Stop Thinking About Me

I asked my five year old if she wanted to buy her valentines for school this year or make them. “Make them!” I needed something simple yet fun to make. The answer? Scented Valentine cards…

What you need… Patterned paper, scissors, glue, a bowl, a spoon and of course Jell-O powder (your favorite “scent”).

Make a simple [...]

When Liv started school I would lay her clothes out on the couch for her and she was in charge of getting dressed. I tried to have Liv pick out what she wanted to wear the next day, but sometimes she would go to bed before we got around to it. I am way too [...]

Seven years. Seven years and I still love my Gary.
I love how he never complained that I didn’t make dinner through my entire last pregnancy and even four months after. I am finally starting to enjoy making dinner again and we eat at the table like civilized humans. Well, “humans”.
I love how he always lets [...]

I love Christmas. I love the baking, the making the buying, the trying, the family and the fun. There are so many fun things about Christmas, but you would never know that I feel this way if you had been at our house on Christmas morning.
We should probably start with Christmas Eve. I am tired [...]