We have been making handprint ornaments for the last few years with our 4 year old. We love making them but started getting tired of the typical handprint.   So last year we turned to Pinterest for some more creative ideas.  That’s how we found […]

Ugly Pie by Lisa Wheeler is one of our very favorite books for Thanksgiving!  It combines our love of reading with our love of cooking (and of course, eating!).  Reading the book and then making some Ugly Pie has become a new family tradition.  This year, […]

Seriously, this is the best chili!  THE BEST!  Ever since finding the recipe for it last year on Well Fed, it has become our go-to chili recipe.   Check out the ingredients and simple steps below and give it a try.  Don’t be afraid of the […]

What do you do when you realize you have way too many plastic eyeballs?  74 plastic eyeballs to be exact? You make up lots and lots of eyeball crafts and learning activities!   I’m really not that into Halloween.  And I really don’t like creepy, […]

This morning Miss Ghost was feeling kind of frumpy.  She was grumpy, grouchy and downright frightful.  Halloween is just around the corner and she was in a style rut.  She couldn’t remember the last time she had gone to the salon for a wash and […]

We had so much fun making yesterday’s spooky jar of eyeballs that we decided to continue the Halloween fun and make some spooky hand soap.  Our little goblin had such a blast  that she decided to make extras for her friends. Wouldn’t  these be cute […]

Throwing a Halloween party? Need a creepy craft project that your kids will love?  Well go no further, we have the project that will be sure to have all eyes on you!  Whether you need some Halloween decorations or something to keep the kids busy, […]

     It’s October and I’m ready to decorate for fall and Halloween.  Today, I want to show you how to make my simple spooky Halloween wall.  It is so easy and cheap!  Once you make your silhouettes, you will have them every year for […]

A few weeks ago we went to our local science museum and our 4 year old got to buy her very first stick of rock candy in the gift shop.  That got me to thinking that surely we could make it at home.  Sure enough, […]

Sound the trumpets! Alert the news!   It’s fall!  It’s fall!  And that means only one thing!  Pumpkin, pumpkin and more pumpkin!  I am happy to say that I have already had my first Pumpkin Spice Latte!  Yep, still 95 degrees out and I had […]