Eeek, it's baby week! Harper and Ethan were both born at 39 weeks exactly, so every little twinge at this point puts me into "OMG, IS IT TIME??" mode. I'm caught between wanting it to happen righthissecond so I can finally squeeze them in my arms and wanting to infinitely pause time and hold on to these last moments of pregnancy for as long as I can. And ...
As soon as the second line appeared on my pregnancy test, I foolishly thought to myself, third time around, I've got this 🙌🏻 Let me tell you though, they're right when they say every pregnancy is different. This one just so happened to take a little bit of the "bad" from each of my previous pregnancies and put it all together for one last hurrah. Name a ...
I never thought I'd overhear my kids talking to each other about how the Easter Bunny might not be allowed to leave the house this year to deliver baskets, but I was pleasantly surprised that they were okay with it because "everyone" is staying at home right now. Welcome to Easter, pandemic-style. Here's how I still made our Easter at home egg-stra special for my kids. This year held ...
As an allergy family, we usually avoid having real eggs in the house, meaning we have to get extra creative around Easter time. Making pretty paper Easter eggs with paint-covered marbles is a fun alternative to traditional egg decorating- or just a fun art project leading up to Easter. It's such a simple craft that it's perfect for toddlers all the way up to school-aged children! I ...
After a long winter, as soon as my kids finally hear that it is "SPRING!", they have visions of flowers and gardening and sunny bike rides. Welp, not quite yet, guys. If your weather is anything like ours, Spring brings it's fair share of rainy and dreary days before finally brightening up. So while we wait on brighter days ahead, I came up with this Spring Garden ...
Germs! They're everywhere, especially when you have young children. As the Coronavirus continues to spread, I find myself trying to explain what exactly is going on to my kids. Why school is closed, why I am constantly reminding them to wash their hands/keep their fingers off their face/cover their mouth/insert all the other gross things preschoolers do. I have found some fantastic resources, such as this one put ...
Holy moly, this just got really real, really fast. The governor just shared the unprecedented order that each and every school in our entire STATE would be closed for 3+ weeks due to COVID-19 mitigation. If you're in the position of staying at home with your young kids while they're on this Coronavirus "extended spring break" - as our district called it- you may be feeling a ...
One of the main reasons I wanted to start this blog was to have somewhere that I could document more of the kids growing up. So here we are in February and I'm making my first pregnancy post... clearly this is going exactly as planned 🤣Early on, I was excited for this pregnancy to span the holidays (yum!), but the truth is I think all the festivities made ...
Ever since we introduced the concept of recycling to Harper, oh, say, a year ago, she has basically made it her life's work to maintain a stockpile of empty toilet paper rolls in a basket in her bathroom. "For crafts," she says. Given her dedication, I try my best to incorporate her cardboard paper roll collection in many of our crafts and activities, which is so easy to ...
Happy February! Let's start LOVE month with a simply bright and colorful Valentine's Day DIY ! One of my goals this January was to clean out the depths of our cabinets throughout the house. The craft closet was an absolute disaster gold mine of broken and lost crayons in just about every container I came across. Instead of tossing them, I put them aside to make these melted ...
Along with the excitement of a snow day comes the bubble-bursting possibility that it's just TOO COLD to actually go outside. Or maybe you don't even have snow and just want to create some winter magic. Snow dough is a fun sensory activity that lets your kids experience wintery fun in the comfort of your cozy home! It is SO EASY and only requires two ingredients (but ...
Does anyone else feel like January is 34325245 days long? The holiday rush is over, the cabin fever is setting in. This is the time of the year that I really find myself aiming to add more structured activities to our lives. It creates a much smoother and more pleasant day! If you're in the same boat - uh, sled? - your kids (and you!) will love ...