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This week in motherhood, I cleaned up millions of Legos, numerous apple sauce lid wrappers that were stuck to the carpet, pulled out apple cores from the couch, scrubbed boogers from the wall that no one claims to have wiped there, swept up endless amount of crumbs, dirt, grass and wiped up never-ending spills. My…
Did you know I used to teach? It’s true… I was a K-6 art teacher. I loved seeing the creativity from the kids as I watched their talent develop. I just knew when the last day of school came, I too, would be recognized as one of the special teachers who touched kid’s lives. My most favorite thing…
My toddler is obsessssssed with play dough and of course, it’s the messiest activity known to mothers, not to mention a hassle to store. Plastic bags wear, Tupperware is bulky and the original containers they come in aren’t that sturdy, (my 2 year old has been known to crack them! lol) I have had this…
We’re both away from our homes, still celebrating the holiday with extended family. We had big plans to spruce up our space for New Years, but it’s just not going to happen. But we just have to share all the cute ideas we’ve seen popping up around blogland! Tons of fun ideas to make the…
Holy smokes! Tomorrow is my kids last day of school before winter break. What to get?! Does this sound familiar?? Oh yah, you know it does! I do this every first day of school teacher gift, every teacher birthday gift, every teacher Christmas gift, every teacher appreciation gift! So I called my sis who is…
Happy Sunday! We don’t usually post on Sunday’s but wanted to share a few things that have been on our mind lately. Kristi and I spent this weekend going through old pictures to create a gallery wall in our parents revamped guest room and noticed a theme to the pictures: handmade. Whether it was from…
How are you moms of new school students enjoying your newfound freedom? I mean, uhm, your chores while the kids are at school? 😉 Most of us in Arizona are back in school but there’s a handful of states that are starting this week and next so we thought we’d share our favorite back-to-school…
I needed to make cookies STAT for my son’s last-day-of-school-party….uh, thanks for the day before notice, son! I was browsing my “Best of the Best of Utah” cookbook I got from my mother-in-law one year. I wanted something other than standard chocolate chip cookies. I came across a recipe called “Crazy Chocolate Caramel Cookies” and…
Happy Memorial Day! Today we’re sharing Kelli’s most recent addition to her chevron summer mantel that was recently seen inThe CSI Project‘s chevron challenge. These fun decor pieces are a cheap way to dress up that summer mantel. All you need is wood and paint: 1. Cut pine wood down to 3 7″x24″ strips.2….
Depending on where you live, school is coming to a close. My kids still have another week, but my sister’s kids’ ends today so she came over at 10pm (not a procrastinator at all) to whip up these last minute Teacher Gift Tags! Good thing Kristi is a printable pro and had pre-designed these tags…
So happy to have our pal, Emily here today. She’s showing off this DARLING canvas photo transfer tutorial: We met Emily along with Aimee/It’s Overflowing a few months ago and fell in love with them both. Emily is so fun in person, we couldn’t get enough of her (as we stayed out till 2am…