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Once my kids discovered the HighFive Naturals Silicone Molds hiding in our kitchen, everything has been requested to be in the shape of building bricks and figures. And who can blame them? Pretty much everything is more fun in the shape of LEGOs! Also…they bust out singing an endless rendition of “EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!!!” each and every…
Did you know that your skin is your largest organ? The biology-nerd in me just finds that fascinating every time I think about it. Averaging 8pounds and 22 square feet, our skin is arguably just as important as our heart or lungs or stomach and yet it’s the first organ we neglect. And on a…
Strangely enough, I don’t ever remember my mom nagging me about making my bed when I was a child. But I also don’t remember making it each and every day. Then I went off to college and, because I always had a roommate, I remember making sure I tossed the covers back over the bed…
This past weekend the kids and I were just feeling those winter blahs. The snow is starting to melt (yay!) but it leaves everything outside looking drab and dirty and…well…blah! So, we decided to let the upcoming Valentine’s Day holiday inspire us and we created Valentine window decals to decorate those blah windows! Sure, you can easily…
Early Spring! Early Spring! Early Spring!!!!! In case you couldn’t tell, I’m pretty excited about good ol’ Punxsutawney Phil’s “prediction” of an early spring this year! {Yes, I know he’s just a rodent and not a meteorologist but let’s just say the meteorologists don’t always get it right either.} We’ve had a pretty mild winter…
I received a FairWind FWPC6L Pressure Cooker for the purpose of this review. This post was made possible by Mom Spark Media. All options are my own. One of my biggest struggles in the kitchen is “thinking ahead”. I am a horrible meal planner! Often times I’m scrambling at dinner time because the family is hungry…
Love is in the air, ladies! Valentine’s Day is just weeks away!! Sure, we’re still stepping on pine needles from the Christmas tree and we may still have a few strings of Christmas lights up outside (which will probably stay there until April), but it’s time to shift our thinking towards hearts and cupid and…
We can’t really complain about the winter we’ve had so far in Michigan. November and December gave us many sunny days in temps well above normal. But, now it’s January and, as promised, winter has made it’s way here. It even gave us our first Snow Day of the season this week! {cue the noise…
We’re almost a full week into this new year so it’s probably a good time to start thinking about some goals for 2016. I’m a big fan of setting some realistic goals for myself as we enter the new year…and hopefully I figure out a way to achieve them over the next 52 weeks 😉…
Have you ever taken your kids to see a movie in 3D? It’s quite possible the funniest thing. Ever! The first time something “comes out” of the screen at them? Their reactions are priceless! Three-D just brings that extra element of fun to some movies. What if you could add that same extra element to…
One of our favorite Christmas traditions is to give our kids a “Night Before Christmas” gift. It’s the one gift they get to open on Christmas Eve and they almost always include the same general items :: new pajamas (usually Christmas-y), some hot cocoa or a treat, and a new book. Very simple but it’s…
I will be honest, the lack of snow here in Michigan has made it somewhat difficult for me to get into the Christmas spirit. Growing up in the midwest, Christmases are almost always white. I can only think of one or two there times where we’ve had a “green” Christmas. But it shouldn’t matter, right?…