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…
Halloween Arts And Crafts Halloween is an excellent time of year for decorating. You get to go crazy with skeletons, witches, bats and cobwebs. I can’t wait until Miss O is old enough to appreciate the fun that is Halloween. I can’t wait to start crafting things with her and decorating with her. This week’s…
Halloween is about two things: dressing up and eating candy. It’s become a faux-pas to hand out anything on Halloween except pre-packaged candy, typically peanut-free. But if you are hosting a Halloween party or even attending one, this is the perfect time to spruce up the candy selection. Candy kabobs are not only awesome to…
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 Rainbow Dash Costume Miss P is obsessed with My Little Pony. Who can blame her? Their tales of friendship, catchy songs and upbeat stories are hard to beat. It’s difficult to narrow down who her favourite pony is – somedays she will tell you it’s Pinkie Pie. She likes her because Pinkie is silly. Other days, her…
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…
