This week we are at our church camp meeting. We are staying in our RV trailer for a week and actually having a lot of fun with the other campers from churches around Washington state. My Princess has a Kindergarten class happening three times per day all week. She LOVES it! When you get to send your child to class three times per day, that makes parenting a lot easier for the week! Parenting can be stressful, can't it? I stopped by her class 5 minutes early to spy on her. They were finishing … [Read more...]
He’s Two: Disney Cars Birthday Party
My Little Man turned two this month. Wow! How time flies! Last year we hosted a home birthday party and it was fun, but a lot of work. This year we decided to have his birthday party at our local Children's Museum. We are members and so there was steep discount - no cleaning up, you can bring your own decorations and food, and the kids get to play with awesome things (restaurant, dentist office, bank, yacht, grocery store, dress-up stage, art room, and much much more!) How could we not host a … [Read more...]
My Son Needs a Cute Toddler Haircut!
My Little Man just turned two. Besides one very small trim back when he turned one, he has not had a hair cut. We'd like to keep his hair long but the uneven mullet he's sporting needs to be fixed a bit. It is past time. We just haven't done it. So I've been Pinning toddler boy haircuts trying to figure out what we like. I've narrowed it down to these three toddler styles: Which toddler haircut do you like best? Thankfully during my Little Man's unruly hair stage, I have a very perfect … [Read more...]
Cooking with Almond Milk: How We Celebrate Father’s Day!
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for #CollectiveBias and its advertiser #SilkAlmondBlends. Did you have a great Father's Day? We had an awesome Father's Day. My husband slept in, went to the gym, watched a family movie with the kids. While he was watching the movie with the kiddos, I made him Apple Pie Pancakes. This canned apple pie filling was a big hit on top of the pancakes. Cooking … [Read more...]
Printable Summer Reading Checklist for Kids
This summer my Princess will still be finishing up Kindergarten homeschool. We have decided instead of giving her 2-3 months off in the Summer, we'll homeschool year round. In August we'll give her (and me) two weeks off before we start 1st grade. A Harvard Family Research Project in 2011 shows the importance of year round learning for kids. What do you think of year-round learning? I want her to keep learning through the summer and one way for us to do that is to have a Summer Reading List. … [Read more...]
Here are 10 Great Ways to Spoil Your Husband
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for #CollectiveBias and its advertiser - #BrewOverIce #BrewItUp. I am also participating in a contest as an additional aspect of this campaign. I have an amazing husband. Since we finished our last job with the church in Gig Harbor three weeks ago, my husband has stayed very busy with our house. He has refinished and stained new bunk beds for the kids, … [Read more...]
Parenting A Toddler is Heartbreaking
I don't think I noticed it as much with child number one. Maybe because I knew we'd have a second baby. But last night, while I was sleeping in my bed for the first time without my Little Man I could feel my heart breaking. Parenting a toddler is bittersweet isn't it? Two days ago we took down the Princess Castle Bed that my daughter almost never slept in. We put up a newly redone wood bunk bed in it's place. This is the summer of transition. We've co-slept with both of our kids. It hasn't … [Read more...]
