I am a teacher by heart; so, when I think of back to school I usually think of putting up bulletin boards, arranging the room, and getting my first week of lessons mapped out. Even now my professional job is to help Kindergarten through third grade teachers make learning meaningful and fun. In the past, […]
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Planning A Star Wars Birthday Party Part 1
First of all you have to know that I love birthday parties! I always have since I was a little girl. I love setting up tables with fancy decorations and playing birthday games. Growing up I was always making homemade gifts for my friends and family… In high school my group of friends and I […]
Flocking Idea that is more personal…
Flocking… you may have heard of it with flamingos. If you are looking for something more personal, try taking a picture of the birthday persons head and blowing it up to life size. Stick those in the yard and then everyone will know whose birthday it is. For this particular birthday we printed out the […]
Do You Know The BLUEBERRY Muffin Man?
A friend of mine is part of a family who owns a local farm. She invited us blueberry picking. It was my kiddos first time picking. I learned that picking blueberries can keep kids busy and happy. My 2 year old is the perfect age. She loves putting things inside things. She can spend 30 […]
Bowling Birthday Cake
Z went to a party this weekend. It was a bowling party. I thought the cake was very creative. Made with cupcakes… a bowling pin and a bowling ball (a perfect 10). Leslie did a great job on the cake. I had to share it!
Started Running…
I started running a few months ago. I have about 50lbs of baby weight to loose. Well, I have had this weight for about 6 years (another story). With the help of couch potato to 5K (and my membership to a gym w/childcare) I am finally able to run 5k / 3 miles straight!!! This […]
The Kissing Hand and Other Back To School Books
I am a huge fan of Children’s Literature. One thing I never pass up buying is a Children’s book. If my kids ask for a book, they usually get it. We have baskets of books everywhere in my house and a shelf of children’s books in most rooms. I admit that I am somewhat obsessed! […]
Ode To Disney World
We headed to Disney the happiest place on Earth.Mommy and Daddy had been there a few times since their births.They even had the chance to visit twice together.This trip however was much much better!Better because we had the chance to share one of our favorite places with you.Zachary was excited as ever and Caitlin was […]
Rosemond -My Parenting Mentor
So a friend of mine a few years ago introduced me to John Rosemond. I thought I would share with those who read this blog. If you are looking for some great parenting advice, jump into a Rosemond book. My book club even read the book, BECAUSE I SAID SO as one of our monthly […]
Love It – IPOD for your Kiddos
Thought I would share something I love:If you allow your younger kiddos (ages 2 – 10) to use your IPOD, this is the case you need to keep it safe! We got one recently because we allow our five year old son to watch downloaded shows on it when we are flying or if we […]