Category: Ways to make today magical

Happy Monday?! Okay, so I’m a little late, but better late than never, right?  🙂 Here’s a few ways to make some magical memories with your kiddos this week…. 1.  During the night, decorate the living room with streamers and a big sign that says “Happy _____ Day!” (marmot day, random day, I love you…

Happy Monday! Here’s a few ways to make some magic this week…. 1.  Make up some fizzing sidewalk chalk.  Quirky Momma has all the details on how to take homemade sidewalk chalk paint to the next level.  This is definitely on our to-do list this week! 2.  Put birthday candles in each child’s dinner tonight. …

Happy Monday! I hope you and your family stayed safe from the recent storms.  Here’s a few ways to make some memories this week…… 1.  Make some flower petal potions.  The Imagination Tree has instructions for making their lovely Rose Petal Fairy Perfume.  Just don’t be surprised if it smells less than lovely after a…

Happy Monday! I hope you and your family had a fabulous weekend.  We got together with friends who met us in a nearby town and swam at their motel pool, talked, played and hiked at two gorgeous sites.  I kept up pretty well for an old pregnant lady, and the kids had a blast.  Here’s…

Happy Monday! I’m up early, thanks to a spring thunderstorm and hailstorm.  I am apparently a softie as a plant mama, as I immediately worried about the fate of our new plants in the garden.  The fact that Victoria has a freshly painted dresser and drawers outside in the storm isn’t so great either!  I’m…

Happy Monday!  I’m a little late on this week’s list, since we’re right smack in the middle of birthday season.  Jack turned 8 on Saturday, Victoria turned 13 yesterday, and Alex turns 4 tomorrow.  The birthdays are going well though, and I’m beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel! Here’s a…

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful Easter (for those who celebrate).  Easter is a tricky holiday for me because it has always been one of my favorite holidays with my children but my mother died on Easter Sunday.  That has gotten easier with time, and now it’s a day filled with happy family…

Happy Monday! Can another week have flown by already?  Wow, April is zooming by here.   Here’s a few ways to make the day magical this week… 1.  Dye some eggs.  Every year, my mother-in-law gives out plates of various goodies and dyed eggs to friends and family, and she always leaves the egg dyeing for…

Happy Monday! I hope you and your kiddos have been having a magical month.  I was quite sick for all of March and am finally beginning to get a little better.  I think the April weather is playing a part.  How sick can you stay when the grass is finally green and there are puddles…