We made party headbands for our girls and you can too! What you need: Plastic headbands – we had a doll size and a standard size one Card stock paper that fit in the printer Markers Holiday garland (we got ours after Christmas for less than $.50) Hot glue Scissors Mom’s Lifesavers JPG image (below) […]
Mommy Musing – A Disappointing Gift – Perfect!
Sill Prank Box! What’s the 12 year old gamer going to say when he opens this totally lame gift from Mom and Dad? I found this prank gift box and knew this would be the perfect wrapping for our 12 year old son’s gift. This year has been a year of adding chores and more […]
Mommy Musing – Christmas Tree Confession
It’s hard to believe Christmas 2012 was almost a year ago. Following the festivities, the New Year arrived with a few challenges to say the least. With a full ‘dance card’, I wasn’t sure how I was going to tuck Christmas away and get on with 2013. It felt like I had just put everything […]
Family Game Time – Sleeping Queens
Let’s Have a Family Game Time of Sleeping Queens. The best family game time game! We were introduced to this year – Sleeping Queens! While picking our daughter up at a friends house I noticed Sleeping Queens on the table – my friend noticed me looking and said, “Do you have Sleeping Queens? We love it!” – […]
Top Science Kits for Girls
FamilyZip Articles We Love Over at FamilyZip, Christine has some awesome articles for you to take a look at this week! Check out her favorite top science kits for girls. We are a big fan of STEM and we want to make science fun, especially for our daughters. http://familyzip.com/t7139/5-top-science-kits-for-girls Crystal Tree is so cool! I […]
Thanksgiving – BINGO!
A family friendly game to get everyone feeling thankful! Picture BINGO is great for all ages and this game is loaded with whimsical seasonal images – and it’s available for instant download on Etsy from Lemon Squeeze designs. We’ll be playing on Thanksgiving and since you can download this game instantly you can play too! […]
Thankful Thursday – Books We Love – Alligator Arrived with Apples
Alligator Arrived with Apples, A Potluck Alphabet Feast by Crescent Dragonwagon Unlike traditional stories of Pilgrims and turkeys this Thanksgiving book is a wildly exciting potluck!Whimsically illustrated, the animals gather for a giant potluck feast, bringing foods from A to Z- and what a feast it is!“Alligator arrived with apples, and allspice. Bear brought banana […]
Throw Back Thursday – White Mountains, NH
Great Places To Visit – Tried And True!White Mountains, New HampshireBonnie and I are VERY nostalgic. Many of our conversations are about the way things used to be and just adore vintage, antique and second-hand stores because we can fill our passion to connect with the past. Bonnie is most especially connected to locations of her past and this […]
Ayr Saline Nasal Gel – A Mom’s Lifesaver
This is a little tube of magic. Cold season is upon us and Ayr provides great relief for dry, stuffy and sore noses – a Mom’s Lifesaver! The heat is on! In the house, the wood stove, etc. and it wreaks havoc on everyone’s sinuses – Ayr to the rescue. I didn’t just stumble upon […]
Thankful Thursday – Thanksgiving Tree
This family tree of thanks comes together in minutes, uses things you have around your yard and home and is a wonderful activity to do with your family – what could make us more thankful? Take the family outside to collect a few ‘branch-y’ sticks and gather a few rocks – combine these in a […]
