Homemade gifts for the grandparents are where it’s at. It’s a gift from the heart, inexpensive, thoughtful, and what grandparent wouldn’t want their walls plastered in photos of their grandchildren?!?! Am I right grandparents of the world? It’s also a great gift idea if it’s…
What party is complete without swinging a rod at an awesome looking candy filled Popsicle Pinata? I have such amazing fun pinata memories from my childhood, so I wanted to share the tradition with my own kiddos. Who doesn’t love to destroy something to get…
Do you ever save your kiddos play-dough sculptures? What do you do with them? Do they just eventually end up in the garbage? Well I decided to frame one of Ivy’s, because it makes me so happy to look at. It’s full of random colors,…
We did it! We camped for our first time in our “new to us” (stinky repo) trailer! So many fun times were had… like getting the kiddos to sleep alone in their bunks, remembering not to open the rank-ass stinky freezer, and Shawnikins falling through…
It’s that time of year when the birds are chirping, the freezing snow and ice has melted, and it’s warm enough to go outside without a jacket on… IT’S ABOUT TIME! It’s also that time of year when everyone collects sticks to create their very…
I found some socks in my drawer that just didn’t spark joy for me anymore, so they had to go. But sometimes just because something doesn’t spark joy in the form of a sock, doesn’t mean it can’t spark joy in another form… Plus throwing…
Rainbows! One of life’s beautiful phenomenons! They make you stop and admire their beauty, and then you wonder if there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?!?! BREAKING NEWS: There really isn’t an end to a rainbow! MORE DEVASTATING NEWS: Nor…
The kiddos are always scheming up reasons to make, buy, eat, sniff, treats… Are your kids the same?? They say… “If I eat all my dinner?”, ” If I clean my room?”, “If I’m good in the car?”, If I’m good during shopping?”, “If I…
It’s Corbin’s first year in preschool on Valentine’s Day… That means he is so excited to be giving each of his classmates this cute Valentine! Also right away he knew that he wanted to get his classmates… Jewelry… of course my son wants to give…
It’s almost Valentines day… Time for the kiddos to make valentines for everyone in their class!! Feeling the last minute rush?!?! Me too… Procrastination is life… Well here is a sweet Sugar Free Valentine option, that Corbin will be gifting this year, to all of…
Another year that has flown by in an instant. This year has been full of super fun firsts for our family; first time camping with the kiddos, Corbin’s first day of Preschool, he also started Tea Kwon Do, and Ivy started gymnastics, they are both…
Christmas Traditions!! What are your favorite? One that my kiddos love doing is making Handprint and Footprint Ornaments… I love them… but at what age do we stop doing this tradition?!?! I don’t really want a tree full of hand prints. Lol… They love pressing…
When I was a kid, I remember how much I loved the day we got to decorate the house for Christmas!! We were never over the top… A Christmas tree and a couple of decorations for the fireplace mantel, I remember so wanting to have…
Yup!! That’s what Ivy requested for her birthday party theme this year… A Oompa Loompa, Pink Sheep, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Play Dough Party, well not the play dough part, but that’s her current obsession, so I threw it into the mix too! Why…
Fancy a spooky tray of Eyeballs? A collection of petrified eyeballs, is a must have decor item for any Halloween party, or haunted house, and you could have your very own collection too! Lol… I thought this would be a fun DIY Halloween Decoration to…
Babies!! We love them… they are cute… but what’s cuter??? All the things that babies need!!! Just kidding the babies are cuter… or are they?!?! Lol… To add to the baby stuff cuteness factor I made a list of sewing patterns to create the cutest…
