Anytime a celebration involves food you can bet my family is ready to party hard! It doesn’t have to be something we would normally celebrate either. It’s fun to learn about a different culture and partake in some of the events and festivities they do. The perfect opportunity has presented itself to us for the month […]
Welcome Spring With These 15 DIY Projects For Your Backyard!
We are fortunate to have a rather large backyard. When we first bought our home we even paid a small premium for the larger lot and I had visions of a rock garden and water fountain on our little hill, with some big trees for the kids to play under and of course, lots and […]
Easy #ValentinesDay “Glass” #Heart Craft For Children
Valentine’s Day is the perfect time of the year to have children express their love for their family and friends by doing a craft of some sort. You can have them make their own Valentine cards or help them create a table centerpiece for a special family meal. You could bake with them and have them bring […]
Fragrant Sandpaper Gingerbread Man Ornaments #KidsCraft #ChristmasDIY
A couple of years ago my kiddos and I made these adorable and sweet-smelling gingerbread men ornaments and this year we once again put them on the tree. They were a lot of fun to make and each year when we unpack the tree decorations we make a bet to see if they remain as, ah, […]
Make Your Own Christmas Tree Advent Calendar – Easy Craft For Kids #DIY
Advent marks the beginning of the holy season of Christmas in the Christian faith; a time when we celebrate the birth of Christ. There are many special things that occur during this wonderful time of the year and while the Church marks those days leading up to the big day in a certain way, many people […]
How To Carve A Pumpkin With The Kiddos! #Halloween
I have been celebrating Halloween for as long as I can remember. It is just a fun occasion to dress up as crazy or silly as you can be, maybe decorate your house and share some candy with friends. When I was younger my family and I would visit a local farm or market to select two […]
Dress Up Playtime With Great Pretenders, A Canadian #BloggersFete Sponsor!
When I was a young child much of what we did to entertain ourselves came from our imaginations. We didn’t have a vast array of television shows to jump start our play and we were not exposed to violent video games. Whether I used my barbie dolls to have a pretend fashion show or we […]
Summertime Fun With Cool New Designer Film For The Instax Mini! #Giveaway #FujiMoms #MyInstax
Remember how the end of the school year used to be a flurry of updating the phone numbers you had for your friends, getting your yearbook signed and hopefully borrowing the family camera to take some photos? Well, we may no longer need to worry about getting someone’s land line number (cause all the kids […]
How To Make Your Own Emotional First Aid Kit & Why We All Need One
The first time I heard the term Emotional First Aid Kit I was like, “what the what?” Turns out, it’s a pretty cool thing and something I believe we could all benefit from having. Much like a regular first aid kit, an emotional one helps to fix invisible boo-boos and offers up immediate relief for […]
Wordless Wednesday: Custom Mickey Ears At #DisneySMMC
One of the fun things about being a huge Disney fan is that you can wear things like Mickey Mouse Ear hats or Ear headbands and no one thinks you’re weird. And even if they do, so what?! Nothing makes me happier than putting on my MapleMouseMama hat while looking at vacation photos. ♥ Sigh… Recently […]