It's been awhile since I posted and if you follow me on facebook you know why. Three weeks ago our family was blessed with this handsome little man...I can't even describe the love I have for this wonderful little boy. He's everything we could have ever hoped for and the perfect addition to our family. He weighed 7lbs 2oz and was 20.5 inches longDon't you just love how little their hands are when they're this young? Sorry for the lack of posting this past month, blogging has definitely … [Continue reading]
Car Seat Straps Tutorial
July 15, 2011 18 Comments
I have to apologize for my lack of blogging and replying to comments. No baby yet, but I've been one busy mama trying to get ready for little man's arrival. I was on bed rest up until last week so I've been running around like crazy trying to finish everything up and I'm exhausted. I haven't had much time for blogging or crafting for that matter. The bed rest kind of messed up our Summer Week Themes we had planned out and my list of craft/diy projects I wanted to do. I did pull out my … [Continue reading]
Rolled Chicken Tacos
July 9, 2011 17 Comments
My go to meal when I'm running low on energy is this..Every time we have left over chicken hubby asks for these. My son (who is definitely my picky eater) could eat these everyday. Quick: check..easy: check..no complaints: check! So lately we've been having these quite often. I don't have pictures but these are so easy to make.Warm up oil on med-high heatWarm tortillas in the microwave covered with a napkin for 1 minuteRoll tortillas with shredded chicken (or beef if you'd … [Continue reading]
Mini Star Pies
July 4, 2011 38 Comments
We recently made Mini Star Pies and they were a huge hit in our household.I'm going to be honest and say that I did not use all homemade ingredients, we definitely cheated and used these items. My big helper cutting out the stars :) We also made some pie pops that I forgot to take pictures of before they were devoured.For the blueberry filling I mixed fresh blueberries with a little bit of sugar, cornstarch, and lemon juice. Baked them for 12-15 minutes and once they … [Continue reading]
Patriotic Paper Chain
July 1, 2011 9 Comments
While going through my scrapbook paper I found this striped red and white paper and thought hmmm what can we make with this? I paired it with a blue sheet and came up with this idea. The kids loved putting on the star stickers. I had pictures of the kids and I making it but if you follow me on Facebook you seen that I broke my memory card right after we finished. So I had to retake these pictures and lost everything on the other card :(The kids are enjoying tearing off a chain each … [Continue reading]
Potty Treats Jar
June 25, 2011 49 Comments
It's that time again...to potty train that is. First let me begin by saying that I am not ready for my little girl to be potty trained. Does that make me crazy? She's been using the potty on and off since she was 18 months old and we have never pushed it on her. If she asks to use her potty we take her, if not then we don't bother. She's starting to become a lot more interested in it and the other day she said "no diaper, undies please" *tear* So we decided to go ahead and start potty training … [Continue reading]
Individual Berry Trifles
June 22, 2011 23 Comments
Continuing with our 4th of July theme, I recently made the kids individual berry trifles. If you follow me on facebook, I mentioned that I had a successful trip to my local farmers market and picked up these beauties... We've been eating berries with everything and I wanted to see if the kids would like berry trifles. Which of course they did. They really liked the star on top Want to know the best part about this yummy treat? This is all I used..I've seen recipes where you … [Continue reading]
Popsicle Stick Flags
June 19, 2011 36 Comments
Story book theme didn't go as planned, mid week we decided to switch to a 4th of July theme. I have a list of quick, easy, and fun patriotic crafts and recipes that we're still working on. This has been one of their favorites.I had Jay paint the sticks white and red. Once they dried we glued them onto cardstock. I didn't get a picture but I taped off a square on the left hand corner and had them paint it blue. I then gave them strips of rhinestones to use as the "stars" At the last … [Continue reading]
Ocean Theme Week
June 15, 2011 29 Comments
Yikes! Sorry for being so late on this post. Things have been a little crazy in our household this past week. But we did continue with our Ocean Theme through the weekend and I'm finally coming around to share what we did. I apologize, I didn't get pictures of everything but here are a few. We made some handprint art to make a goldfish and octopus. Pin It I decided to frame them in these shadow boxes and give them to hubby for Father's Day. The octopus is Jay's and the … [Continue reading]
Beach Cupcakes
June 10, 2011 33 Comments
To help keep the kids entertained and provide some educational activities this summer, I have come up with weekly themes. This week we've been focusing learning about the ocean and of course I had to make a special treat to reflect the theme. Beach Cupcakes I cheated *gasp* and used a cake box AND can frostingIt's nice having a little helper available at all times...I frosted them and tossed some crushed graham crackers on one side but they still needed something Aha! … [Continue reading]
