Y’all! I am SO sorry about the blog outage. My host took my site down (in error, I believe) and it took two days of endless calls and conversations to get back up and running. Than you ALL for your emails, texts, convos on etsy and posts on Instagram. Whew!! With any luck that is… Read More
Since the baby is head over heels for BB8, I updated the original It’s Great to be 8 birthday treat made for big bro three years ago for his class treat! These are super easy to put together, even for a crowd!! Here’s what you need: mini donuts (3 bags would have made about 29 treats) 8″… Read More
I feel like my baby’s birthday always finds me in a real pickle. I just can’t figure out if I should laugh or cry. Every single day for the last eight years this child has brought immeasurable joy and love to our lives. He’s funny, quirky, smart as a whip, honest, sensitive, laid back, independent… Read More
He’s baaaaack!!! Our friendly Elf on the Shelf Scout is back for his seventh season. He tends to arrive with all the holiday pomp and circumstance, but one certain 11 year old thwarted his plans. I wasn’t planning to have him arrive for another week, but the night before his birthday (no joke… at like 9PMish),… Read More
A little while back I volunteered to send in a snack for a celebration in John’s class. We went to the store together and settled on this. It was easy, adorable AND well loved by the kids! I bought the store brand animal cookies and a couple of tubs of funfetti icing with sprinkles. I… Read More
Due to conflicting plans on Election Night, we went ahead and had our Election Night supper. I might have skipped it all together, but the littles remembered it from four years ago and were asking! It’s a really easy meal to pull together… Decor – I intended to pull out left over Independence Day flags,… Read More
Sister brought her littles over yesterday after school for a Haunted Gingerbread Party! It is SO nice out that we set up the little soiree on the porch. Since I already have the porch decorated, all I had to do was set the table. I pulled the rats and spooky trees from other places for… Read More