A Sweet Spring Garden
March 31, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Springtime, Wilton, cake, family fun
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 [...]
Indoor Fun
February 1, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, family fun, winter blues
Tweet So, how did you do this last week? Were you able to be more intentional about fitting in a fun activity or creating a new craft with your kiddos each day? This week we discovered some new games – Zingo and Super WHY! ABC Letter Game – and we played some of our old [...]
Winter Sun Catchers
January 28, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, guest post, winter blues
Tweet In my quest for a craft-filled week, I have asked some of my friends to help me out with some fun ideas. Today my friend Amanda has agreed to share a wintery weather craft with us. Amanda is a happy stay-at-home mom to two. She blogs at ohAmanda and Impress Your Kids. She’s a [...]
Snowy Winter Wonderland
January 26, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, guest post, winter blues
Tweet We have a very special guest here at From Dates to Diapers today, to help us out with our challenge to be more purposeful about doing crafts and fun activities with our kids. Marie is a mother of 3 living in Utah. She’s the founder of Make and Takes, a top rated parenting blog [...]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
January 25, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, family fun, winter blues
Tweet I know, I know… Christmas is over. But, the cold and wet weather is sticking around for awhile. Which means our energetic family – much like yours, I’m sure, unless you live in Florida – must turn to indoor activities to keep us busy and active. This last week was the most wet week [...]
Wintery Weather Fun
January 18, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, family fun, giveaway, winter blues
Tweet What words come to mind when you think of this time of the year? Maybe you live in Chicago and are snowed in, stuck at home with all your lovely and adorable kids. Cold. Bored. Or, perhaps you live in Southern California and your family still heads to the beach on any given day. [...]
My Goofballs
January 13, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Ben, JOSH, Not-So-Wordless Wednesday
Tweet Josh and Ben typically do not like having their pictures taken, so when I pulled my camera out today I was surprised that they both jumped up and started posing and goofing around! Such characters! Visit more Wordless Wednesday participants at 5 Minutes for Mom and Extraordinary Mothers. Visit Wordful Wednesday participants at Angie’s [...]
A Very Monkey Christmas
November 25, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Not-So-Wordless Wednesday, family fun
Tweet Add a few kids to our six and it was time for a pj party here at the Young’s! Tune into PBS Kids tonight to catch the premier of A Very Monkey Christmas! And watch for a giveaway of the special on DVD, coming soon to From Dates to Diapers! Visit more Wordless Wednesday [...]
Bath Crayons
November 22, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under family fun, guest post
Tweet Guest Post by Katie Hostetter from Frugal Femina I visited my cousin this summer on my way to a wedding. We’re building a house and only have a shower right now, so you can imagine my sheer delight when I saw that she had a bathtub. Not just any bathtub, mind you, but a [...]
Creativity at it’s best
October 21, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Not-So-Wordless Wednesday, family fun
Tweet My kiddos are always eager to create masterpieces. I am so glad that they don’t need me to guide them in the process, because I am so NOT creative. I love that I can give them paints and paper and let them go wild! All of my older kiddos get in on the action, [...]
