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Pet Show Themed Birthday Party
October 17, 2011
Gresham is 5 years old! At our house, we do the first "real" party with invitations and friends at age 5. Gresham loves dogs, and we came up with the…
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Skateboard Birthday Cake
July 24, 2011
I am awful at making birthday cakes. Somehow, the art of making a traditional two-layer birthday cake seems to elude me. One year, I forgot to put icing between the…
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Year End Scrapbook Activity
December 31, 2010
We had a New Year's Eve party at home with the boys tonight! We fixed some family favorites - little smoked sausages baked in crescent rolls, green beans, cheese and…
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Felt Star Christmas Ornaments
December 17, 2010
Today we were supposed to go to a GI appointment for Owen, but he woke up with a fever, so we had to cancel the appointment. After the week we've…
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Easy Christmas Ornaments to Make
December 4, 2010
I made these ornaments when I was in kindergarten, and I still hang them on the tree every year! (I also have one from preschool - it's a styrofoam bell…
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Advent Tree
December 2, 2010
We are doing an advent tree (or Jesse tree as they are also called) this year at our house! Basically, an advent tree is a way for families to celebrate…
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Handprint Turkeys
November 19, 2010
After I wrote the title of this post, I decided that these aren't exactly handprints. But hand-outline turkeys didn't sound very cute. So I'm calling them handprint turkeys. I guess…
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Fun Things to do with Acorns!
November 2, 2010
I have been wanting some acorns to decorate with (being as how fall has just arrived in Texas...), and so my boys and I went to the park last week…
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Frugal Toy Story Army Guy Costume
October 28, 2010
The boys got to dress up last night for our church's annual fall festival, and they had a great time! We usually try to do a more labor-intensive costume every…
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Dinosaur Birthday Party
October 10, 2010
*Whew!* We made it through our 4 year old's birthday party! Now, I have nothing at all against birthday parties, but my husband had surgery on Friday and the baby…
