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Summer break is upon us. It’s time to start making that list of ways to keep the kids from using those three dreadful words: I AM BORED! Here are 5 simple and cute ideas to keep them busy and having fun all Summer-long. My favorite part is that most of the materials used here are…
I absolutely love doing handprint and footprint art with my kids. Not only do they think it’s super fun to dip their hands and feet in paint and see those prints on paper but I get a small keepsake that, in 15 or 20 years, we can pull out and reminisce at how little those…
It’s hard to believe that we are already at the end of April! But, if the saying is true, then I’m ready to say “Good-bye, April Showers! Hello, May Flowers!!” And what better way to welcome May and its beautiful flowers than with an adorable May Day flower basket for your neighbors! May Day, celebrated…
Are you finding yourself cleaning up a slew of empty Easter candy wrappers, decorative grass, and other basket goodies today? Me, too! And if your house is anything like ours, you probably have a pile of empty plastic Easter eggs sitting on your countertop. So, what do you do with those plastic eggs? We went…
My kids are officially on Spring Break starting today at 4pm. And, while we’re not heading anywhere warm and beaches, pools, and swimsuits are not on the docket for Spring Break, it does serve as a reminder that Summer is not too far away. While I may not have been so faithful to my “Get…
Doesn’t it seem like just yesterday that the kids were off from school for Christmas vacation? Are we really at Spring Break already?? Whether you are packing up the family for a Spring Break roadtrip or hanging at home for the week, you’ll want to stock up on some ideas to keep the kids busy…
Rumor has it, Spring might actually be on its way here and is kicking Winter to the curb. Hopefully Winter will be taking the cold and flu season with it because I am done with having sick kids! Amen? Have you ever noticed that after a long winter you find yourself with a stack of…
Other women love to tell their pregnant friends (or any pregnant woman they randomly run into at the grocery store), “You better sleep now because once that baby comes…” I laugh when I hear people say this because it’s not like you can store up that pre-baby sleep and use it to get you through…
My girls are obsessed with fairies right now. They love looking for magic in the world around them and imagine how fairies could be at work in it. I’m sure this has a lot to do with my daughter’s recent loss of teeth and the curiosity she has around the tooth fairy. So we are embracing…
Confession: I love snow! From a distance. I love it from the coziness of my blanket and mug of hot cocoa. There is just something magical about those white flakes falling from the sky. On those snowy days, my kids and I like to pretend we’re living in a snow globe! But Winter won’t be…