Paper Plate Halloween Crafts

September 14, 2014September 2, 2021 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Halloween, Holidays, Paper Plate Crafts, Pretend Play activities, arts, crafts, fall, family, Halloween, Jack-o-lantern, masks, motherhood, painting, paper plates, parenting, scarecrow, spider, toddler, two year old 9 Comments

Pasta & Pipe Cleaner Crafts

September 12, 2014November 19, 2015 Pinparent Arts and Crafts arts, beads, bracelet, crafts, family, fun, jewelry, parenting, pasta, pipe cleaner, toddler, two year old 2 Comments

The other day my daughter was digging through a chest of drawers and came across a bamboo necklace that I bought when we were in the Bahamas. The necklace was just a simple beaded necklace on craft wire. My daughter was having a great time sliding the bamboo beads back & forth. She wanted to break […]

Peanut Butter & Jelly Pancakes

September 8, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Breakfast, Recipes breakfast, cooking, family, Food, jelly, pancakes, peanut butter, picky, recipes, toddler, two year old 12 Comments

Breakfast is definitely my favorite meal of the day. I love eggs, french toast, hash, home fries & pancakes. I am getting hungry just thinking about it. The best thing about breakfast is our daughter also loves it. It is the one meal that I can usually count on her eating. I will admit that […]

Baking Soda Volcanoes

September 7, 2014May 23, 2015 Pinparent Kid's activities, Science Experiments activities, baking soda, eruptions, experiments, family, fun, parenting, science, toddler, two year old, vinegar, volcano 5 Comments

It has been a month now since Mai started daycare. As you all know, I was not exactly over the moon with the decision to put her in daycare, but now I couldn’t be happier. It is a pain waking up early to drop her off before work & I do still get that feeling of […]

A Football Widow’s Rant

September 5, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Life, Marriage family, football, husband, marriage, Patriots, toddler, Tom Brady, wife 10 Comments

My favorite time of year is rapidly approaching. When autumn comes it brings with it a colorful palette of falling leaves, fresh crisp air, all things pumpkin flavored & Halloween. I love everything about the fall except one thing… It’s Football season! For the next 17 weeks (possibly more if we make it to playoffs, […]

“ABC Soup” Water Play

August 29, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Kid's activities, Learning Tools, Reading & Writing abc, alphabet, cooking, kids, play, toddler, two year olds, water 4 Comments

It makes me laugh to think that in a house full of fancy toys & play sets, it is always the simplest things that hold on to our children’s attention the most. Our daughter loves to paint & draw, so we got her an easel. She prefers to draw at the kitchen counter. She loves building […]

Lessons From The Kitchen

August 28, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Learning Tools activities, baking, cooking, family, learning, parenting, teaching, tips, toddler, two year old 18 Comments

I always found it humorous that children love doing the things that we as adults hate to do & vice versa. They fight naps & taking a baths while these are things that I dream about. Doing dishes & sweeping the floor are not my favorite activities in the world, but yet my daughter can’t […]

Sometimes Mommies Cry

August 27, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Life, Parenting cry, emotions, family, life, motherhood, parenting, tears, toddler, two year old 18 Comments

Motherhood is riddled with a wide range of emotions. From the day that your child is born, you are overcome with feelings like you have never felt before. You have never loved so much, laughed so much, feared so much or felt so happy. As much joy as your children bring into your life there […]

Popsicle Stick Flower Craft

August 26, 2014May 18, 2018 Pinparent Arts and Crafts, Painting arts, craft, feet, flower, hand, painting, popsicle, stick, toddler, two year old 2 Comments

Our Sunday Menu – Toddler Victories & Failures

August 25, 2014March 1, 2015 Pinparent Breakfast, Dinner Main Courses, Recipes bake, bananas, breakfast, casserole, chicken, corn, dinner, eat, family, Food, kids, lunch, Mexican, Nutella, pancakes, peppers, picky, recipes, rice, supper, taco, toddler 6 Comments

There are some things in parenthood that do not make sense to me. The most recent in a long line of things that puzzle me is this, you have all heard me cry & whine over what a difficult eater our daughter is, then how do you explain this… If the daily battle with my […]