Tips & Resources for Children with Food Allergies
Unfortunately for a lot of children, there are a variety of foods they can be allergic too. Thankfully, with today’s medical knowledge, there are various tests that can be done to determine what foods are safe and what could cause an allergic reaction. Parents can choose to have their children tested if there is a...
Rainbow Birthday Party in the Garden
We celebrated Ella’s 10th Birthday this Summer with a Rainbow theme in the charming gardens of Stoney’s Gifts. We invited 8 of Ella’s friends, and they had a giggling good time while hanging out with the delightful Ms. Cindy (the party planner). Ms. Cindy planned a craft for the girls (sand art) and painted faces...
Setting Video Game Time Limits for Kids
Do you ever feel like your kids are spending too much time in front of a screen? I do! The beginning of our summer was kind of crazy with sick kids, lots of work for Mama and a busy schedule. Soon I noticed they were vegging out in front of video games way too often....
A Sweet Shower for a Baby Boy
We attended a shower for my cousins Kiley & Lindsey a few weeks ago. It was very charming, and I wanted to share some pictures from the event. I’m always filing away ideas for future parties…and there were some very sweet touches at this baby shower. There wasn’t any grand theme or over the top...
Jenny’s Wedding Shower :: Pink & Black Roses & More…
My sister-in-law Jessica and I planned a shower for our future sister-in-law Jenny last summer and I thought I’d share the details with my readers! We wanted our daughters (the flower girls) to be a part of the shower, so we had a girls night and made decorations for the party. The wedding colors were...
LEGO Birthday Party
Last summer we had a big birthday celebration for all four kids at a local Civic Club. I wanted to find a common theme that they were all interested in, and settled upon a LEGO Birthday Party! They all love their LEGO blocks and especially their Minifigures. When I told them my idea they all...
The Pie Safe
This pie safe has been in my mother’s family for five or six generations. It stood in our kitchen when I was a little girl, and now it is in my dining room, holding my precious sewing and crocheting work, and also Ella’s sewing box. I’m hoping this pie safe will inspire me to “find”...
Ice Cream Sundae Baby Shower Gift
My cousin and his wife are expecting a baby and their baby shower was last weekend. Ella and I thought that we should make a very special present for their babe. So of course we turned to Pinterest for ideas, and YouTube for videos on how to make desserts out of baby items. I couldn’t...
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...
Tips & Ideas for Peaceful Homework Time
So often it seems that homework is a struggle in our house. Sometimes it’s a child who would rather be doing anything other than the assignment, or sometimes it’s simply a matter of a concept not clicking in their little heads yet. When my friends kids were younger, they took them to Little Thinkers Center...
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...
