Happy Valentine’s Day!!! Want a super quick, super easy Valentine’s project? This is for you! I recently got together with some girlfriends and wanted to do some kind of craft together. Since I barely had time to plan anything, this idea popped in mind. I had been eyeing this work by Ali Edwards for years Read more about Project No. 7 – Heart art[…]
Kids’ valentines ideas are all over the web right now. I especially love all the ideas that aren’t sweets. Like the homemade heart-shaped crayons, felt bookmarks or bouncy balls. For both of my preschoolers, I ended up putting together these little glow stick Valentines. I was inspired by this blog and found the glow sticks Read more about Glow stick Valentine’s[…]
Next July, I am turning 30. Gasp! Pretty sure that after you turn 30, you can’t trick your kids into believing you are 23 anymore. I guess I’ll have to come up with a more appropriate fake age to tell them. In honor of this upcoming milestone birthday, I have a new mission for the Read more about 30 years. 30 projects.[…]
Sadly, it has been a very, very long time since I have been inspired AND had the time to post on here. When I started this blog, it was my goal to mostly focus on my creative endeavors and keep the kid-updates to a minimum. After all, I have a life of my own, right? Read more about Hi! Atus.[…]
Our son, Graham, turned two last week. Because he is in love with trains right now, we threw him a train-themed party. I had this dream of buying a fabulous cake so I wouldn’t stress myself out about making/decorating a cake. But when I started price-checking cakes like I wanted, I quickly retreated. So I Read more about Choo choo, Graham is two.[…]
When I was pregnant, we had the task of determining where to put our kids with the addition of the new baby. We contemplated putting the baby in with one of the older kids, moving the older kids in together or moving our oldest downstairs to her own room. In the end, we decided to Read more about Graham’s room.[…]
Owen Lee Rott, born December 6. Weighed in at 7lbs, 11oz. A lot has happened since I last updated. We had a baby. We had Thanksgiving. We had Christmas. And we had New Years. And another Christmas with my husband’s family. It’s been busy, to say the least. Things are finally beginning to slow down. Read more about A baby.[…]
Well, we survived the week of Halloween! The kids loved it and I am exhausted! They were so cute trick-or-treating last night that I seriously wasn’t ready to stop. Each holiday that comes and goes, I become more aware of how much holidays are all about the kids. Guess my perspective has changed some. Over Read more about Coming down from a sugar high.[…]
One minute, he’s playing. Having the best evening ever. The next, he’s in timeout for not sharing the slide with his sister. Broken hearted. So sad. Poor Graham, huh? You feel for him, right? Then Dad has a talk with him. He listens, says “yessir” and promises to be a good boy. Then we go Read more about Anatomy of a fit.[…]
One day last week, Lilah was playing in her pool and decided to “clean” the deck. She slid her bucket all over and sloshed an old rag back and forth all over the place saying that she was “Cinderelly”. I thought it was adorable – and was also amused that she gets her cleaning habits Read more about Cinderelly.[…]
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