I was lucky enough to receive a box full of Martha Stewart Crafts products and they did not disappoint. I already whipped up this chalkboard tray, and I couldn't wait to craft more! This is little Miss E's first Halloween. Well not her first, she was this unbelievably adorable strawberry last year. Oh-my-word they grow up fast! Last year she couldn't walk and she couldn't eat the candy, so aside from being adorable she didn't really have the full "Halloween experience". Well now ...
For the Kiddos
Fun Kid Bookmark
Lately Quinn has been obsessed with reading big books. We have tried some chapter books and he loves reading these big story collections. Enter: Ghetto fabulous bookmarks, Star Wars Fruit snack wrapper and scrap of fabric. I wish I was kidding. The funny thing is: Quinn became obsessed with these bookmarks. He HAD to open up to the page. He HAD to put the bookmark in. The concept fascinated him. He even picked a bookmark at the prize counter at Chuck E. Cheese's. We lost that ...
This Mom’s Back To School’s Musings
This week Quinn started preschool. It is only two days a week for 2.5 hours. Even though his time away isn't long, it is monumental. It is the start of his school career and his experiences without me. The start of him meeting people I don't know. It is hard to wrap my head around the fact that I am a parent of a child in school. I feel like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. It is quite remarkable how quickly time flies when you are a parent. Quinn is a very ...
Making the Most of What You Got
It is no secret that we don't have lots of money. I am not telling you this in a woe-is-me kinda way. Our money situation is largely due to the choices we have made. Getting married at 23, buying our house at 24, having our first kid at 25, taking a year off to stay home with Quinn, having a second kid and forfeiting my income so I could stay home with our children...yup, those are all choices. Choices we stand by. If money and career were number one, we probably would have had our kids later in ...
Lemonade Stand: Cash-Money Millionaire Style
Clearly you are all here to learn how to get rich, quick! Right? There are five steps to becoming a cash-money millionaire via a lemonade stand. 1. Enthusiasm. Every single time someone rode, biked, ran or walked by he jumped up and down and yelled "Lemonade, Lemonade, Lemonade". His enthusiasm was hard to ignore. 2. Appearances. If it looks cute and appealing and clean and refreshing, they will be a whole lot more likely to stop. 3. Charm Like anybody ...