In one week I will be getting the girls out of bed. Making them breakfast. But, instead of our comfortable Summer ritual of snuggling in and watching cartoons, covering the table in glitter and gluey art projects, or splashing around in the water table, we will be packing up backpacks, putting on new clothes, and [...]

I love that school supply shopping for us is so easy right now. Sure, the stores have “suggested” lists for first graders and Abbi’s teacher provided us with a list of items she will need to get started, but it’s the easy stuff! Crayons, pencils, glue, hand sanitizer, some folders. All very general and basic [...]

Yesterday I was lamenting on how I was not ready to say goodbye to Summer. Today, we’re looking ahead at Back To School shopping. Such is life when you have 2 girls heading back to school — one going all day, every day for the first time and the other one going to a new [...]

With Easter just around the corner and me in desperate need to keep my girls busy on this Spring Break, we decided to make our own Easter baskets this week. Instead of buying a ton of supplies, we first scavenged through our recycle bin and craft box to see what we could use for our [...]

We kicked off our Spring Break staycation with a special movie & art project combo!  The girls have been begging to see the new Barbie movie, “Barbie Fairy Secret”, ever since they saw the previews on tv and the got the little dolls in their Happy Meals.  Honestly, I’ve never seen a Barbie movie and [...]