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Holidays

  • MOTHERS’ DAY GIFT GUIDE

    Mothers’ Day is May 8th– less than a month away! Luckily for Derek and the girls, they don’t need to buy me any of these things. I’ll be happy if they…

  • DIY CANDY GIFT POTS

    I totally felt like a goober last year when some neighbors came by to drop off cookies for the holidays and I had nothing in return. I know they didn’t expect anything…

  • HOLIDAY CARD WREATH

    Mya and I love getting snail mail during the week. And since the holiday cards are already starting to come in, it has added even more excitement to her Christmas spirit.…

  • ADVENT CALENDAR IDEAS

    Sorry I lied. I didn’t get my stuff together last night for Mya’s birthday post. Too. Many. Photos! (So, hopefully it’ll come together next week.) Buuuuut, I have some joyous advent…

  • OUR ITALIAN EASTER

    Sure hope you’re not sick of Easter-related posts quite yet. Because I have one more for you this year! We drove up to Omaha to spend the holiday weekend with my…

  • BUNNY BOOKS

    Mya and I love going to storytime at the library or a local toy store every week. Sometimes she gets overwhelmed by the library class sizes, so the toy store has been a good…

  • HEART DAY HIGHLIGHTS

    Everyone familiar with the movie “Tangled” (ie Rapunzel)? Ok, good. Well, when Mya woke up to her “heart attack” on Valentines’ Day, she claimed the “mean lady” came into her room…

  • HEARTS and CRAFTS

    Valentine’s Day is less than a month away. Call me a sap, but I’ve always liked this holiday– not because of the stereotypical chocolates and vibrant reds, but because it’s a…

  • CRAYON HEART VALENTINES

    Recently, Mya hasn’t wanted to leave the house. “Stay home” is her most common demand. The cold weather makes it pretty easy to stay in and play, but we’ve been “forced”…

  • THE CHRISTMAS STAR

    When I hung our Christmas lights a few weeks ago it was missing the finishing touch to complete the festive feel we were looking for, so we decided to go for a…

  • HOLIDAY TREATS

    We finally took the Pinterest plunge. “What is that?” you may ask. We got with the times and joined Pinterest. I thought it would totally be a time-sucker. And it was initially. But…

  • HOLIDAY DECOR TIPS + TRICKS

    As Derek’s mentioned, I thoroughly enjoy decorating for the holidays. But what I don’t enjoy is having a bunch of stuff in storage that is only used for one month out…