I am officially in full birthday party planning mode! So exciting! Last year, Pre-Pinterest, to find inspiration, for Penelope’s first birthday, I spent hours and hours and hours searching google and blogs to find ideas and tutorials. Then I had to copy and save the link in a google document to refer back to it. But, …Continue Reading »
Yosemite National Park Trip on Parenture
September 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
I had a guest post over on Parenture yesterday about our time at Yosemite National Park, when we went to California this summer. Parenture is a pretty great family travel site, but it is not your average family travel site, where Disney is the main topic. This is a real travel site for travelers, who …Continue Reading »
Canvas Rainbow Playroom DIY
September 28, 2011 By 3 Comments
I had so much fun doing this project. It was time consuming, because I had to do several layers for each canvas. But like the ABC wall art, I did it a little bit a time and went slowly, doing a bit when I could. I found this is the best way to do projects …Continue Reading »
Baby, Tot, & Tyke Yoga: Star Pose!
September 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The other week when we went to the beach, we did a little yoga. Miss Penelope and I love to do yoga outside spontaneously. Yoga has so many benefits, but one of the reasons I love sharing it with Penelope is that it is a form of play. And playing with your child is so …Continue Reading »
Guest Post from Primrose Schools: Embrace Physical Activity with Your Children!
September 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We all know children need to eat a variety of healthy foods and get regular exercise – at least 60 minutes every day – for optimal growth and development. But did you know the number of overweight and obese American children and adolescents has tripled since 1980? Most parents want the best for their children, …Continue Reading »
Pinterest Love: Candy Corn
September 23, 2011 By 2 Comments
I am having such fun curating boards on Pinterest, that I thought I would start posting them here, on Friday’s. Maybe I could even do a linky carnival and you all could link up your favorite boards too! Would that be something ya’ll want to do? There are a million cute Halloween costumes and crafts …Continue Reading »
Breakfast Freezer Meals: Individual Quiche
September 22, 2011 By 23 Comments
I am a big fan of Weston A. Price and I make eggs and sausage or eggs and bacon, every single morning for myself and Penelope and sometimes Peter if he has enough time before work. It gets pretty old. Not the taste of it, pastured eggs from a local farm, are delicious, but the …Continue Reading »
Ft. Walton and Destin Beach Trip
September 21, 2011 By 5 Comments
Last week, we went to go visit my husband Peter. He has been living at a condo on the beach for three weeks. It sounds luxurious, but he hasn’t been able to go to the beach, pretty much, at all. He has been busting his butt, working 12 to 15 hours a day, digging through …Continue Reading »
ABC Playroom Wall Art
September 19, 2011 By 6 Comments
I was so inspired by Penelope loving learning her ABC’s that I wanted to do something to keep that fire going. I had a ton of fun making Penelope’s ABC art for her newly redesigned playroom. It was a little time consuming, and a tad logistically difficult, since the painted ones needed 2 to 4 …Continue Reading »
Toddler Play: Dance Class
September 15, 2011 By 4 Comments
I swore up and down that I would not start Penelope in dance so young. I started dance class at the exact age she is now, and I thought it wasn’t the best idea. I was burnt out on dance by the time I got to high school and was distracted from my training with …Continue Reading »
FSU Pillow Case Dress with Ruffle from HootyCutie Designs
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
HootyCutie Designs, who did the awesome Party Banner Tutorial for us last week, sent Penelope a pillow case dress recently. When she asked if she could make Penelope a dress, at first I thought, she already has too many from what I have made her, but my curiosity of wanting to see how she sewed …Continue Reading »
Playroom Makeover Reveal!
September 13, 2011 By 12 Comments
Drum roll please…Penelope’s new playroom! Here are my before photos, in case you missed them. This project came together fairly quickly. I made the ABC wall art, the Canvas Rainbow wall art, the bean bag chairs in the tent ( I will show you tutorials for all, in the coming weeks), and painted the hallway …Continue Reading »
