As you know, we are staying with my husband’s aunt as we await the completion of our home. There is a sweet 2-year-old that lives with her & my daughter & her have become two peas in a pod. My daughter has been taking on a big sister role. She has been trying to teach and at […]
A funny thing happened the other day. A group of my friends were talking about the winter & things to do with our kids. We began talking about cutting paper snowflakes. I had said that it had been so long since I had last made one that I was not quite sure if I even remembered how to. […]
This post contains affiliate links for convenience. “Run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me. I’m the Gingerbread Man.” I know it is early & we have not even had Halloween yet, but always around this time of year my mind starts wandering to gingerbread. Why, you might ask? Because every year, I […]
This weekend was filled with Christmas parties & breakfasts with Santa. We were on the move all weekend long trying to make sure that the big guy knew that Mai really wanted that train set for Christmas. The parties had a ton of great activities and projects for the kids to do and as we […]
On the first day of Christmas my toddler gave to me… A diaper full of poop & pee. On the second day of Christmas my toddler gave to me… Two mismatched gloves & A diaper full of poop & pee. On the third day of Christmas my toddler gave to me… Three glitter pens Two mismatched […]
For somebody that was as eager for the holiday season to begin as I was, I was a little behind in putting up our Christmas decorations. It had been a busy few weeks, but we finally found an evening to put up our Christmas tree. The first year that my husband & I started dating […]
Tonight I was on hold with the warranty company for my camera. Being the clutz that I am I dropped it & broke the flash. The hold time was lengthy. I might have been annoyed, but my wait seemed easier as I listened to the beautiful sounds of the Christmas carols that were playing. One […]
We had our first big snowfall of the year. I thought Mai would be overjoyed when she woke up & saw the ground covered in powdery white. She was, but when I tried to get her in her snow suit to go outside, the protests did not stop. She put on her furry boots & […]
My love for pasta crafts needs no intro. If you follow me regularly, you already know about my many boxes of pasta set aside just for projects such as these. This weekend we spent 2 days making crafts out of a variety of pasta for the latest article that we were doing in this month’s SEEK. […]
Sitting in our cupboard in the kitchen is a sack of old potatoes that are growing sprouts. Those potatoes had seen better days and were on their way out. It would be such a shame to have to waste them, so we had to make sure that we put them to good use. In the fall, […]