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Goodwill + Homemade = Great Gift!

May 16, 2012

One of our son’s favorite friends is a little girl who will be turning four soon.  She absolutely loves all things girly – princesses, dresses, dolls, and changing her own dresses and the ones on her dolls several times a day.  I was thrilled when I came across fabric recently that is ruched at the [...]

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Simple Birthdays–Kids Just Wanna Have Fun

March 21, 2012

Both of my boys have birthdays soon.  One in April (turning one) and the other in May (turning four!)  As far as birthday plans go, my husband’s parents will be here visiting for the one-year-old’s birthday, but we have no plans to do anything out of the ordinary.  He’s turning one – as long as [...]

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A New Look And Some Great Links

March 9, 2012

My little blog got a facelift today, thanks to my awesome husband.  It was time for a change, and I love the clean new look.  Both the boys are in bed and my husband is down in his basement office working late tonight, so I’ve had some time to just browse around online.  Well, and [...]

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Fun With Ice

February 27, 2012

I got inspired this weekend by Regina of Mommy’s Making A Mess (lots of good ideas over there!).  So our son and I whipped up some colored water and made our own ice blocks.  I don’t have any food coloring, so we thought about what we could use instead.  I had a beet in the [...]

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The Felt Food Project Is Complete

December 20, 2011

Christmas is almost here, and I think I’m finally finished making felt food.   Here is the current food collection: I’ve already posted pictures and details about some of this stuff, but I’ve made quite a bit more since the last time I posted. We now have a pizza that comes apart for lots of pizza-making [...]

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The Felt Food Project

December 9, 2011

For the past few weeks, I’ve been tinkering with felt food for at least a few minutes every day.  I’ve had a few projects (like a banana with a removable peel – picture coming soon) that took over an hour to make, but most of the items have come together much faster than that.  Our [...]

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More Felt Food!

November 27, 2011

I think I might be on my way to needing a 12 step program for felt food addiction.  I can’t stop making food!  It’s so much fun, and the internet is overflowing with awesome ideas.  Here’s the stuff I’ve made over the last few days. Bread. With a piece of Swiss cheese. Apple pie (inspired [...]

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Our Frugal Home Version Of A Montessori-Style Preschool

November 14, 2011

Over the last few months, several of our son’s friends have enrolled in Montessori-style preschool and daycare centers.  The parents have had nothing but good things to say about the switch, and my curiosity was piqued.  Our boys are home with us all day, and we have no plans to change that.  But I was [...]

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Focus On What Matters And You’ll Be Supermom

November 3, 2011

Over the last several years – ever since my husband and I decided to have children – I’ve read lots of books and articles about the idea of giving up the supermom ideal and getting over the fact that we can’t “do it all” if we want to do any of it well.   The [...]

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Free Building Blocks

October 25, 2011

For the past several weeks, my husband has been spending his weekends building stud walls in our basement.  He’s making great progress and should be finished in plenty of time for our framing inspection (it has to be completed by the end of the year). Building stud walls means lots of 2×4 offcuts.  They were [...]

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