{Written by: The Mrs.} So last weekend I got to spend the day with my granddaughters. I planned a few holiday activities and we had us some fun. One of the simplest things my 2 year old granddaughter, Taylor, and I had fun with was Christmas cookies. I didn’t want to lose her attention with … Continue reading
{Written by: The Mama} I am so proud of myself, I accomplished a craft this weekend. With Taylor being 2 1/2 this year she is finally starting to understand Christmas. I had to get an advent made or purchased stat! I came across this adorable Santa’s beard advent calendar at Oopsey Daisy . I pulled out my craft … Continue reading
{Written by: The Mama} Okay, I’m admitting my first Pinterest fail and I’m sharing it with you. Our youngest, Molly, turned one two weeks ago. I had envisioned creating an adorable three layer 4″ round cake. Something like this…. I came so close to accompishing this. I made the batter and divided into different bowls … Continue reading
{Written by: The Mama} First off let me say HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This year my husband and I will be taking our kids and spending the holiday with his family. They live in a pretty remote town about 90 miles east of us. Unfortunately, the distance really tears us apart and we don’t get to his parents or … Continue reading
{Written by: The Mama} This past weekend I decided to tackle some wall art for my daughters’ room. I started with a small 8 1/2 x 11″ canvas. I painted it with 4 coats of light gray acrylic paint letting it dry between each coat. While waiting for it to dry I lightly sketched the … Continue reading
{Written by: The Mrs.} I know I’ve posted about this before, but having just spent the weekend (okay, 2 weekends ago) with my granddaughters it’s on my mind, what a fun phase of life this is. We all (me, the Mr., the Mama, Shane & the babies) went to Apple Hill in Northern California this past weekend. Beautiful weather and wonderful … Continue reading
{Written by: The Mama} It’s that time again. Another pumpkin recipe coming your way. I am determined to try as many pumpkin recipes as I find interesting this winter. This time I tried pumpkin pie pudding. I think it tastes just like the filling of a pumpkin pie, rather than just pumpkin flavored pudding. It … Continue reading
{Written by: Jen} I’m a little behind on my crafts and baking while we’ve been busy with the kids trying to create our own little family fall traditions so I thought I would share with you what we have been up to. 2 weekends ago we visited our local pumpkin patch. It was tons of … Continue reading
{Written by: Susi} For Halloween I decided that since my granddaugters are too young for candy that I would give them something else in their treat buckets. This entire project cost me nothing and I used all scraps I had on hand. I didn’t use a pattern, just had a fun idea and ran with … Continue reading
{Written by: Jen} I wanted to make a footprint project with my girls for Halloween. Rather than just do a painted print of their feet I decided to use salt dough so that I can enjoy them year after year. 2 C. Flour 1/2 C. Salt 3/4 C. Water I mixed together the flour, salt … Continue reading
A Mrs. & A Mama 