Last week, I happily received a box of HERSHEY'S Valentine's Day candy (think Twizzlers, ROLO, Reese's PB Hearts, and Kisses...) As you can see above my kiddos were just as happy. Of course, starting a healthy living journey last week made it a little more difficult to do my normal over-splurge on chocolate. I was good though - I think I only had four peanut butter hearts all week. {That is really good for me! Those are my kryptonite!} After getting so many bags of awesome candy, we visited … [Read more...]
7 Post-Holiday Organization Tips
I participated in an Ambassador Program on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Brother P-touch. I received a product samples to facilitate my review and promotional item as a thank you for participating. Christmas is over. Are your holiday decorations all put away yet? Or do they look like my stuff up above? Are you like me, and love to shop after holiday clearance? I had bags and bags of things that I couldn't say no to when they went on 75% off clearance. Our holiday decorations were … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Bible Class: Abraham Activities
This last week, we've went over the story of Abraham in our Bible class. Each day, I follow our lesson plan and read a part of the story of Abraham. When the section of the story is over, my Princess doesn't want it to end. She wants me to read the next day's portion. She really loves the story of Abraham and Sarah. We were both pleased this weekend when they had Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible on TBN. It was the show entitled Sodom and Gomorrah but much of the story was about … [Read more...]
Loom Valentine Card with Printable
My Princess loves her loom bracelet maker. Is your child loving this fad right now? The single loom bracelet and the fishtail bracelet are her favorite to make. So we decided to make a bracelet for a Valentine's Day card. {I was inspired by Dandee Designs friendship bracelet card.) She gets bored quickly so a small bracelet is something we do work on together. I actually think it is pretty fun too though. She picked red, pink and white for her Valentine's Day bracelet colors. We … [Read more...]
10 Christmas Lights Crafts and Activities for Kids
We flew home this weekend from Denver. What a great time we had in Colorado! My daughter honestly didn't want to leave. She had made such great friends while we were there. We spent Sunday with family watching football, eating great food, and decorating our first Gingerbread House of the holiday season. (You can check out the handiwork on Instagram.) I just love Christmas. Mid-November is not too early, in my opinion, to start decorating and crafting for the holiday season. I thought I'd do a … [Read more...]
Purple and Gold Bridal Shower
Content and/or other value provided by our partner, Target. So my oldest and dearest friend is getting married. I am ecstatic. Knowing her, and her love of the University of Washington Huskies, she'd be so happy if I planned a purple and gold bridal shower. Don't you just love the internet? You see, I am not the only one who has thought of a purple and gold party. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of purple and gold party ideas that I can easily turn into bridal shower party ideas. Here … [Read more...]
Handprint Tree and Leaves Craft
This time of year life just feels so much more busier. Here in the Long house we just finished our 6th week of homeschooling Kindergarten. We are flying out of Montreal back to the States and I am so excited to be heading home. We have fun traveling, but truly there is no place like home. We are not home long before we head out to Denver, CO. This time we are staying in a one bedroom hotel suite that has an indoor pool, internet, cable TV, and free breakfast each day. We are all excited about … [Read more...]
