local-grown food when we can. But we also don’t turn down a few…
Christmas is over. A new year is almost here. People everywhere are making promises to themselves to start fresh come January 1. But resolutions and I don’t mix very well so I don’t bother with them any more. I do, however, love to always start the new year by reminiscing about the last 365 days…
Christmas Day is almost here and you still don’t have a gift for Aunt Susie, your niece, or your next door neighbor? Here are a few last minute gift ideas that you can make and it won’t look like you fished it out of the bottom of your closet as they walked in the door….
What do Miley Cyrus, Pope Francis, and Walter White have in common? Well…very little, actually – except that they are all listed in The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014. I’ll be honest with you: I can’t remember ever flipping through the pages of an almanac until recently. I’m sure I did back when…
Tis the season to be jolly. But for many people it’s also the season for un-ending errands and parties and feeling like you have to go-go-go all the time. Just thinking about an over-crowded schedule stresses me out! When I get stressed, I feel it first in my shoulders. It gets tight and I find myself…
I don’t remember the first time I played Scrabble but I also don’t remember ever not playing Scrabble. My mom is a word-lover and my brother and I were “playing” Scrabble before we could even spell. We still love that game and play it often. But sometimes you just want to try something new, something…
Earlier this week I talked about our first k’nex adventure. By the time we opened this Super Mario Bowser’s Castle set up my son was convinced that he could do it all by himself and so I let him. And he did it right by himself! He separated out all of the pieces into little…
My oldest son loves building things. He’d seen some k’nex toys at a friend’s house and had asked about getting some for Christmas. When this Typhoon Frenzy Roller Coaster set came in, his eyes bugged out and wanted to start on it right away. Because he’d never done one before (and because I love building…
When “Home Alone” first came out, I was smack-dab in the middle of their target market age. My brother and I laughed and laughed at all the wild and crazy antics and I remember my mom reminding us that we couldn’t recreate what we’d seen Kevin McCallister do. Fast forward twenty-something years and I’m watching…