Fresh Air and Sunshine

Tweet It rained three days this last week, but Noah asked every day – multiple times – if it was summer yet. That boy is itchin’ to spend time outside. He wants to feel the sun on his skin. He’s dying to play in the water. Heck, he played outside every day this week! He [...]

Butterflies

Tweet My father-in-law sent my kids a Butterfly Bungalow from Insect Lore, along with five live caterpillars. Every one of my kids were thrilled, especially Ethan, Zach and Julia, as they remembered when we watched the miraculous metamorphosis of a butterfly years ago. My kids loved watching each of these fuzzy little creatures turn into [...]

Rainy Day Tips {and a giveaway}

Tweet Just because it’s drizzling outside again, doesn’t mean we have to settle for boredom – Kmart toy experts are here with great rainy day indoor activity ideas from the Kmart Playdate Kit! This kit is the ultimate “how-to” guide for parents that offers easy ways for them to help host their own playdate, rain [...]

April Showers

Tweet They say April showers bring May flowers, but all the rain these past few days is really starting to annoy my kids. You see, we have a beautiful playset sitting in our garage. A playset that will be well loved. A playset that can not yet be assembled, due to the rain. While we [...]

A Sweet Spring Garden

Tweet Inspired by Marie’s lollipop flowers, I decided to make each of our closest neighbors a special mini Spring cake with flowers of our own. The kids and I mixed up two different cake mixes and poured them into five mini loaf pans and our Wilton UltraGold square pan. While our cakes were baking, we [...]

Help, Seasonal Allergies Are Killing Us!

Tweet . I don’t know what it is about this year, but I am suffering from allergies mores so than years past. It is a beautiful time of year, here in Northern California, but it seems my kiddos and I are allergic to everything floating around in the air. For the most part, the last [...]