Archive for October, 2008

It is here.
Maybe (well definitely second fav) my favorite holiday that I have been waiting for all month long.
Happy Halloween!
Little quick shots of the decorations at my house….

My cute gals in their costumes…

Trick or Treat!

We had so much fun playing with these “Boomwhackers” this week. Have you heard of these?

They are long colorful tubes that produce various tones. You hit them against anything (not to hard!) to play the tone on the side of the tube. Starting at middle C and extending up to high C; a different color [...]

We discovered this book at the library this morning, I would have loved to have been reading this to them every night for awhile. Such a great Halloween book, Goodnight Goon by Michael Rex.

 
 
 
 
 
In the cold gray tomb
There was a gravestone
And a black lagoon
And a picture of–
Martians taking over the moon
And there were three little [...]

It has been a little hard for me to get my daughters to eat their vegetables other than at dinner. I have finally found a couple of things that seem to work and put my mind at ease.
Breakfast
Carrot Juice, start it when they are young in their sippy. Get them to love the taste of [...]

 
 My Travelin’ Eye by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw published not to long ago in April is a brilliant book. I still remember the sad after school talks about how the little girl I nannied got teased about wearing her eye patch. While living with my Aunt and Uncle I remember the frustrations of getting my young [...]

The girls and I are having such a great time going through the activities in this book. Our top favorite so far Roly Poly Races which you will have to hurry and do before it gets to cold and they all disappear.
To have a Roly Poly Race/War/Battle draw a circle with some mud and place [...]

Do you remember that post I wrote awhile about how annoying I thought the Barbie movies were? Well I DID jinx myself completely, promising Barbie and the Diamond Castle movie as an award is how we accomplished potty training.
That was the first movie Abby had ever watched until this weekend when we let her choose out [...]

77kids by American Eagle is finally offering some products. What do you think?

Sparkly Baby Doll Top 29.50

Pretty Perfect Peacoat 69.50

77 Sunflower Skinny 29.95

Glittery Ballet Flat 24.95

Dapper Vest 29.50

Dapper Oxford Shirt 29.50

77 Super Straight 29.50

Buffalo Plaid Trapper 19.50

Last week I posted about the Gratitude Wraps and today I am going to share something I bought handmade.
Abby has been saying all year long that she wants to write Santa a Thank You note because he is going to get her a doll. Santa has been working on it
Natural Dolls
My first pick [...]