Valentine’s Day is less than one week away. It’s crunch time, cupid mommies. If you haven’t figured out your kid’s valentines for their classmates yet, you better get to it. To help inspire you, I’m sharing Owen and Carmendy’s valentines that they’ll be giving to their friends this year. For Carmendy’s, I made ice cream… Continue Reading
Snow-themed decorations for a winter birthday party are SNOW cute! My dear friend asked me to make decorations for her son Ezra’s first birthday party and I loved helping create his winter ONEderland. The decorations for the snowy celebration included snowmen and cone trees for centerpieces, snowflake banners, DIY snow globes, snowflake cupcake toppers, and a chalkboard… Continue Reading
Another three months have gone by and it’s time for Owen’s update. Where to begin? Owen does everything with so much GUSTO. It’s exhausting and adorable all at the same time. It’s getting harder and harder to write these posts because Owen generates A LOT of material. He’s endlessly entertaining. Is it odd that I’m… Continue Reading
As I’m picking out and planning Valentine cards for this year’s February 14th lovefest, I thought to myself “What would my child’s real Valentines message be for his preschool friends?” I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t give cute little Pinterest-crafted cards with clever sayings (“You’re toad-ally cool, Valentine!”) and coordinating non-candy gift (plastic toy jumping frog). If he… Continue Reading
Truth be told, I’m not entirely sure what happened with Carmendy this past month. Because: second child and Christmas. So this post is going to be short and sweet. (My apologies to Carmendy, I promise to pay more attention to your milestones in the future and to finally add a photo of you to the… Continue Reading
Recently we were talking about going #1 and #2 during a family dinner with my sisters and parents (totally normal discussion, right?). One thing could be concluded from this conversation: Whoever came up with the terms “restroom” and “bathroom break” was clearly a man. Yep, there are some distinct differences between a dad using the… Continue Reading
Are you a mom with young children who made a New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds? Don’t stress too much. Remember you’ll be getting an extra workout this winter — everyday when you have to leave the house and force your children into cold weather clothing. And while you’re trying to keep your… Continue Reading
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…time for Carmendy’s monthly update! Our little girl is 16 months old. This one is going to be short, because there isn’t much to report (that I can remember anyway). I mean have 30 days really gone by?? It feels more like 4 and like there should be… Continue Reading
He’s baaaacckk! He’s actually been back for nearly three weeks. But only now am I finally getting around to sharing our North Pole Breakfast celebration for our Elf on the Shelf. Just in time for Christmas! Last year we started this tradition with the creepy doll and it’s the best part of the Elf duties. (I… Continue Reading
This update is incredibly late. Carmendy will be 16 months old in one week — yikes! But the past couple of weeks have been difficult, with the loss of our third baby. Although my heart has not yet mended (or maybe it never will?), I won’t let it stop me from going on and sharing my… Continue Reading