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“I love to laugh, loud and long and clear… The more I laugh, the more I fill with glee, and the more the glee, the more I’m a merrier me!” —from Mary Poppins April Fool’s Day has come and, thankfully, gone. I’m not a lover of pranks and I’m not really sure why this of all […]
Bean is three! I can hardly believe it! To be honest, I’ve never felt like birthdays need to be such a big deal (perhaps because mine is so close to Christmas), but I had a blast planning his birthday this year. I just love doing themed parties! Toy Story 2 is Bean’s absolute favorite movie […]
It’s been a rough couple of weeks here. I try to keep positive on this blog to encourage other mothers, but I’m gonna take a Real Mom moment here and just share what’s been going on lately. Even though tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, in the midst of making decisions about our future–jobs, house, hobbies, downsizing, […]
We’ve been stuck inside a lot this winter thanks to snow, negative degree weather, and sickness. In an attempt to avoid screen time as much as possible, we’ve gotten pretty creative with things to do! I thought I’d share some of the top ones for the next time you find yourself stuck inside! 1. Build […]
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 […]
Merry Christmas! The season has begun! One of the first things we did this year is this Christmas tree window decoration. I started by taping contact paper to the window, sticky side facing me. Then I outlined a Christmas tree using some green paper scraps I’d saved from cutting out another project. Next came the […]
It started with sharing. Bean was having a hard time remembering to share with Bird—after all having a little sister who actually wanted to play with him and his toys was new. From there we added the first two, mostly because we found ourselves repetitively reminding him to listen to our words, and say please […]
“Father Abraham had many sons, oh, many sons had Father Abraham. I am one of them, and so are you, so let’s all praise the Lord!” I’ve had this song stuck in my head for weeks now thanks to planning this Abraham lesson. It’s the only song I could think of to go along with […]
Chalkboard paint is all over Pinterest right now; I’ve been pinning ideas for a year and only just finally got around to doing some! I bought a can of chalkboard paint ages ago at Hobby Lobby. I actually bought it to paint a table top, but there’s so much and now that I’ve opened it, […]
We’ve been busy decorating the house for my favorite season: FALL! I could hardly wait to break out the fall decor, pumpkin spice (see our early fall cookies post!), sweaters, and pants. September is the beginning of fall to me, and I keep the decorations up till Christmas, which I decorate Thanksgiving Day because I […]