Today I got an email forward from my mom that really made me think. It was a beautiful poem about what goes on in the mind of a child when we ThInK they aren’t looking. There are so many times I clean up the toys only to have them scattered around the house an hourContinue reading “They Are Paying Attention!”
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Easy Patriotic Windsocks
Here is an easy craft to get your kids excited and involved in decorating for July 4th celebrations! My kids loved painting the designs on the cans and Nicholas did all of the hammering to make the holes for the string on top! For under $10.00 we made 6 tin can windsocks to decorate forContinue reading “Easy Patriotic Windsocks”
Teachable Moment
This past weekend I spent the unofficial beginning of summer at the Jersey Shore with my family at my parent’s beach house. Each morning my son rode his bike while my daughter pushed her baby doll in a stroller next to him as I pushed our beach cart full of “NeCeSsItiEs” up the block andContinue reading “Teachable Moment”
Mommy Guilt
Ever feel like you are FaiLiNg as a parent? Chances are your kids would disagree with you. There have been countless times when I have planned an activity that didn’t work out, attempted to bake brownies that came out burnt on the sides and gooey in the middle, or promised to devote uninterrupted time toContinue reading “Mommy Guilt”
Kid Stuff Clean Up
Are the piles of toys in your house getting too big for the bins that you bought to store them in? If you’re thinking “YES THEY ARE!”…join the club! I was so tired of my kids taking their puzzles and games out of their boxes and leaving the pieces all over the place that IContinue reading “Kid Stuff Clean Up”
What’s the Point?
I don’t know about you, but after I clean up around the house for the hundredth time each day, I start asking myself, “What’s the point?!” I begin to wOnDer if keeping up with the laundry and vacuuming up kiddo crumbs makes any difference at all. I mean, does it? They are just going toContinue reading “What’s the Point?”
My First Pinterest Project
It’s been about four months since I first joined Pinterest and boy has it changed my life for the BeTtEr! The ideas just keep coming and I can’t get enough of them! The first project that I tried from Pinterest was this simple fingerpaint technique shared by . Use blue painters tape to spell your child’s nameContinue reading “My First Pinterest Project”
When All Else Fails…Tell The Truth
Since school started in September we’ve been driving past the same crossing guard four mornings a week on our way to my son’s school. About a month ago my son decided he was going to start waving good morning to this man on our way to nursery school. So I’m driving my bright-eyed, excited, 4 1/2Continue reading “When All Else Fails…Tell The Truth”
Always Give Thanks
If there was one thing my mother made sure my sister and I learned growing up it was that if someone does something nice for you, you need to say ThAnK YoU or write them a thank you note. Our house growing up was a center hall colonial and at the bottom of the stairsContinue reading “Always Give Thanks”
Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees
{Subscribers–if your email link did not work today, we apologize. Tomorrow it should be back up and running!} Our family is planning a BiG trip to Disneyworld this summer! It will be the first visit for both of my children and we can’t wait to see the excitement on their faces as they meet their favorites…TinkerbellContinue reading “Money Doesn’t Grow On Trees”
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