It's been freezing cold this week and we haven't been outside much. My daughter's been begging me to play outside, so, even though I really didn't want to, I bundled the girls up for a walk this afternoon. The sun was shining brightly, but once we got out, I realized it was still extremely cold—0°! After being…continue reading
More often than not, crayons get broken and turning broken crayons into star crayons is a great way to breathe new life into them. Though, once you've started making star crayons, if your child is like mine, they will want to break up unbroken crayons just to make star crayons. This is a fun, easy project that…continue reading
One of the things on my daughter's Christmas wish list was Miffy slippers. I remembered that I had a pattern for simple felt slippers in an old Martha Stewart Holiday magazine, which I had saved for years. Also, I already had felt on hand, leftover from other crafts, so I decided to attempt…continue reading
I rarely need to buy my girls clothes. Both my mother-in-law and mom love to shop consignment stores and sales and have generously given the girls many items of clothing, as have great grandparents and aunts. Therefore, it usually feels immoderate to think about buying them clothes. Yet, they're only going to be little once and…continue reading
