I’ve never been very good in the past about having my kids write thank you cards for birthday or Christmas gifts. But I think it’s a good idea, and gratitude really is an important value that I’d love to cultivate in my children. Now that the girls are both writing pretty well it’s a little …
Remember when I made homemade junior mints and wondered aloud if they’d be good with orange flavoring instead? Well, I can tell you they’re fantastic! We made these over Christmas break and the kids had a lot of fun working on them with me (I think!) I used 1 tsp of orange flavoring (instead of …
We’ve been watching old episodes of The Office on Netflix, can you tell? But really, I have a couple of questions, and if anyone feels inclined to answer that would be awesome. Question 1: The “Pin it” button on blog posts…convenient or presumptuous? I almost kind of feel like it’s a …
Just ’cause I thought some people might find this a little funny. My husband and I recently got new phones, making our “family of Apples” on the back of the van out-of-date. So I made some new cut outs for us. Does this make us tech-y dorks? Or just regular ones altogether? 🙂 At least …
Here’s a collection of “Yay–It worked!” simple projects. 1–Wrapping Paper Storage. While wandering IKEA the other day (who else loves that place?) I remembered a brilliant picture of a plastic bag holder used as wrapping paper storage. So I picked one up. We don’t have many rolls of wrapping paper, but what we do have …