Living in the midwest, winter gets kind of gray. Gray skies, gray clouds, gray sludge. Right around February, I start aching for my garden and the feel of dirt. That’s when I know it’s time to start winter sowing some seeds. The idea behind winter sowing is to start seeds outside in the winter, so…
I’m both that mom…and that mom. Work life has been so busy lately, that I haven’t had a chance to grab Valentine’s Day cards yet. Given that Valentine’s Day is still four days away, I figured I had plenty of time to grab some. Nope. I forgot. We don’t have school on Valentine’s Day. It’s…
I’m knitting a tempestry piece right now, for the year 1975. The way a tempestry works, is that you pull the average daily temperature for some time frame, and assign one color to a range of temperatures. So for example, if the daily temperature is 82 degrees, and anything between 80 and 85 degrees is…
So…we had a birthday party planned for Kenzie this past weekend, and she woke up with a fever over 100. Fevers are for sure the worst party favor ever, so we had to tell her she couldn’t go to her own party. She cried, and through her tears, said, “Make sure they still get the…
Kenzie’s birthday was earlier this week, and per our school’s policy, we can’t bring in any food or treats (peanut allergies, etc.). Instead, we’re encouraged to come in and do a quick craft with the kids, which ended up being much easier and a lot more fun! Kenzie is really into rainbows and unicorns these…
Included in the post below is a single affiliate link to some containers I got from Amazon. If you purchase them through my link, I’ll earn a small commission. They’re pretty awesome containers, so definitely worth a try if you need any! A couple years ago, another mom introduced me to the 2020 Home Organization…
The post below contains affiliate links to products that I use on the daily! So if you purchase through my links, I’ll earn a small commission, and will be indebted to you forever. It took a long time for me to find the best way to organize my life. Everyone around me relies on some…
The day after Christmas was a Mommy-Kenzie day, so I surprised her with a visit to the Toys R’ Us Adventure on Michigan Avenue. The first few rooms were okay, but the enormous ball pit exceeded even my adult expectations! It was huge, and about three feet deep in some parts. Kenzie and I spent…
As you can see, Kenzie has now realized that Santa is the supplier of toys, and her reaction to him is much different compared to years prior. Here are pictures from Loyola’s Breakfast with Santa, and our usual Santa. (We told her Santa has a twin brother. I don’t think she bought it, but she…
I am an 80s kid. Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, the Bangles, Flashdance… a whole decade of cutting ribbed collars off perfectly good t-shirts. Now that I’m in my 40s, these raw, rolled edges are back in style, and my inner 80s child is ecstatic. Cut t-shirts flatter just about any body type, are super comfortable, and…
This post contains affiliate links to Minted.com, which we use to order our holiday postcards every year. Living in the Midwest, winter can get a bit dreary. Seemingly endless stretches of cold gray days. However, our family is really lucky because every month from October through March, we have something to celebrate. Halloween in October,…
Leisure Arts kindly sent over some product samples for this post (thank you so much!), and I have included affiliate links to some of their fairy garden products in the post below. We’ve got a lot of snowbirds in the Midwest…those fortunate souls who have the means to migrate to warmer weather when winter hits….