Do you want to get your kids an amazing role-playing toy that’ll boost their creativity and improve their fine motor skills? What about a playset that will teach them how to work together and organize things? If all this sounds incredible to you, you need to get your hands on a play kitchen ASAP! But …
Kids, especially toddlers, LOVE play kitchens! But with dozens of great commercial sets available to buy new, why would you want to take the time and energy to make one? Here are a couple of reasons that come to mind: It’s Good for the Environment – Upcycling is always a good idea. After all, some …
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Are you sick and tired of watching your children run around the house without having anything fun to do? Do you want to get them the best possible toy that’ll stimulate their imagination and get them to exercise? If so, you should really consider getting an indoor jungle gym. A kids jungle gym can help …
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Update: This is one of my first blog posts, yet somehow one of the most popular ones. Please excuse my poor small photos. 🙂 ________ Things are really moving along quickly at the house these days! Tuesday after work the walls were prepped for dewallpapering: Take down all the outlet and light switch covers and store …
A few days ago I was chatting with my husband’s aunt and she asked me if I had any good ideas for displaying her vintage Christmas ornaments, because they’d get lost in a whole tree and she didn’t want to just put them in a bowl and call it a day. I’m not much for …
In my first post about essential oils I posted about some basic ways I had already started to use them (here) so now that I’ve gotten a little more into, and had time to do a little more reading on them, I thought I’d follow up with some more ways they’ve been working for me …
Sadly, our pool is now gone. Between the time and money it takes to keep a pool going, it was in our best interest to get rid of it. I posted it on Craigslist and got several responses so off it went! Here’s some tips on selling something huge like this on Craigslist: I sold …
Saturday we threw a jungle themed baby shower for my brother and sister-in-law and I had a blast setting up for it… and also, I absolutely can not wait for my nephew to be born. Hurry up September!! I love theme parties- everything looks so united and together and on purpose. Also, they do not at …
This garden is not going to make it to Pinterest. But I am so so excited about it. Two years ago I eased into gardening with oregano, parsley, and basil. Last year I added 2 kinds of mint and chives to the mix. This year I went big league with some vegetables Half the garden is potted and …
I may have gotten a little overly excited about gardening this year… normally my hoard just includes glass jars and bags but it has now grown to include plants of all kind. So with that in mind, here’s my high 5 garden edition: 1. BASIL! I got regular basil from my local greenhouse and lemon …
