Since my daughter is not in school yet and just loves that her big brother wears a backpack to school, I had to find her one. My son carried this LÄSSIG to preschool a couple years ago. Your kids will go wild with the LÄSSIG Wildlife Collection Mini Backpack. These adorable animal-inspired backpacks are the perfect size…
Category: around the house
home decor, furniture, reusable shopping bags, luggage, reusable water bottles, pillows & bedding
a simple recipe :: mom’s lasagna
You may be sensing a trend here. I LOVE my mom’s cooking. I have been using many of her recipes for most of my married life. And because {truth be told}, she loves her cooking too, I have been able to convince her to let me share her recipes. With YOU, our loyal SIMPLE readers…
go and glow with life gear :: review
My kids love a glow stick more than just about anything in the world. Well, glow sticks and flashlights. And maybe cardboard boxes. So when this box of Life+Gear flashlight/glow stick combos arrived just as I was about to leave for a camping weekend with the youth from our church, I had to hide them…
keep her toesies protected and pretty with all-natural piggy paint :: review and giveaway
One of my favorite things about being the mommy of two sweet girls is the primping. We shop for daddy-daughter dance dresses, we put on lip gloss for Disney on Ice and we always ALWAYS have fancy feet. Painting our toesies is one of our very favorite things. We have a whole cabinet full of…
glasstic: the shatterproof glass water bottle :: review
The Glasstic Glass Water Bottle is perfect for all of your favorite beverages. We always have something to drink around. It is almost always water. With having kids, it is bound to be dropped. I want to introduce you to Glasstic: the shatterproof glass water bottle. We have several glass bottles but they are adult…
rock on sweet babe in a glider rocker fit for a queen :: review {@Kohls @StorkCraft}
First of all, I have to say, I had NO clue that Kohl’s offered furniture. Like, FURNITURE! Full on, not small or cheaply made furniture. I dove in to that rabbit hole one night when browsing online and was blown away 🙂 I had a glider rocker for my other girls. Since I thought we…
nest fragrances will make you “melt” :: review and giveaway
Some of my fondest memories are triggered by a familiar scent. A specific perfume reminds me of my grandma. The smell of burning wood reminds me of many nights spent telling stories around a campfire. The smell of baby wash reminds me of my son. The sense of smell is so powerful! So what makes…
easy meal planning and prep with eMeals :: review
Several years ago I heard about a company who would provide you a week’s worth of tasty but (relatively) easy recipes and provide a shopping list that you could print out based on these recipes. The goal for me at the time was to keep our grocery bill as low as possible without eating all…
keep track of those keys with o-venture :: review {@shopoventure}
I have a fun item for you today, something that I think many will love. When I first saw the item I was going to receive from O-Venture, I just wasn’t sure what to think. My first thought was…bulky. However, I gave it a fair shot and I must admit that from the first use,…
zooligans for your little hooligans :: review and giveaway {@zooligans #littlefashions #fashionforkids}
I have a deep, burning desire for shoes. So does my husband. Maybe not the deep burning desire, but let’s just say he has a lot of shoes too LOL! My girls definitely follow suit when it comes to this. I was recently introduced to a “new to me” shoe company, and I’m in love…
5 holiday card ideas from tiny prints for the 2013 holiday season :: giveaway
I can’t believe it almost here – the holidays are right around the corner!! I was browsing my favorite Christmas card shop just the other day and spotted so many great card choices. It’s always so hard to pick, so I thought I’d get your wheels turning now with some things I spotted that I…
a simple recipe :: mom’s apple pie
Nothing says fall like a good, old fashioned apple pie. And no one makes a better pie than my mom. She has been making Betty Crocker’s recipe since she and my dad got married in 1970. Apple pie is my dad’s absolute favorite and she has perfected the recipe over the years. Since my parents…










