If you follow me over on Facebook, you may know that our littlest has been struggling with a longtime virus/fevers and some seizures. This has really changed our family over the last four months (along with a job change for my husband, which I’ll try to share about soon here), and has made us really …
About once a month, our local Home Depot offers building classes for kids. We discovered these about a year ago, and Drew and Emmy like to go together. Besides the obvious fact that they get bonding time, here are a few reasons we LOVE these workshops: They’re FREE! Home Depot provides all the materials, tools, …
Emmy got her first pair of roller skates this last week! We found a pair of clearance skates at Toys R Us, and of course, they were covered in glitter and Elsa and Anna. They are the kind that clip onto your tennis shoes, and she couldn’t wait to try them on. Even though it’s …
Throwing birthday parties around my house tends to go like this: 1) Think of a theme. 2) Plan all sorts of lavish and extravagantly time-consuming decorations and party games and favors. 3) Get exhausted, and wing it! I am happy to report that I found the somewhat happy middle-ground for this party! My sweet Emmy …
We had lots and lots and lots of snow this year, including five SNOW DAYS in a row! It was record-breaking numbers for our little town, which hadn’t seen this much snow since 1919. The girls really loved playing in it, but the novelty wore off by the last few days, when we were so …
