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chalk paint graffiti: a happy welcome home
Last summer, Maddy came home from an overnight at her Aunt Mary’s house dancing and singing about how Aunt Mary taught her to use chalk. Knowing that Aunt Mary IS ...
how to make summer reading FUN for your kids
For many children, summer reading is not a big deal. They’re readers by nature, so the task of reading ten books–or more–is a simple pleasure. For others, however, summer reading ...
kicking off summer reading: backyard book party
The school year is slowly winding down, and finally (finally!) we’re settling into our summertime schedule–not the spring-summer overlap that has had me near crazy for the last two weeks. ...
what to do with children’s artwork
This time of the year, I always seem to be drowning in my kids’ artwork. The nifty system of organization I started in September has long expired, and piles of ...
preparing kids for disney: autograph books!
We are so very, very, very, very excited that we’re heading to the Happiest Place on earth in just a few days! As part of the Disney Social Media Moms ...
more secrets to an awesome fairy party: flower napkin rings
I promise that I’m not turning into a fairy party junkie–this is my last fairy princess spa party-related post, and it’s a quickie. It’s just that I so don’t believe ...
secrets to a fabulous, at-home fairy princess spa party
Cora has spent literally the last six months talking about her March birthday party. She talked about the party every day. Every. Single. Day. For the last six months. (Maybe ...
how to make beautiful, no-sew fairy skirts
Cora just turned five, and what better way to ring in this big and exciting year than with a Fairy Princess Spa Party? For months, my tiny one has been ...
st. patty’s day sweet rainbow kabobs
It’s no secret that there are more than a few sweet-toothed people living under this roof, so this year we’ll be ringing in St. Patrick’s Day with super-sweet rainbow kabobs! ...
beautiful butterfly tote bag
We’ve had two dancers in our family this year–Cora, who has been rockin her Hip, Tap, Toe class each week, and Maddy, who started out as a ballerina but who ...
favorite things book: an easy, little book of all things happy
It has been tough go for us over here for the last few weeks. Maddy, Owen, Cora, Brady–everyone–has unfortunately felt the ‘funk’ that I conveyed throughout the last weeks, especially ...
