Halloween Our 2024 Halloween Costumes From thrift store treasures to handmade accessories both our Lion Princess and Demon Werewolf Cat Princess costumes grew piece by piece... proving that the best Halloween costumes evolve as kids do.
Simply Match It Announcing Simply Match It! Announcing a new app! Love fast-paced games or matching challenges? Try Simply Match It! Play for free with two players and no ads! Want more? Go premium to unlock extra players, bigger boards, and fun emoji themes!
Birthday Ada's 10th Birthday Party This last year Ada chose a space theme for her 10th party and I figured I'd share how we pulled it off. Come check it out!
Slime Slime Station at Our Birthday Party For Zoey's 8th birthday party last year she wanted to do slime and we made it happen! Here's how!
Valentines Day Continuing Our Simple School Valentines Two years ago we made simple paper valentines for school. Last year we did the same. Here's the link, with a printable download, in case you're looking for a last minute Valentine's Day idea!
Simply Minesweeper Announcing Simply Minesweeper! Announcing a new app! Love Minesweeper or curious to try this classic game? Play for free on a 9x9 board—no ads! Want more? Customize board size, mines, and colors with a subscription!
Halloween Our 2023 Halloween Costumes I realized I was running out of time to share last year's costume before this Halloween rolled around and so... Here's to last year's simple-ish and adorable costumes: Elsa and Rainbow Unicorn!
Food & Dessert Ada and Zoey's Epic Homemade Ice Cream Cakes Last summer, after making a homemade ice cream cake for Ada's birthday the year before both girls requested an ice cream cake. The cakes turned out amazing! Though they were bit… rich.
Easter Use Sprinkles to Create a Fun Easter Themed Breakfast... And Some Other Ideas Last year the girls wanted a themed Easter breakfast and I delivered quickly with themed sprinkles! So last minute and the kids were thrilled. Check it out here!
Outdoor Play Our Favorite Bay Area Playgrounds... and How We Found Them After moving away from the Bay Area I realized just how much I missed all of the playgrounds we left behind and I realized I should share them with you whether you're passing through the area or here to stay.
Tip or Trick Potential Tips From Our Long Distances Moves Over the course of the last ten years we've made two long distance moves. Here's a few tips and tricks I've learning along the way.
Food & Dessert Quick and Easy Valentine’s Day Themed Breakfast Idea If you’re looking for a quick and simple Valentine’s themed breakfast I have you covered. All you need are frozen waffles, cream cheese, red food dye, and sprinkles.
Ginger Lab Dressing "Ginger" For Valentine's Day With "Ginger" created it was time to replace her Christmas outfit with something a bit more seasonally appropriate. And so this outfit was made! Come check out how I made it here.
Craftiness Simple Valentines for School With Valentine's Day approaching I figured I'd share what I did for my girls' Valentine's Day last year. Plus I'm sharing our final printable with you.
Science & Sensory Play Simple and Adorable Snow People Sensory Kit For a friend's gift two years ago I came up with a quick play dough sensory kit featuring snow people and made extra for my own kids. We loved the premise and I figured I had to share it with you in case you're looking for something similar for yourself or as a gift too.
Craftiness Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: Costumed Hairstyle Ideas: Spider Last year I made an adorably cute spider on my head that my girls absolutely adored! I had to share it with you in case you're looking for a last minute costume idea.
Sewing Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: Ada's Carmen Sandiego Last year Ada knew early on that she wanted to be Carmen Sandiego for Halloween and she didn't waver so when I decided to tackle costumes I knew that I needed to make it happen. Here's what I did to turn her into Carmen!
Craftiness Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: How I Made a Custom Carmen Sandiego Necklace For Halloween last year Ada wanted to be Carmen Sandiego. I knew immediately that I needed to figure out her distinctive necklace (along with her red jacket and hat) to truly make the costume apparent. Here's how I made the necklace!
Sewing Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: Zoey's Black Cat Last year when I asked the kids what they wanted to be for Halloween Zoey thought about it for a second and then immediately told me a black cat. I'm so glad she did as I absolutely adored how her costume turned out! Check it out here.
Sewing Our Amazing Halloween Costumes: How I Made a Custom Cat Tail For Halloween last year Zoey wanted to be a black cat. To pull off the costume I knew we needed to include a proper cat tail. This is how I made it!
Craftiness How to Order Individual Parts and Find Instructions to Make a Retired LEGO® Kit A while back I recreated a couple of retired LEGO® sets by buying the individual parts. I wanted to share my process in case it can help you too.
Craftiness Zoey's Great Mismatched Me Hairstyle The kids don't often let me do their hair so when Zoey talked about a hairstyle for "Mismatched Me" I jumped on it. Here's what we did.
Food & Dessert Ada’s Exciting Eighth Birthday Party at Home Like with Zoey's party last summer we decided to also host Ada's party at our home. Here's what we ended up doing!
Food & Dessert How We Made a Simple and Delicious Ice Cream Cake For Ada's birthday this last summer we ended up making our own ice cream cake. It turned out great and I can totally see doing the same for future birthdays and maybe even parties!
Sewing What I Made During the 2022 Sewing Challenge Although this year I sewed much less I decided to still continue my trend of posting about it so here's all of my quick fixes, articles of clothing, and the kids' epic Halloween costumes.
