Holidays at daycare are tricky, it’s either a nut-free food option or non food items. The past few years I’ve gone with non food items but since most Moms shop at the same stores, the girls received multiples of the same thing. This year I planned ahead and hopped on Pinterest for ideas. That’s how I found these super cute love bugs! These are adapted from the many different variations I’ve found and I thought I would create a step by step on how to make them since I couldn’t find one!
Continue reading “Valentine’s Day treat bags”DIY Bookcase
Happy 2019! One of my hopes for the year is to get back in the routine of reading to the girls before bed. I think part of the reason was like most, we are constantly running out of space and places to store things so in an effort to keep the house organized I feel like everything has to have home. We don’t have a bookcase which then led the books to being stored in an organizational unit, and forgotten about.
I have been hunting for a book display or shelving for the girls for awhile. Unfortunately everything I have found has either been very expensive or to be honest, cheap looking. I knew I didn’t want to invest in a piece, the girls rooms will change, that’s a given, so I started looking for basic pieces I could fancy up, because let’s face it I’m a little extra. 🙂 That’s how I found this Ikea book display for $20 and with a little love and about $10 extra turned them into useable works of art, or at least that’s what I think!
Continue reading “DIY Bookcase”DIY Ornaments
Every year the girls and I make ornaments. Usually we use model clay and press a handprint or footprint into the ornament but to my surprise this year, the ornament would have had to have been pretty large to capture their full print! It caught me off guard and is just another reminder how fast they are growing.
Once I collected myself I scrambled to figure out what to make and remembered I had a few holiday cookie cutters. Voila!
Continue reading “DIY Ornaments”What you need most as a new mom
We all know there’s no handbook on being a mom, but sometimes I wish there was. Having my first child was very overwhelming and I constantly felt like I was failing. Trying to navigate through picking the best products, establishing routine and going back to work were tough transitions and I felt like I didn’t have the knowledge others had to get through it. Then I found a mom group on social media.
Second birthday!
My youngest daughter turns two at the end of the month, and I’ve been scratching my head trying to figure out how to celebrate. In our family we go all out for the first birthday and then are pretty low key after that. We still celebrate with close family, but it’s not the huge blow out party. It’s good and bad, less worry of planning a perfect party, but more pressure to find the right gift! Yes, I am well aware she will most likely not remember these birthdays or the gifts but I will. Growing up I always had what I needed, but there wasn’t a lot of extra. No matter what though, my parents made my birthdays extra special.
I took the time to round up a list of my top birthday gifts for toddlers! Even if you don’t have kids, you probably have a toddler in your life!
Daycare series – Summer camp
I remember the first time I received a note home from daycare about “summer camp.” At first I thought it was a cute idea, to change the schedule up a bit in the summer and have camp activities, then I saw the extra cost on top of tuition and got a bit weak. In addition to cost, it means extra clothes at daycare for your child to participate fully. After scrambling to find what I needed that first year, I’ve rounded up five essential items to purchase so you’re child can enjoy the activities and you can feel comfortable they are safe and protected outside!
Mom jewelry
Some people are shoe people, some people are purse people, and some people – like me – are drawn to jewelry. I credit my grandmother with passing on this obsession to me, I remember being little and noticing the many rings and necklaces she wore whenever I would see her. When I became a mom I was super excited about finding a “mom” piece. Working full time I spend a lot of time away from my kids and I wanted a piece with their initials/names/birth stones that would remind me of them. For me I knew I wanted a ring or a bracelet and started my search there.