Spring is here, so you know what that means… it’s time to hard-boil those eggs and get the kiddos to dye them some pretty colors! And then break their little hearts by peeling the shells off to eat the egg. Because I’m not wasting those…
Tarnish!! The death of all silver… but it doesn’t have to be! Over the years my Shawnikins has bought me a few special pieces of jewelry that have slowly turned a bit of an unsightly black color, and then eventually found their grave on my…
What is a kids summer without FREEZIES?? That yummy delicious frozen tube of sugar juice, that is hard for the little kids to push up, so that their little mouths can suck the sharp edges of plastic, causing little cuts in the corners of their…
Do you have a kid that is obsessed with guns? It seems that although I try not to have guns be apart of my kiddos lives, toy guns seem to get given to us as gifts… water guns, NERF guns, army men with guns… and…
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…
Hello beautiful envelope pillowcase wanna be creators! Today your world will be changed by the easiest pillowcase tutorial that will fulfill all of your protection pillowcase needs, and on a budget too! Now that I have mastered this pillowcase technique, we may have experienced a…
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 have some very exciting news to share with you!!!… It’s something we have been wanting to do for a very long time… It’s big!! It’s fun!! And it will greatly improve our summer time adventures! Can you guess?? We bought our first camping Trailer!…
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…
I live for comfy pants! They may be the everyday mom outfit of choice in this house, but I have been seeing them a lot more out in public lately! These jogger pants can be stylish pants by dressing them up with a little heal…
Easter is just around the corner… I can feel the tulips trying to poke out of the dirt, the birds warming up their vocal cords to chirp a little tune, and the little bunnies hopping through the meadows… OF DEEP DARK ICY SNOW… Who am…
OK… So… Truth moment here… I have a menstrual cycle!! And it’s not my best friend! It’s not even an annoying friend. It’s more like a back stabbing friend, that sucks the life out of me. And the only thing that seems to calm her…
