Archive for 2016

Pinterest Felt Christmas Tree – Craft Review

Pinterest Felt Christmas Tree – Craft Review

I pulled out the holiday decor last week and I was excited to stumble across a Pinterest execution craft that I managed to pull off last year.  I had completely forgot that I had made the felt Christmas tree that you are probably seeing all over Facebook and the internet right…

What Nobody Tells You About Unpacking With Children

What Nobody Tells You About Unpacking With Children

Moving into a new house comes with some challenges.  Moving into a new house and unpacking with children comes with A LOT of challenges. The first task you are faced with is quickly finding and unpacking the essentials so you can create a space that is functional enough to feed,…

Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.

- Jesse Jackson -
Life Lessons in a Scrapbook – Lesson #3

Life Lessons in a Scrapbook – Lesson #3

A few years ago I made a scrapbook album to give to Chase someday when he gets older.   I captured some of my pregnancy, special events and milestones from his first year to document his growth.  What was most meaningful to create in this album, was a series of “life…

Changing Family Traditions

Changing Family Traditions

Childhood Memories I have a lot of memories from my childhood.  I can recall everything from mixing my mashed potatoes and peas on an old yellow rimmed corning ware plate and slicing it up to eat it like a pie, to pushing the stool up to the counter and climbing on it…

The Lazy Moms Guide to Making The Coolest Muffin Tin Meals

The Lazy Moms Guide to Making The Coolest Muffin Tin Meals

Do you have a kid who’s a picky eater?  A grazer? How about a mish mash of leftovers in your fridge right now?  Nothing to make for lunch because you are due for groceries?  If you answered, “yes”, to any of these questions then you need muffin tin meals in…

Spring Into Change

Spring Into Change

Seasons change and so do we!  In the spring of this year, the perfect opportunity came about to do something new, something brave and something I have been plotting for much of my adult life.  In a matter of one month, I moved me and my 2 young boys from the…

Lego Series – Adventures In Lego Storage

Lego Series – Adventures In Lego Storage

Last Christmas was fruitful in building our…I mean Chase’s, Lego collection.  Storing Lego sets in their original boxes in the closet downstairs was no longer cutting it.  So… I did what any organized thrifty Mom would do and made a trip to the Dollarama to find some storage bins and…

Happiness is the highest level of success.

- Unknown -
Busy Bags For Busy Kids – 5 Ideas for Beginners

Busy Bags For Busy Kids – 5 Ideas for Beginners

Chase, my oldest son is a busy boy.  I often joke that he is appropriately named and a perfect example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.   As much as I appreciate and nurture this quality, there are times I need to reel it in, especially now that I have taken on the role…