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
With perpetually busy schedules, it seems like impromptu girlfriend gatherings are better these days than trying to coordinate a date well in advance. A few weeks back I invited my neighbors over for Friday happy hour just a few hours in advance. I wanted to share some tips and tricks for how to pretty effortlessly… Read More
Hold on to your hats, y’all… I am finally, after seven long months, going to share pictures from CeeCee’s Mad Tea Party birthday soiree. It’s not that I didn’t want to share, but getting pics out of Sister is like getting gold out of Fort Knox. :-) The party was at Sister’s club and CeeCee… Read More
One of my favorite traditions is to have a special snack waiting on the littles after their first day back to school. I first did this five years ago when John started Kindergarten. I was so weepy and nervous and it gave me something to do while I missed him. Little did I know at the… Read More