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Good morning friends. It’s snowing outside of my window as I type and it’s looking like it just might be a white Christmas indeed. Yippee! Which means, after the snowball fights and snowman building, it is the perfect time to come inside, sit snugly indoors and create with my Littles. I don’t know about …
The boys and I have been crafting up a storm around here to get into the Christmas spirit. And there’s nothing we like more than simple easy crafts like this paper strip wreath. 1. To make this we used the cardboard from the bottom of a frozen pizza (yes with the new little baby in …
I wanted to do something different with our Christmas tree this year and after a recent trip to IKEA, I knew just what to do. Using IKEA’s Ribba Picture Ledges Jon and my brother Kenton (who was in town for Thanksgiving) helped to make my vision come to life. was hoping to post on this …
Hi Friends and happy Monday. I can’t tell you how happy I am to start another week. Baby M is out of the hospital and just about over her RSV. Not a fun stint…but we are happy and mostly healthy now and glad to be out of the woods. I wanted to share with you …
I always love to see what sort of toys my friends recommend and in turn what their kids really love to play with. So fellow toy enthusiasts, Meta and Stephanie and I agreed that we needed to swap recommendations, and of course, in turn, share them all with you! So here’s our tried and …
This week I’m teaming up with good friends, and fellow toy enthusiasts!, Meta, of One More Mushroom and Stephanie, of Simply Radiant, to share with you some fun gift guides. Earlier we shared our girls wish list/gift guide with you, (you can view Meta’s here – so adorable! drooling over that dear doll), and today …
Hi Friends. Happy Cyber Monday. Have you been doing any online shopping? I typically have a BOGO shop sale today but Baby M and are sitting here in the hospital as she has acquired a bad case of RSV so things have been a little stressful and shop sales are on hold for a bit. …
Make your own toys this holiday season and get your kids in on the fun! We have just a little obsession with toys over her (and toy making) and thought it would be fun to share a round-up of some of our favorite projects. The Littles even weighed in on some of their top picks! …
I wanted to share the gifts from our Christmas 2011 zero-dollar-gift-exchange earlier but I’m afraid I caught that pesky flu bug that I was so hoping to avoid. But I’m now alive and well and ready to jump right into the new year! If you have been following my blog you know that Jon and …
We’re back home and slowing getting back into the swing of things. We had a marvelous time with friends and family and are excited for the new year ahead of us.We do however, have a slight pang of reluctance as we take all our Christmas decor down and reminisce on the scenes of this past …