A Pacific Northwest Mom with two boys on the journey of life
I don’t know about all of you, but I am starting to get in the holiday spirit. With Thanksgiving so early this year it was throwing me off, but now I realize that means we have an extra week between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. My family is coming up to Seattle for Thanksgiving, which …
Jack’s room update project is finally complete. I should say that this was Jim’s project and I had very little to do with it, so good job Jim. When Jack turned three he got his big boy room which was centered around a handmade Lightning McQueen bed. Jim made the bed and I painted the …
One of my goals this year is to get lingering projects checked off my list. If you are like me, you probably have a growing list of family projects you would like to complete — family photo albums, video, kids’ projects — but for some reason (some good, some not so good) they don’t get …
I recently was introduced to Family Fun magazine by a friend and neighbor. She always has great ideas for the kids, so I thought I would give it a try. In the June/July issue they launched Badges of Fun to celebrate their 20th birthday. During each month for the next year families can earn badges …
About ten days I got an email from Jack’s teacher asking for help with the class Valentine’s Day party, because she was going to out of town at a funeral. Of course I would do the party. After an early morning meeting to get some ideas from her we were on our own. One of …