Moving into our new house last month has required a lot of adjusting. Our new place has different quantities of cabinets, closets, and even living spaces. One of the biggest changes has been the loss of our basement toy room. Consequently, I’ve had to use a little ingenuity to find new ways to store tons [...]
Thursday, April 5, 2007
A special thanks to Mary and Amy for reminding me of this one. They were helping me pack my kitchen last week when we came across my one of my favorite breakfast tools. I must admit, a dollar store ketchup bottle doesn’t look like much, but when it comes to making pretty pancakes in a [...]
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
As I’ve mentioned before, I tend to use the Pottery Barn Kids magazine as an idea base rather than a catalog. This week’s post is another example of how I borrowed their idea and made my own version for far less cash. To make this simple arrangement for above my son’s desk, I started with three [...]
Friday, January 19, 2007
To survive as a parent, you have to be able to multi-task. Unfortunately, your car does as well. All too often my kids end up finishing their breakfast on the way to school, eating lunch on the way to soccer or munching a snack on the way to church. To help my car survive the many [...]
Thursday, November 30, 2006
There are dozens…if not hundreds…of advent calendars out there. We’ve tried many different complicated varieties over the years. Invariably, we start out strong and then by mid-December we start forgetting and have to play catch up for the days we missed. A couple of years ago, I created a simple Christmas tree advent to help my [...]
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
After 3 Halloween parties, a ward trunk-or-treat, and a big night of trick-or-treating my house and my kids are in Candy Overload. Rather than watch my kids gorge themselves on junk food all week, I opted to try something new this year. We’re calling it our post-Halloween Sweets Swap. I spent $10 at Target and purchased [...]
Saturday, October 28, 2006
It’s that time of year again. Time to keep track of dozens of cold weather accessories. It seems like it takes forever to get to the car because you have to factor in all the mitten search time. Rather than continue to waste time hunting, I opted for this easy solution. We don’t have a mud [...]
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
About a year ago, we added a TV to the toy room in our basement. The kids loved having it, but I hated going up and down the stairs over and over again to help them find a good channel. One afternoon I came down to find my 6 year old watching a steamy soap [...]
Saturday, April 14, 2007
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