It’s been months since I’ve written anything. I simply do not have the bandwidth to sit down and write most days. Like many of you, I’ve been living in survival mode. My days are filled with helping kids with their school work, taking care of our home, and trying to process all this year has…
Winter break can be long and cold, especially when all of the kids are home for winter break. Most kids would prefer to spend their break playing video games but it’s nice to have alternative activities to keep them busy. These activities include things to do as a family around town and things to do…
Every year the we look forward to Disney on Ice with our family. Last night we attended the opening night of Disney on Ice: Road Trip Adventures at the PNC Arena in Raleigh. We saw many of our favorite Disney characters like The Incredibles, Moana, Aladdin, Mary Poppins and of course Mickey. This year we…
Last year we threw Abel a dinosaur-themed birthday party complete with fossil mining. He’s already told me that he wants another dinosaur party for his 5th birthday. I’m trying to get a jump on party planning and have found the cutest dinosaur party supplies and favors that I’m sure he will love. If you have…
In preparation for Halloween like making Halloween cards for our family and friends. The boys have really been into pop-up cards lately so I decided to create a fun pop-up Jack-o-lantern card. The card is black and white so kids can customize the card. This fun card is easy to cut out and fold just…
We took an end-of-summer trip to the North Carolina mountains, specifically the Boone/Blowing Rock area. Joe and I have taken many trips to the mountains, but we’ve never taken the kids, so we were excited to share all the fun things the mountains offer. North Carolina is a great state to live in because we…
In the hot summer afternoons we like to do at-home activities together like arts and crafts. My boys love the idea of clouds puking rainbows. They’re elementary aged boys, they love gross stuff. So I grabbed some construction paper, scissors, markers and glue sticks and we made our own rainbow clouds. I made my rainbow…
A day at the water parks is a day well spent. My boys have grown to love water parks. They would much rather spend the day at a water park than most amusement parks. We love visiting North Carolina’s best water park, Wet ‘n Wild Emerald Pointe in Greensboro with the boys every summer. Last…
With the warmer weather, we find ourselves spending more time outside with the kids. They are always looking for new activities and toys to play with outdoors. Here are a few of our favorites and some that are on my kids’ wish lists. GOTRAX Hoverfly ION LED Hoverboard Fun for the whole family the GoTrax…