This is a terrific recipe for children to help with! It requires no baking, yet it is yummy-sweet and delicious all the same! We love to make these each December and hand them out to our neighbors. Read more…
Here’s a great idea for cute, inexpensive yet personal gifts for relatives, friends, teachers and even yourself. Your kids will have a BLAST making them and giving them away. They make beautiful tie-ons for gifts, ornaments for trees, or even a hanging air freshener for your car. Read more…
This time of year always makes me nostalgic for my childhood; building snowmen (okay, one year we got to build snowmen around Christmas - I live in Texas…it is a rarity), getting together with family, doing little things with my mom and dad, making lists, shopping, wrapping gifts, and on and on. Holidays of any kind tend to do that to us - they bring us back in touch with our past, and we should use that nudge as more than simply a nudge. Consider it a shove.
If you have children - of any age - there is no better time than the present to create memories and traditions of your own. Years from now, your children will reflect upon the corniness, the hilarity and most likely the sentimentality of it all and realize that moments such as these are what bind us together. Read more…
If you spend any significant amount of time around children, you are most likely going to be the proud recipient of a handmade gift: a picture of a house, some stick people or another treasure. And, if you keep these creations, you are probably going to end up with enough artwork to wallpaper the living room within a matter of weeks. Children love to create, and they love to create when you love to display it. So, make their artwork into something fabulous with these simple steps. Read more…
When I first started planning my older son’s decor, the themes available were quite limited. I wanted something for his room that could carry him through his infant years and into elementary age (and possibly further). Yet, it was difficult to find themes for him that weren’t too babyish and not too mature. Read more…
