October 23-31 is Red Ribbon Week. Before I go deep into why Red Ribbon Week is important, I am going to take a moment and tell you why it is so important to me. So if there is only one post that you ever read on my site, please let this be the one. Last …
Category Archive: summer
Jun 17
Fighting the urges
I have spent a decent amount of time dieting on and off over the past 8 or so years. Safely I can say I have spent equally as much time {if not more} dodging dieting all together. Any time that I have actually stuck with a diet, its always fallen apart just under two weeks. …
May 27
Summer Reading Programs
With summer just around the corner that means its time for us moms to find things to occupy our children’s time. One of the things my kids enjoy most is reading. Luckily there are some really great summer reading programs out there, that offer the kids some really great incentives. Here are some of my …
Apr 20
Keep those munchkins entertained
Summer is getting dangerously close, and that means its time to find fun activities to keep them busy! Just a few ideas. – Make a Sock puppet – Build Forts -Water balloon fights -Sidewalk paint – Hop scotch -Make friendship bracelets -Write letters to family/friends -Have paper airplane races – Have an indoor picnic (perfect …
Apr 15
45 Days till…
I came across this pin on Pinterest, and it really got me thinking that I should do something like this for the kids last day of school. I mean seriously how cool would it have been to come home from the last day of school and run through a bit freaking banner? Awesome. At dinner …
Apr 07
Uncle Milton & National Geographic Toy Review
Spring means time to play outdoors around these parts, since summer seems to be just a little too warm for our liking. And as Im sure you’ve noticed my youngest child (Jayde) adores flowers and all things nature. So I bet you can imagine her excitement whenever she opened the package and saw the 3-in-1 …
Mar 29
I love bubbles- oh and Imperial Toys
We recently had the pleasure of trying some super awesome toys. Which was perfect timing because the weather has been gorgeous lately. We got to try : Super Miracle Bubbles Glow Fusion Bubble, KAOS Extreme Water Balloon, Bubble Turbine, and the tie not and Miracle bubbles glow fusion hi-Beam illuminator. I was SUPER pumped about …
Mar 22
Sidewalk Paint
I came across this awesome pin on Pinterest a few days ago and knew instantly that I needed to make it soon.Then I saw a friend tweet that she had done it with her kids, and that was all the motivation I needed to get it going. Since the weather is gorgeous outside its perfect …
Aug 15
Delayed Back to school
Today was supposed to have been my kiddos first day of school. That was before THIS storm came through. It lasted all of 30 minutes (actually probably less) and left a huge mess. Its been two days since the storm, things are still a mess. Trees down everywhere and apparently a ton of people without …
Aug 04
And the countdown begins
The count down is on. We are in our final days of summer break- 10 to be exact. I spent this morning looking through our inventory and writing this list of school supplies we need. (Yes we have a print, but thats a whole different blog post) So after the kids seeing this, and I …












