Here we go again… another trip down party lane. Today I’m flashing back to the PCP’s second birthday party. A monkey themed celebration! I purchased the invitation on-line and printed the text at home. I also added the little red pom for the tip of the party hat. The monkey in all of his birthday… Read More
With Mother in town and Sister, her Mister and baby Bird over, we kicked off our last weekend before the advent of school with a delicious family summer supper on the deck. I tried new recipes and have deemed them all keepers! Bacon Pimento Cheese Burgers For the patties, combine 1 1b. ground chuck, 1… Read More
Wanting a little something fru fru in the midst of the somewhat-mod-for-my-taste basement we’ve been renovating for over a year, I embellished some basic white towels in no time flat and for a grand total of six dollars for the newly updated bathroom. I started with plain white bath towels from Wal-Mart. (six-dollars) and plain… Read More
Well, the much anticipated first day of Kindergarten went off without a hitch! As soon as the alarm buzzed, I scooted down the hall to the PCP’s room, turned on the light and whispered for him to start waking up. Not two seconds later he’s bounding down the hall and excitedly proclaiming “I didn’t sleep… Read More
Well, it’s Kindergarten Eve around these parts. All at the request of the PCP on his last day of summer vacation, we had cinnamon toast for breakfast, went to the pool, harvested a load of veggies from our garden, played games and made pies in a jar (a tragic fail but the last thing on… Read More
We spent the last 25 days on an alphabet inspired countdown to Kindergarten. Here’s how we wrapped-up the countdown: fly paper airplanes pick up shells at the beach catch lightening bugs decorate cookiesexplore the creek marsh go fishing lie in the grass and look at stars play hop scotch Mimi and John tackled this one out on the driveway last week! make and… Read More
Last night, along with Reese’s doppleganger A, I had the extreme pleasure of attending “Southern Girl’s Night Out” with a special showing of The Help. A pre-show event boasted cocktails, swag bags from Whole Foods, yogurt from Yoforia, cupcakes from Hal’s Kitchen, mommy mini makeovers and loads of other vendors and shopping booths. But the… Read More