Ten Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day Fun
I wanted to share some fun St. Patrick’s Day links with you to help you get in the mood for celebrating. And then I have some links for recipes that aren’t necessarily St. Patrick’s Day fun related, but they have a bit of green or mint involved. I love getting into the spirit for St....
Easy Homemade Valentines
Tis the season for hearts and cupid and such. Each year our family has a Valentine making day where we make valentines for each other and last year the kids and I made super-cool Valentines together for them to take to school. But this year because of other projects going on I didn’t have the...
Happy New Year!
We haven’t let Ella stay up until midnight on New Year’s Eve since she was a baby…. But this year she asked to stay up until midnight and we said yes…it was a sweet new year’s with our little baby girl…
Hot Chocolate Bar
When I told my mom that I was going to have my husband’s family over for Christmas she offered to give me my Nana’s coffee mugs. At first, I turned them down, as we are not big coffee drinkers and I prefer to drink out of my cherished personalized photo mugs anyway. But then I...
Today, In a Nutshell: Holiday Fun in Cincinnati
Today we had a family holiday fun day! I’m sitting here amazed that we squeezed so much fun into one day with four children in tow. Here’s our day of Holiday Fun in a nutshell :: First up this morning we had breakfast with Santa (hosted by Family Friendly Cincinnati, Downtown Cincinnati Inc, The Cincinnati...
Christmas fun at Newport on the Levee
Today I took the boys to Newport on the Levee to see the Shillito’s Elves at Santa’s Workshop and the LEGO Holiday display. They absolutely loved it, and I loved standing back and seeing it through their eyes, as their excitement was contagious. The elves are adorable, and funny…and a blast from the past. I remember...
Turkey Day 2012
Did you enjoy Thanksgiving? Does your family have special traditions? Tell me about them in the comments! We celebrate all weekend long, with family parties, Snoopy Thanksgiving Viewing party, Poker Tournaments, and sometimes even with a birthday celebration for Michael. Here’s some pictures from our Thanksgiving Day celebrations. Thanksgiving 2012 :: Ella & co. made...
Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving….
We’re having a family movie night, watching one of my favorite movies from childhood…A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I was so excited about the movie that I made them a special snack. And Ella set the coffee table up to look like Snoopy’s table in the show. We’re having a great Thanksgiving Eve snuggled in by...
Our Halloween Party
Each year we spend Halloween at my parent’s house. I make a few pots of chili and other yummy foods and haul all of our costumes and props over to their place for a night of fun. My parents have the BEST front porch for hanging out on Halloween. Their neighborhood is always packed for...
Happy Halloween 2012
You know I love a theme for our Halloween costumes (see this post for past themes). This year the kids wanted to go old school Halloween…we have a werewolf, a little black cat and his witch, and a vampire. Quite cute if I do say so myself. I’ll be back in the next few days...
Easy Pumpkin Craft
Are you looking for an easy pumpkin craft for the wee ones to do for Halloween? I put together a very easy pumpkin craft today, and it kept the kids occupied and entertained while I finished up some work this afternoon. I love projects that can be worked on independently, it makes the children so...
Mother’s Day Card Craft
Are you looking for a cute and easy card to make with the kids for Mother’s Day? I came up with a simple card, and the best thing is you can use all of those extra school pictures you ordered this year that are still sitting in the envelope! These cards are perfect for Mamas,...
