Dear Gifted Girl
*I wrote this in 2020 after being denigrated by a family member when they expressed a concern and then attacked me when I quietly offered to help them, even offering to make a huge sacrifice for them.…
Getting Ready for Mother’s Day & Father’s Day
We’ve had so much fun getting ready for Mother’s Day & Father’s Day this year! It helped that this year, we decided to make it easy on ourselves with some free printables from Kara Creates! I My…
Easy DIY Cauldron
In 2020, we randomly discovered that you could float balloons in a circle over the hepa filter. I made the stray comment that it would be funny to hide one in a cauldron at Halloween. Whoops! In…
Fairy Gardens
Sorry it’s been so long since I posted…. Sometimes you have to start the summer making a fairy garden out of recycling, plant seeds in it and watch them grow, and wait for the fairies to contact…
Tea Party/Derby Hats for Dolls
I decided to make some cute derby hats for my nanny kid’s dolls this week by cutting down Dollar Tree spring/summer hats for kids. For the 18″ dolls, I cut a circle with roughly a 4.5″ inch…
Decorate Kentucky Derby/Tea Party Hats with Kids!
If you want an easy Derby activity for kids, try grabbing some cheap spring hats, artificial flowers, and double-sided foam tape squares from the Dollar Tree! You can also print some Derby clip art (I just used…
Upcycle a plastic bunny topper into a gift
Supplies Needed You know those tubes of Easter candies that come with a plastic bunny on top? The ones filled with M&Ms or Hershey’s Kisses? Save the bunny lids and you can make a cute candy dish…
“I only have one rule–No growing up!”
Once upon a time, I modified Peter Pan’s motto and somehow it became a repeated adage-mostly because I loved to hear the kids in my life giggle! There’s a little bit of wistfulness behind the words, too,…
