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Pin it I love pattern blocks – they are one of my all-time favorite toys! Which is saying a lot, because I tend to get as excited about toys as my kids! One way in which they sometimes frustrate my kids, though, is that they will be in the middle of building some huge, [...] Pin it Valentine’s Day this week took a jolt when we learned that my brother’s four-day-old baby S had to have emergency surgery, that night. Luckily he came through without complications (definitely not a given with the problem he had) and is recovering beautifully. He’ll be in the hospital for a while yet, but [...] Pin it I think decorating cupcakes was a favorite activity for several of the kids attending Emma’s birthday party! We set it up just like Lily’s cupcake decorating party, giving each child their own Dixie cups with different toppings. I frosted the cupcakes ahead of time since it was a larger group. It was [...] Pin it We have been putting paint (and other liquids, like hair gel with food coloring) in ziploc bags to play for years now, and it is always fun – especially since I discovered the trick of taping them to the table with a sheet of white paper underneath to make the colors pop! [...] Pin it Are you ready for spring? My kids are still hoping for more snow, but I’m ready for some warmer weather! Which is why I’m excited to be cohosting the spring edition of the All Year Round Blog Carnival, along with sunnydaytodaymama, Winding Circle, The Mahogany Way, Smiling like Sunshine, and Home Baked! [...] Pin it We had a wonderful time earlier this month starting a new family tradition: sibling celebrations for half-birthdays! A few weeks ago, Valerie at Glittering Muffins asked me if I was interested in writing about a sibling day celebration, and I thought Lily’s half-birthday was the perfect occasion! I’m so glad we did [...] Pin it I was thrilled to find this unfinished wooden castle at Michael’s before Christmas! The list price was $19.99, and I paid a lot less than that thanks to a coupon. It became Johnny and Lily’s Christmas present together with these knights and fairies – also purchased at Michaels with a coupon, thank [...] Pin it This week started off a little rough. Mike was leaving on a business trip, and we had two (soon to be three) sick kids. He picked the right time to randomly buy me flowers! Johnny also enjoyed this drawing lesson before Mike left: The drawings on the left are Johnny’s; those [...] Pin it I love that Emma can find a face in anything – even mac and cheese with peas! Recently she has branched out into cute food! Here she used marshmallows, a soybean, and a “c” alphabet cookie to make faces on pumpkin pancakes for Johnny and Lily: I love how thrilled they [...] Pin it Monday the snow was finally packable, and the kids were thrilled to spend the afternoon playing outside. I went out with them, and we spent a few hours together in perfect snow-play temperatures – barely above freezing! Johnny’s preschool teachers gave him this snowman kit at Christmas, and he has been [...] |
 
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