Great Cookies, Great Christmas, Great Gatsby

It has been a crazy holiday!  Today is the first day that I’ve had to sit down during nap time to do anything for myself.  So you’re getting a quick recap in pictures of what we’ve been doing for the past month. Unfortunately for us, the flu hit right at holiday time.  The boys had […]

Paper Bag Advent Calendar

I know, I know – I promised a lot more Thanksgiving posts, but the truth is, I was too busy getting ready for Thanksgiving to post about it.  I’ll try to do a better job next time. I will also try to be a better blogger during Christmas.  Who am I kidding?!  I’ve got 16 […]

Naughty or Nice

Warning!  This post is about Christmas, Santa, and that pesky Elf on the Shelf.  If you’ve still got Halloween decorations up, you may want to move along and hold on for a few more weeks until we can get Thanksgiving out of the way. So, along with the time-change this year, behavior problems seemed to […]

Pumpkin Patch Cheat

It feels like forever since I’ve posted.  It’s that time of year when the Kleenex are flying, and the Zyrtec is flowing. In my last post about Peanut Butter Pumpkins, I told you about ditching the pumpkin patch for a farmer’s market.  With all the colds going around, and the boys (i.e. Momma) not feeling […]

Peanut Butter Pumpkins

We’ve been getting ready for Fall in our house.  Today was our day to go to pick out pumpkins.  We had originally planned to visit a local Fall fun place called CornDawgs.  They have corn mazes, pumpkin patches, a petting zoo, a corn kernel pit, etc.  You know, the kind of place that gives your […]