I really love how much kids love to learn and explore. I see the wonder in the eyes of both of my children every single day. They are constantly looking at the world with their eyes and seeing things in a fascinating way. As an adult I’m sometimes guilty of missing these small wonders. …
I love playing with my kids and what I love even more is watching their imaginations grow and bloom. I love listening in on my little ones playing and seeing what they come up with. Obviously A is a bit more advanced in the imagination area of playtime than B is but both imaginations are…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EssentialVitamins #CollectiveBias We are in our second week of this season for our family where Ryan is traveling a lot for work and it’s going really well. We certainly miss him and it’s still tough having him gone…
Happy Friday, Sweet Friends! It’s been a good and decently full week around here filled with lots of playtime outside, creating fun things inside and we even got to spend a day of fun with my mom. Today I wanted to share with you some more things I’m loving right now and, of course, link…
There’s a constant driving force that is showing our girls that they have to look a certain way or they need a special talent or a special anything to make an impact – in order to be a hero. As a mom of a little girl I find it so important to teach her about so…
If surprises were a love language they would be hers. It doesn’t matter if it’s things or experiences, when you surprise A her face lights up like it’s Christmas morning. “A surprise for me? I’m just so excited!” Sometimes that means pulling an old afghan to have a surprise picnic in the yard while her…
It’s been a while since I’ve shared any delicious food around here, which is kind of weird since I literally cook at home an average of 28 out of 30 days of the month. I need to share more food around here, don’t you think?! We love good food, as you probably know. Even if…
Phew. Last week was a whirlwind filled with days that all blurred together. By Tuesday it felt like Monday and by Wednesday day end it felt like Friday. We were so lucky to have that three day weekend and then on Wednesday night Ryan surprised us letting us know he was off Thursday and Friday…
We spent Sunday hiking in Boulder, CO and we loved it. We hit a little trail called Bald Mountain Scenic Trail and we had a great time! A started asking for a hike on Saturday but we got a late start so we did our busy work that day and spent the day on Sunday…
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May was filled with enjoying nice weather outside, celebrating A’s half birthday for the first year, checking out the Fire Expo, welcomed Sophie the fish and Mother’s Day. Oh and the TOMS sale with my mom and sister which was quite an ordeal…lots of lines…lots of waiting…lots of shoes but we survived and we have…
Little One, God Made You Special is such a sweet and adorable story. This 14 page board book was written by Amy Warren Hilliker and its pages are beautifully illustrated by Polona Lovsin. Both the words and the illustrations come together seamlessly to create this book that is fun and captivating for your little ones….
I love any excuse I get to celebrate Ryan and let him know how much I appreciate him. Now that we have kids I get the extra excuse to celebrate him for Father’s Day and get the kids in on it. You guys, he is the best dad. There is zero doubt that he loves…
We do so much reading around here with our kids. I’ve mentioned that a few times before and we are constantly reading new books and old books. We started reading to A when she was still in my tummy and continued ever since. Her first summer, at just seven months old we had her signed…
Saturday morning we went to Petsmart because they were going a fun ‘Finding Dory’ event that I found out about via their email. Fishbowl decorating, coloring pages and fish feeding were all the fun activities listed in the email so we decided we would go. Saturday morning arrived and we headed over to the event…
Tally Ho, Friends! I’m thrilled to be sharing some sneak peek details with you about some brand new episodes of Nature Cat on PBS and ways we use the them to get out in nature! As most of you know, we limit TV watching around here and are intentional with what we do let the kiddos watch. Nature…
He started to walk this week. I’m having a hard time getting past the fact that we’re edging closely to the one year mark as it is but here we are with a thriving little boy who turns eleven months next week that eagerly started walking…really walking on Monday. He’s been toodling around with his…
Ryan and I have been together for over 10 years and married for 6.5 years. We aren’t experts at marriage by any means but there is no doubt that we are smitten with one another and we love being married. We don’t always agree and things aren’t always smooth sailing but we without a doubt…
I’m currently walking a line of abundant gratitude for so many things and a undesirable drab mentality. If you know me well you know that I walk a line of optimism and gratitude far more than anything else, or at least that something I tell myself regularly to keep focused on the good stuff rather…
I like trying new products and giving my feedback – especially when it’s free products. That probably makes you think “oh, must be nice to be a blogger” or “that kind of sounds too good to be true” – but hang with me because it has nothing to do with either of those! But I get it-…
This time of year I start doing a lot more thinking about my time and how I spend it. I just celebrated my birthday last week, Mother’s Day is this weekend and frankly, timing is moving faster than I can grasp. Do you ever want to just stop time and cling to a moment? I…