Over the winter I was brainstorming for activities for the boys while the family was fighting off the latest cold making the rounds from kid to kid. In a flash of inspiration I remembered the adventure games I used to play as a kid. I started out typing in my own text based adventure games [...]
I made pig cupcakes for the birthday party and I thought I’d pass on the idea. At Easter I had made very similar bunny cupcakes that I saw on the Family Fun website. When I found pink marshmallows at the store I knew I needed to alter the recipe and make pigs. I used pink [...]
Today was Jamie and Ben’s Barnyard Birthday Bash! It went pretty well, the weather was perfect and the kids had fun. I tried to keep it simple since it was at a farm and not our house. We stuck with pizza, pretzels and pig cupcakes for food and filled a big bucket with ice and [...]
I love when I get pictures with all 3 of my kids in them. It’s a challenge sometimes. In this one I told Ben (who was sitting a little too far apart from his brother for it to be a good picture) to go put his butt next to Ethan and this is what I [...]
Our boys are at great ages for Chuck E Cheese and for getting messy. So we had a fun night of games and cake to celebrate Ben’s birthday. Here are some of the messiest pictures from CEC and one from our lunch at Friendly’s. It was a super messy day! I think a little mess [...]
Ben is 3 years old now, 3 just seems so big. I am excited for him to be a big kid now but I miss him as a baby. He is almost all done with “potty training” and he started his first organized sport (YMCA soccer) a few weeks ago. He also happens to be [...]
I already posted about the Little Bear mural and now here is what replaced it. I painted Jamie’s room in some bright but girly colors. My aim was to make it something that will grow with her and not be too babyish. So polka dots and stripes seemed like a good plan but I was [...]
Another post about food (well the last one was about seltzer but I ended it with a mention of chocolate). For no particular reason Aunt Loretta sent us a gift of an ice cream machine and it was a great surprise. Unfortunately a little too great since I have been making it 2-3 times a [...]
John and I have, with rare exceptions, given up soda and are both addicted to Adirondack Raspberry-Lime seltzer. It is the only flavor we buy. I’ve been trying to lose some weight so I don’t want to waste calories on beverages. Ben loves it now too and it has no fake sugar or caffeine so [...]
I can’t believe Jamie is one year old already! Poor baby, she didn’t have a good birthday. Her day started with her waking early morning due to teething pain so I fed her in our bed while John and I tried to get some more sleep. As soon as John got out of bed Jamie [...]
