Lets Make a Mess
(See a second collection of Owl Crafts here) I LOVE owls. I think they are especially adorable for nurseries. Here are some really great owl crafts that I have found around the web. When I get back home from vacation I am definitely going to be making these. I love this photograph (I found on Pinterest). This would definitely be a fun picture to try and recreate. These are simple
Motherhood lesson learned the oh so hard way: NEVER let your kids nap in swim diapers. We are still visiting my mother up on Lookout Mountain, GA. It is a fun vacation because it is a nice break from the crazy summer heat in Orlando, and it feels like we are in a beautiful mountain resort. Adorable brown and pink butterfly baby girl swimsuit from Old Navy Today we decided
I saw this idea for bookmarks using ribbons and colorful giant paperclips on Pinterest and I love it.
This past weekend we were visiting my cousin and family who just had their second baby boy. It is really fun because their older son is about 4 months older than Benjamin, and their younger son is about 6 months younger than Lyla. Benjamin and Parker together at Christmas While we were there we decided to attempt the impossible: going out to lunch. The waitress did not hide her fear
1. You have to buy a second crib 2. They can wear the same size diapers… they both wear diapers 3. They both want you to spoon feed them jars of baby food 4. The first one isn’t walking when the second one is born 5. Whenever you’re on the phone with ANYONE and say “guess what?” their response is “You’re pregnant!” 6. When you’re out at the store people
The funny thing about vacations when you are a mother is that they are actually more work. They are a lot of fun, but seriously vacationing is EXHAUSTING! Fortunately, vacation is hard work for kids too. This means that they are so tired that they sleep well even in a strange new place. We spent only seven surprisingly uneventful hours on the road. The highlight of the trip was getting
When I was younger I remember making these little penguins out of pipe cleaners. I didn’t have either black or white pipe cleaners so I thought we could make other animals. We made an elephant, a frog, and a bird. (Here I made a pipe cleaner Chameleon). Elephant, Frog, and Bird Pipe Cleaner Animals Supplies: Pipe Cleaners, Crazy Eyes, glue Frog: First coil a green pipe cleaner loosely around a pencil.
Happy 4th of July! Tomorrow we are leaving for an 8 hour (probably 16 hour with a baby and a toddler) road trip. I think it’s going to be a long day. I am avoiding packing right now. We are going to visit my parents, my cousins, my aunt and uncle, my brother, and hopefully some friends too. I am a traveler at heart and I haven’t left Orlando (other
