category: Holidays
Easy Homemade Valentine’s
January 20, 2012"Last year I saw the cutest idea for Valentine's Day cards. Unfortunately, at the time, Bink was at a daycare with one other child and K was too old to pass out Valentines in school. This year, mostly because of Pinterest, I started seeing ideas for Valentine's Day way earlier than I would have ever [...]"
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2011"This Christmas Eve we'll be decorating cookies, building faux Gingerbread houses, and watching Christmas movies (until the TV gets commandeered for the Baltimore Ravens game). Next week, I'm off work, the kids are out of school and daycare, and I'm betting I won't see much of my beloved laptop. If all goes according to plan, [...]"
Santa, Baby!
December 20, 2011"For Bink's first Christmas we took him to see Santa and he loved it. He dressed up, was all happy smiles and coos, and we even ended up with our holiday card picture for that year. Last year, Bink was... less enthusiastic. He was tired of waiting in line, unhappy to have his picture taken, [...]"
Apologies and And An Easy Gift Idea
December 06, 2011"First, my apologies for being MIA for so long. The few weeks/months, but especially the past week, have been...hard. Middle school transition issues. Starting the third trimester of pregnancy. Hubby both working and taking classes full time (and finals week this week!). Mostly I'm just...exhausted. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally. Drained. And I have a nasty chest [...]"
Gender Stereotyping in Children’s Toys
November 25, 2011"I mentioned last week that Bink loooooooves Dora. He just can't get enough of her. Which is fine. My problem comes from the fact that almost everything on the market with Dora slapped on it is pink. Or purple. Or covered in sparkly flowers. It's not that I even care if Bink wears sparkly pink [...]"
Happy Thanksgiving & Family Portraits
November 24, 2011"To entertain you this Thanksgiving, I thought I'd share pictures from our family portrait attempt this past weekend. A few weeks ago, Living Social was running a really inexpensive deal for a portrait package at The Picture People. I ended up paying $5 for a small print package, which I figured would be worthwhile since [...]"
Christmas Gifts for the 2.5 Year Old Set
November 17, 2011"I kind of love Christmas. I've got Christmas music playing right now. I've had a spreadsheet of Christmas gift ideas going for weeks. I can't help it--I'm a planner. Since I'm almost done shopping for Bink, with the exception of small, spur of the moment things I know I'll pick up along the way, I [...]"
Halloween
November 03, 2011"So, it seems like every time I sit down to tell you how fun Halloween was on Monday, something gets in the way. A cold (me, Hubby, and Bink simultaneously). Or, more often, sixth grade tween drama. I'll get into the drama more soon, because I'm completely at a loss at this point. Until then, [...]"
Halloween In August
August 11, 2011"It's Day Thirteen of our Whirlwind California vacation! Which actually means we are back home, but Bink's daycare is closed so we are having a staycation. Are you following along with us on Facebook and Twitter? Don't forget to enter my giveaway from my BlogHer sponsor, Bambino Balls, for some adorable sports-themed baby and toddler [...]"
Fourth of July With A Two Year Old
July 06, 2011"Here's what the 4th of July looked like celebrating it with a two year old: Don patriotic colors. Set up chairs/blankets on parade route. Dig in dirt with sunglasses until parade is about to start. Send grandparents for parade watching snacks (slurpees and star shaped donuts). Consume mass amounts of sugar. Make goofy faces with [...]"
Bink’s Chuggington Birthday Party
June 07, 2011"I may have mentioned once or twice that Bink is crazy over Chuggington. We start our day with choo-choos, we end our day with choo-choos. In between we carry around our little die cast Chuggers and put them to sleep in their special Chugger carrying case. It's madness. I knew Bink's second birthday had to [...]"
How to Make a Train Birthday Cake
May 31, 2011"Bink is full tilt obsessed with trains, especially Chuggington, so a train cake was the natural choice for his second birthday party. My Mom made the mistake of reminding me that she had made me a train cake for my birthday when I was little and, therefore, volunteering herself for the birthday cake bake-a-thon. We [...]"
Toddler Easter Baskets
April 26, 2011"My first Easter dating Hubby I was beyond excited to put together an Easter basket for K. I bought candy, tiny stuffed animals, trinket-y beaded necklaces, and cute Easter-themed toys. What I didn’t realize then was that I was adding an entire basket full of junk to an already toy/stuffed animal/tricket-y filled house. A few [...]"
Happy Easter from Bink
April 24, 2011"Taken with my Droid and Easter-ed up using PicSay Pro app."
Back Monday!
April 22, 2011"So, I had big plans of scheduling some exciting posts and pictures to keep you entertained for the next few days while we are out of town visiting Hubby's parents. Instead, I played choo choos and watched choo choos and read choo choo books to Bink. And then hurried to pack, throw the kids in [...]"
