The last week of December approached and FINALLY this year we have SNOW! Yay! We took a six hour car ride up to "Papa Tractor's" and braved the cold. It was time to channel my inner child. My oldest son and I took the opportunity to make snow angels. I am honestly not sure who had more fun- him or me. We bundled up in our snow gear and plopped down into a fresh batch of snow. We laid down and created angels. We giggled the entire time and after a few minutes we just sat there and chatted. It was a GREAT memory created and I am so glad we did it.Have you ever made snow angels WITH your child? … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
How To Draw–Pinned it, Did it!
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I don't know about your kids but my girls LOVE to draw! I saw this pin (that ultimately leads to this website which is much better) a while ago and thought it would be fun for Nutty to try. Well, both Nutty and Tottie ended up trying the drawings... Nutty (6 years old) was able to follow the original patterns/drawings. Tottie (4 years old) needed a little extra help by copying how I drew them based on the patterns (my drawings are the first photo). I broke each step into smaller steps (i.e. one line or shape at a time). I was completely impressed how each girl did! Compared to the original drawings, they did great job! I give this pin a thumbs up! Yes, even a 4 year old can learn to draw (with a little extra help)! What do you think? Could your kids do these? … [Read more...]
No nonsense Tights and Leggings Review
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This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of No nonsense for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Ok Jamie, what do tights and leggings have to do with ideas for living in the moment with your kids? They don't (unless you're dressing up with them). However, since the majority of our readers are moms, I thought I'd take up this opportunity to review No nonsense tights and leggings because we are more than moms, we are women and every now and then, we need to feel good about ourselves! I received a pair of burgandy tights and a pair of red leggings in the mail. I immediately thought of a dress to pair with the tights but red leggings? What am I going to do with those? I am a totally neutral type of girl! Plus, leggings scare me! I dug through my closet and found a black blazer and my black boots. Yipee! It actually would have been a super cute outfit on me if I had a shirt that matches red to go under the blazer and if the blazer had been just … [Read more...]
Homemade Dehydrated Fruit (In the Oven!)
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Last year many of our readers were surprised to learn you could make homemade fruit leather without a dehydrator. This year, we tell you that you can do the same thing with fruit chunks to make homemade dehydrated fruit. How you ask? Use your oven!Yep, all you need is your favorite fruit, a cookie sheet, tin foil if your cookie sheet is kinda gross like mine, and your oven! That's it! Now for the REALLY easy part...Set your oven temp to the lowest it will go. Mine happens to be 170 degrees F but I know some can go as low as 120 degrees.My favorite dehydrated fruit happens to be the tropical blend that comes in a can but you can chop up any kind of fresh fruit you want or you can use stuff from a can like me. Just spread it in an even layer on your cookie sheet.Put your cookie sheet in the oven and wait (and wait, and wait...). I mean 8-10 hours!Ok, you will have to check on your fruit after about 4 hours and probably every 1-2 hours after that because some pieces will dry a … [Read more...]
Our Top 12 Posts of 2012
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Happy New Year!!We're starting off 2013 with a look back at 2012. We've gone through our stats and found our twelve most popular posts (according to page views) written over this past year. Some of these come as no surprise to us, others were a bit unexpected. We hope you enjoy this look down memory lane as much as we have! 12. 9 Awesome and Unique Halloween Treats11. Bunny Bunting Banner10. S'mores Croissants9. Pillow[ology] by Sleep Number8. 50 things (other than candy) to put in your child's Easter basket7. 15 Ideas for getting rid of the Mommy Grouchies6. Shaving Cream and Glue5. Hosting a Winter ONEderland Party4. Ridiculously Easy Fudge Pops3. Crappy Closet turned Crafty Closet2. Free Tooth Fairy Certificate PrintableOur number 1 post of 2012 was...1. 101 Ansers to "I'm Bored" … [Read more...]
