Such a magical time of year. As I type this, I'm snuggled up with my oldest while he watches Harry Potter for the first time. He is almost done with book four so this is a fun treat. Late nights watching movies and playing board games is what Christmas break is all about. This holiday season we decorated gingerbread houses and baked cookies. It was our first attempt at Royal Icing. We have lots to learn, but it went well and the kids loved it. I'm doing whole30 so I ...
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DIY Kid Craft- Clay Christmas Ornaments
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We celebrated twice! Once on Thanksgiving and then again on Friday. We also finally managed our first pic as a family of six. We were running late getting out the door for Thanksgiving, but we were all dressed and clean and I had even managed a shower so it seemed like as good of time as any. The kids were anxious to get going. We piled on the couch, set the timer and did a few takes. Of course, when I looked at the pictures later there ...
Halloween Happenings
Before we get too deep into Christmas, we are still eating Halloween candy around here afterall, I've been wanting to share our Halloween. I share this stuff for me. I actually was at the zoo in early fall thinking about what the kids were going to be and what hand-me-down costumes would fit which kid. I could not for the life of me remember what Eleanor was last year. I couldn't remember, my SIL couldn't remember, I called Ross at work and he couldn't remember so we looked it up on ...
Introducing Our New Baby Girl
Before I start talking about our Halloween or Christmas or sharing printables, I need to formally introduce you to our new baby girl. This whole experience with baby four felt pretty surreal. We have been so busy with the other three that it just seemed to happen so quickly. Sunday night we finally went through clothes bins, only to discover that we had no warm clothes in tiny sizes-- only a bazillion onesies, leggings and sweet summer dresses. Eleanor was a May baby, so it made sense. ...
Our Family Motto Printable
This is our family motto. We crave--WE NEED--one lazy morning a week. With school, multiple school pick up times, three nights of soccer, a night of dance, two-three soccer games a weekend, two baby monitoring appointments a week plus an extra OB appointment, family functions and keeping up with the house, laundry, grocery shopping and blogging on top of being very pregnant means we need one morning a week to just be. We usually do something special for breakfast. Hudson is in ...