hello friends! recently i’ve seen some buzz about these valentines envelopes from pottery barn kids. super cute right? i think people attach them to the back of their kiddo’s chair and place sweet notes or other fun surprises in them on days leading up to valentines. it’s like an advent calendar for valentines day! well, in thinking of what to do for the boys, i thought i’d try to recreate…
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game night
We got a new board game this Christmas; it’s based on one of the boys’ (and my 🙂 favorite kids’ books – The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Mr. Eric Carle. So the other night after the dishes were in the sink, we had game night! Collecting the tokens, moving the spaces, realizing that our two year old instinctively makes ninja fighting sounds when he spins the spinner – it was…
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“o” is for octopus!
hello all! i wanted to share a craft we did for the letter “o!” it’s very easy, so no excuses for all you scaredy-crafters out there (you like that? i just made that up 🙂 okay, here’s what you’ll need: a sheet of construction (or really any kind) of paper crayons or other coloring utensils wiggly eyes (we have kind with adhesive backing…oooo, fancy!) elmer’s glue a pair of scissors…
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diy – fort building kit
Hello friendly Friends! For Christmas this last year we gave the boys a fort building kit (because we love them and I was tired of my blankets and pillows being abused daily 🙂 Anyways, I thought you might enjoy a little tutorial on how to put one together for your little ones! Here’s what you’ll need: 2 twin sheets (somehow I didn’t have any extras laying around, so I got…
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two sweet girls, one happy family
I got to photograph this sweet family waaaaayy back in November of 2011 (makes it sound like forever ago right? 🙂 I’m just now getting around to blogging their session. It was a pleasure to meet Miss Nora and her beautiful family – Dad, Mom, and Big Sis. Little Nora did great; we got a few sleepy shots and some great awake shots too! Look how sweet she is!! Big…
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the biggest airplane
Yesterday morning the boys came into our room (Branden was getting ready for work; I was still sleeping 🙂 They had little toy airplanes in hand. They crawled into our bed and played for a few minutes like they usually do first thing in the morning. Then Branden ushered them out of the room to go downstairs. He shut the door behind him and I heard Silas protest. He wanted…