Handcrafted fun and fast ways to love your kids to bitty-bits!
It was Daddy’s birthday over the summer! It’s tradition to make him a schwartzwaldekirschtorte–otherwise known as a Black Forest Cherry Cake. You just can’t go wrong with chocolate and cherry! Well, it occurred to me as I was pinning recipes that really I could let the kids “decorate” the cake because it was mostly layering! […]
The following is going to sound like one big sell for a certain product but I promise I bought this product on my own dime long before I started blogging, so this is strictly my personal opinion that has not been bought in any way, shape, or form. I just have to say—as I […]
Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you found time to enjoy your children and your children to show their appreciation for you! I am continually amazed at the variety of moms out there, all doing their best for their kids! For some that includes working, for others it means getting to stay home. Have you ever […]
Happy new year, everyone! Now that we’ve come to the beginning of a new year, I can reveal some of the fun things we’ve made this past year as I attempted a year of all homemade gifts! As some of you may have noticed (those people being friends and family who have received gifts from […]
“I love trash! Anything dirty or dingy or dusty, anything ragged or rotten or rusty! Yes, I love trash!” -Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch One of the lessons I’ve learned from Sesame Street sticks in my head because of this song: Happiness is not found in the object but in the perception of the object. […]
We finally did it! We finally dyed some beans! I’ve been pinning ideas for dyed beans for at least a year now and we finally got around to it. Can’t believe I thought it’d be too hard. So easy! It helps that Bean himself is also old enough now that I know he won’t just […]
We know how to project. “Come here, come here, come here NOW!” We understand the importance of diction. “Suck.” “Excuse me? Oh, TRuck!” We know how to cry on cue. “And then he said, ‘I-wuv-oo’ for the first time!” “Awww!” We know how to take personal criticism. “Mommy, no sit on blanket.” We know how […]
Happy Memorial Day! Lest we forget why we had a three-day weekend, I want to start by saying thank you to all those who have served, are serving, but especially on this Memorial Day, a thank you to those who gave their lives for this country so that I might be free to raise my […]
I know the title seems like a stretch, but seriously, these are The World’s Best Cookie. Period. My family calls them Gorp Cookies but I’ve also heard them called Buffalo Chip Cookies and Ranger Cookies. First, mix up the ingredients. This is a really easy recipe where you just dump it into the mixer as […]
Happy Mother’s Day! To all you moms out there I want to offer some encouragement on this most special day. One of the reasons I’ve put off starting a “Mommy Blog” for so long—you know, all 2 years that I’ve been a parent 😉 —is because I didn’t want it to become something that stole […]