Parenting

I am playing catch up on my blog and realized I hadn’t posted my daughter’s 2024 Girls Minecraft Birthday Party yet. It was so much fun! The kids had a blast! We rented out the Move gym in Highland, Utah and brought in two 6′ tables and decorations. The kids played with the blow up …

We had the best Halloween this year. I was feeling really crazy-good, not a common thing these days, and my kids were also healthy and happy as well. My daughter Amelia was a little lioness she is awesome and loved Trick-or-Treating. She especially liked the creepy houses, so we drove around and found a few. …

A few years ago, I renovated all four of my children’s rooms over the summer (links below). My goal was to get all four bedrooms complete between May and August of 2023, and while it was harder than expected, I was able to do it. I posted three of the four bedrooms in 2023 here …

Let’s flash back to December 2025. It was a wild month, and a bout of severe headaches completely derailed my posting schedule. Because of that, a ton of our Elf on the Shelf scenes got locked away in my camera roll. Fast forward to November 2026, and I’m finally catching up before the little guys …

These DIY cardboard box Halloween costumes for kids are a creative and inexpensive way to celebrate Halloween and dress up for trick-or-treating. Use those extra boxes you’ve got to make an innovative masterpiece. 1. Cabbage Patch Costume – Easy to make from a box. Use cardboard poster board, spray paint, painter’s tape for clean lines, …

My daughter and I made these wooden peg ghost dolls the other day as a Halloween craft. We love using wood peg dolls for crafts. In fact, Aurora and I made this wooden peg nativity a few years ago together We thought of making these ghosts when we were looking for pipe cleaners in my …

Tips for Remodeling a Dollhouse My daughter, Aurora, and I worked together to remodel her dollhouse. It was such a fun activity to do with her. I really enjoyed it and so did she. She told many people in our extended family as well as her friends about how much fun she had doing this …

My daughter wanted a Medieval birthday party. I was thinking of fun and inexpensive party favors. I thought it would be nice to make DIY Medieval Snow Globes. It ended up being a very easy, inexpensive, and quick activity that the kids loved. Among the crafts I thought of, the DIY Medieval snow globes were …

Going back to school is such a fun time of year for most children. I remember while growing up I looked forward to going back to school with great excitement. A few of the events I enjoyed were getting to know new teachers, having more opportunities available to me, buying new clothes, and switching to a more …

This is a recipe for Homemade Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months. I made this months ago and it is still super soft and pliable it even works really well in my children’s Play-Doh activity sets. When I worked in a toddler nursery for about a year, we used this play dough to save …

Below I will list the supplies and steps on how to make a DIY Just Add Magic Cookbook. I also include a free JAM cookbook design file. I made these homemade DIY Just Add Magic Cookbooks and gave them out as favors for the guests of my daughter’s Just Add Magic Birthday Party. I include …