As a kid I remember there was always a dentist on my Halloween route. He handed out toothbrushes every year which would elicit groans from the kids and whoops of joy from parents. Most kids want to come home with a bag of candy but many children won’t get to experience the real joy of…
DIY Fall Planter
I had the opportunity to spend a portion of last week with my sister. I can say for certain both of us inherited my mom’s green thumb. We choose to use it in different ways. I love growing my own food, and my sister has a knack for splitting plants and seeing the long-term vision…
DIY Marshall Paw Patrol Costume with Fire Squirter
DIY Marshall Paw Patrol Costume The whole Paw Patrol gang and friends are well-known at my house. Each pup, their pup houses, and catch phrases are thrown around generously. Through the power of Netflix, we have seen many episodes and continue to watch them over and over and over…. It’s difficult to narrow down Mr…
DIY Minion Costume
In case you missed the memo, Little J is all about Minions. He lives and breathes Gru and all things yellow. You can check out his birthday party for proof. So it only made sense that he be a Minion for Halloween. Assembling a Minion costume really could not be any easier. You need 5…
DIY Non-Scary Halloween Decorations
I know what’s you’re thinking: non-scary Halloween decorations? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of the holiday? Not when you have small children. Miss O is 2 and finds most things to do with Halloween quite scary. She freaks out when we go into a store and they have big hairy spiders hanging from the ceiling…
DIY Unicorn Costume
We are a Minions household. Little J lives and breathes Minions so clearly he is going to be a Minion for Halloween. Miss O, being the awesome big sister that she is, decided she wanted to be the fluffy unicorn from the Despicable Me movies. This is Agnes’ loyal stuffed toy in the films. Now…