Activities + DIY

I know that there are currently a million blog posts on activities that you can do with your kiddos at home, but here's one more! When Sully was a few months old, I made this Noah's Ark packet in...

Whew! I don't know about y'all, but if I read one more email or Facebook article with something deep about this virus, I may curl up in a ball and cry.  It's such a delicate balance of being proactive...

One of my major goals of motherhood is to cultivate an environment of creativity for my kids. Growing up, creativity gave me an outlet to express myself and to whittle down my passions through trial and error (As it...

“Corn, corn, nothing but corn.” In the movie Secondhand Lions, fourteen year old Walter Caldwell’s two eccentric uncles, Hub and Garth McCann, take up gardening. Garth buys vegetable seed packets from a traveling salesman and presses Hub and Walter...

I tend to go into the holiday season with good intentions and high expectations. I go through the Auburn-Opelika Parents magazine and local Facebook pages jotting every fun and exciting activity into my calendar. I dream of a quiet...

Christmas, its meaning, and its magic have grown since our son has arrived. Even though this will be only his second Christmas, it's already shaping up to be fun! Advent is a season beginning the first Sunday in December...

There are certain mom tasks that I have romanticized and have been waiting impatiently for my turn to do. Hanging balloons on a mailbox for a birthday party, getting a stroller in and out of a car to go...

I think most of us are pretty familiar with the DIY shows: the shiplap, kitchen islands, and subway tiles are ubiquitous in the world of flipping houses. But what about those areas of our lives we’d like to ‘DIY’...

How to create a flower suncatcher.   This past week we collected and flowers and leaves from our garden and in the wild. We thought it would be so nice to have these beauties hanging in the window! We really enjoyed...

Sun print art is a new process for me. I have found it is super easy to make, versatile and visually stunning. Learn how to create sun print art for kids.  Sun prints, also known as cyanotypes, have been around for...