Elf on the Shelf: Fun ideas and Service ideas

I LOVE Christmas time. When I grew up holidays were a big deal, and I have a bunch of fun family traditions that are close to my heart.  I have so many fond memories of our Christmas traditions like caroling around the neighborhood, eating homemade jam on muffins for breakfast from my grandma’s special recipe, and getting new pj’s to wear to bed on Christmas Eve. It is so special to pass on these … [Read more...]

Thanksgiving Book Round-up

My family LOVES books.  My mom is a first grade teacher so when I was a kid we were always encouraged to read good books.  That love of books has carried over to me as the mom now, and it is so fun to find great books for my kids.  I truly believe reading often to your kids promotes good language, reading, and writing skills.  Both of my kids already love the time we spend sitting and reading … [Read more...]

Brilliant Sky Toys & Books {Review}

The holiday season is right around the corner!  Can you believe it?!  I like to get a jump on my holiday shopping now because I do not love shopping  packed stores, fighting crowds, searching for toys in unorganized chaos, grumpy or stressed out store workers, trying to park and all that.  Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like people fighting each other over the “must have” toy for the year.  … [Read more...]

Sawyer’s 1st Birthday Party {Mickey Mouse Themed} #PartyCity

I can't believe I still haven't shared Sawyer's Birthday!!! Where has the time gone? I was so excited to put together this fun Mickey Mouse 1st Birthday party thanks to Party City. I had a really hard time picking a birthday theme and spent a lot of time on some birthday sites and often found myself on Party City because they had all the themes I was considering in one place. Not only that but … [Read more...]

Popsicle Christmas Tree Ornaments your kids will love to make!

Old post I thought you guys might like for your kiddos this year! Every year I have the boys make ornaments for all the family members as their gifts to them. This year I am really loving the ornaments they made! They came out super cute!! You'll need basic supplies. I had both paint and markers and we decided to use markers because we wanted to cut out the wait time since we had to do them in … [Read more...]

KiddyUp: The shop for way out west! Kids clothing AND Giveaway!

Kiddy Up specializes in custom made clothing for children from infant to size 7. You can find her great children's clothing in stores from LA, IN, to TX! Want to know more?   Boys Monster Shirt Isn't that the perfect shirt for your little monster? That's what I thought too when I saw this shirt! Your little monster not so little? Don't worry she makes T-shirts too! Actually she makes … [Read more...]

Is your Toddler/Child afraid of Monsters? Then you need your own customized CurlyQ Cuties Monster!!!

As most of you who read my blog regularly know. My toddler has been having some real issues with "monsters" in the house. If he is watching tv or playing with toys and he suddenly noticed the room close by was dark he would get upset saying monsters were going to get him. This in return resulted in more lights on then we liked. Night time & Nap time weren't much fun either. Even with a night … [Read more...]

Our Carved Pumpkins!

The other day the kids & I went pumpkin picking. We carved our pumpkins just the other night. We got the templates free online from The Pumpkin Lady. I had bought one of those pattern books that came with the tools last year. We made some cool pumpkins from it. I didn't feel like spending the $5 on the book again especially since I had washed and saved the pumpkin tools. So, I searched online … [Read more...]

Baby Boy Paper Bag Album

Ok, I am officially addicted to these little books! Here is book #2. And I'm having a hard time deciding on if I should keep this one LOL! Gavin's baby pics would look fab in it ya know LOL! The size is roughly 6x6, there are 10 pages not counting the back and front, and there are 3 side pockets as well. I know there are quite a few pics but pictures don't do any of these albums justice! I just … [Read more...]