Happy Valentine's Day! It is no secret I love holidays. I think I love holidays so much, because they tend to revolve around three things: family, food and traditions. This is the good stuff in life. This is the stuff we grow up and we remember and we do with our children. I fully embrace all holidays, we do not discriminate. After a few missed events and the whole are you, aren't you the husband I made a rule. From now on no birthday, Christmas, Valentine's day, Anniversary, Mother's Day, ...
FAMILY / HOME LIFE
10 Awesome Valentine Ideas
"The best kind of Valentine's Crush is the kind you drink" from Design Aglow Paint Chip bookmarks from Old Town Home Superhero Valentine from Zakka Life (with printable) Quinn actually received one of these from his acting class buddy and he loved it. Download coupons from Creating Keepsakes Package them perfectly in an Altoids tin as seen in Creating Keepsakes magazine (here) Pencil Valentine from Simply J Studio I "WHEELIE" LIKE YOU from Thirty Handmade Days (printable ...
How Does She? She Doesn’t
Every time you wonder, How does she? Know that she doesn't. My kids cry, my house gets messy and even "dangerous" and me and the hubs fight. Yup, life around here is normal. Who really wants to visit a blog full of pictures of mess and chaos? So yes, we try to put our best foot forward around here. Does that make us fake? I don't think so. You don't wear your sweats on your date or your date outfit to work (Okay, so I probably have done both, but you get the ...
Reading Corner Update & Added Storage
It is no secret that Quinn's room is one of, if not my favorite room in the house (Check out the reveal here). When I walk into that room it makes me happy. I think that is what a space is suppose to do. It feels finished. It is the only room I can sit in without taking a mental inventory of projects I want to do. With that being said, we did make some adjustment to Quinn's room. It all started with the "dangerous room". Yup, that is what Quinn calls it. For those of you who don't know, the ...
Boys Build Forts (or have their moms do it for them)
Boys will be boys. Really, they will. We didn't even use the word gun for the first three years of Quinn's life and he called it a "blaster thing". He didn't have one so he turned Mr. Potato Head's fire extinguisher into one. There is no way around it. Quinn is all boy and all energy. Wisconsin winters can be tough when there is lots of energy and nowhere for it to go. We all know how much Quinn loves building with my pillows (which you can read about here, here and here). He also loves ...