Happy Mother’s Day, everyone! I wasn’t expecting much of a Mother’s Day for me this year since our focus has been on the surprise party we threw for my Mother-in-law’s 60th b-day yesterday. (Don’t worry, it’s in the blogging queue now-and the last of several parties in a row, so hopefully I can get them [...]
The action intensifies in this chapter as our party guests solve puzzles and fashion accessories appropriate for bibliophiles. In the book party invitations, our guests were instructed to come to the party dressed as a favorite character from a book, but NOT to tell anyone who they were. I was unprepared for the level of enthusiasm, [...]
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We had a great Easter weekend that the Easter bunny certainly would have approved of. We were inspired in dress and decor by a bunny’s favorite treat: carrots! The obligatory matching outfit photos. (I guess I can’t expect them to behave for every photo). The girls dresses are maybe more coral than orange, and I’m [...]
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A year ago, I wrote about the fun family tradition my family had of having mystery dinners for special occasions, or to make regular occasions special. I had created an April Fools version which has become pretty popular on Pinterest leading up to April Fools Day. We had so much fun last year, that we [...]
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It’s time to make an accounting of our family’s LISTERINE® Healthy Habits for a Lifetime Oral Care Challenge. I wrote about the reasons to focus on good dental habits in this post, at the beginning of the challenge. So, how did I do? You tell me… Alright, it probably would help if I had posted [...]
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Do you have some teeth you want to keep? Are you up for a challenge? I used to have great teeth! Really. I’m not sure I had a single cavity in my adult teeth…until I bore children. Right now, BSB and I are facing potentially thousands of dollars of dental work for the two of [...]
Happy 100th Birthday, Arizona! Isn’t that what you are all celebrating today? I guess I’m not doing much for it either, except to remind you that 100 years ago, AZ got it in gear enough to complete the contiguous 48 states. Go Arizona! But rather than Arizona flags to wave, I sent my children to [...]
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This post initially appeared last year as a guest post on Tip Junkie. I’m happy to share it with you here this year! You’ve got plenty of time to make a banner before February gets here! Young children have a hard time understanding time. My 3 year old has a hard time understanding why everyone [...]
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Guest post by my sister, Trina, who contributes a little insanity to the blog often. Thanks, sis! I have a tradition of giving each of my children an ornament every year. It started out as a way to add to our somewhat-sparse tree, but has become the kids’ favorite part of decorating our now very-full tree. [...]
Have I told you that I grew up in a family with eight children? I am number 6, and as you might imagine with a family that large, finances were extremely limited. Our Christmases while I was a child were largely handmade. We all wanted to give presents to each sibling and our parents, so [...]
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