I found a cute tutorial this morning which you may like if you have any baby or toddler on your gift list this year. We "adopted" a four month old girl to give a gift to at one of our local women's shelters. The mom asked for clothing which we gave, but I wanted to include something handmade as [...]Continue Reading
Creating the Magic of the Holidays
Can we create holiday magic with new traditions? What if this is the Holiday Season when you let go of some traditions that no longer fit? What if this year you try something new and it brings the people you love closer? Our family has a tradition of making graham cracker houses each year at [...]Continue Reading
Indoor Activities for Preschoolers- Cornmeal
This is part of a series of posts about indoor sensory activities for preschoolers. Other posts in the series include: Indoor Activities for Preschoolers- Quick!, Let's Bounce! Indoor Active Toys, Kitchen Sensory Activities, and the Printable Sensory Activities List. During times when my kids [...]Continue Reading
Extra Spicy Ginger Snaps- Gluten Free
I have gotten many requests for my ginger snap recipe. This recipe makes spicy cookies that are a bit soft in the middle with crispiness on the outside (they become less crispy and more moist after a day of storage, but they're still delicious.) It is based on this recipe, but altered to be gluten [...]Continue Reading
Gluten-free Dairy-free Dutch Baby
Dutch Baby is a wonderful fluffy pancake-ish type breakfast that I learned about from my husband's family. I'm not sure what the "Dutch" part of the name is about, but the "Baby" part comes from the way the middle rises up in a bubble and the edges curl up around like a baby in a cradle- if it [...]Continue Reading
Kids Art into Embroidery
Before Azalea was born I asked James to draw a picture of him, his brother and the new baby together. I had in mind to make shirts for each of the kids. (These are the shirts I mentioned in my post about big brother activity bags.) Here's the original art he drew: From there I made a couple [...]Continue Reading