Our Thanksgiving Days usually go about the same way. We wake up, turn on the parade and begin preparing for Thanksgiving dinner. Around noon, our guests arrive and we eat mid-afternoon. By late afternoon, I’m full, sleepy and just want to relax on the couch. My kids, not so much. They’re always looking for activities [...]

If you’ve been following along at home, you know I’ve already posted about how to make a paper bag turkey. BUT! This is another way to make a paper bag turkey! You never can have too many you know. You could even start a collection of paper bag turkeys. Okay, maybe not. But this paper [...]

While Thanksgiving is definitely about the turkey, it’s also about the side dishes. And while we do like to experiment making various veggies, we always make sure to have at least one side dish our kids will love. This side dish is the super easy corn casserole. Not only do my kids love eating this [...]

My daughters have been given various paper dolls books over the years, but after playing with the paper dolls several times they either get torn, folded or lost. So instead of buying books of paper dolls, I found free printable paper dolls! Now we can just print new paper dolls when they get worn out.

Printable [...]

My two older daughters went to a girl scout function last weekend and couldn’t wait to show me the craft they made out of things found in a kitchen.
Close your eyes Mom!
Okay.
Guess what we made out of things found in a kitchen?
Hmmm. Paper bag puppet?
No! A wooden spoon doll!
Huh?
Sure enough they made cute [...]

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is counting the days until Christmas with our advent calendars every year. We hang our felt Santa Claus one on the pantry door, put our wooden box one on the desk in the kitchen and put the Christmas tree one on the piano in the playroom. With three kids, [...]