I wonder how long the Frozen craze will last? Undoubtedly for years and years because once the now preschoolers and elementary aged girls are over it, the toddlers will gravitate towards it. Either way, our newly 6 year old daughter fell in love with it and just had a Magical Frozen Birthday Party. It was an absolute blast. AND of course she had an Elsa dress. She's been dressing up in princess dresses since she was about one or two, alongside her older … [Read more...]
Making it through ANOTHER Snow Day
February 9, 2015 By
Written by KT @ One Organic Mama, Contributing Writer In Central MA where we live - we are up to 5 snow days... not 2 inches of snow, snow days... but 2 feet of snow, snow days - which means just logistically snowmen are out of the question... the snow is taller than both of my kids. The roads are narrow, driveways are dangerous, and the kids are getting a little stir crazy! Here are 10 ways to make it through another SNOW DAY with most of your sanity :) 10 Ways to Make … [Read more...]
Capturing Moments, Resolved
January 12, 2015 By
Written by KT @ One Organic Mama, Contributing Writer So I strive, each year, to create a book of photos of my family. I take thousands (seriously) of pictures, and my 5 and 2 year old would never see them if I never printed them out and looked at them - so I started making one photo book a year. They love to sit down with them and talk about our friends and family. I love that they can enjoy the many pictures I take. I wanted to add a new touch to my 2015 photo book. … [Read more...]
DIY Tiered Serving Platters
December 22, 2014 By
Written by Kari @ Living on Purpose, Contributing Writer I absolutely enjoy entertaining at my house. Every Christmas season, Hubby and I (okay, mostly me) like to have something at our house. Now, sometimes that means a bunch of screaming little kids are over decorating my amazing sugar cookies, getting frosting all over our walls and furniture, sprinkles and colored sugar crystals become permanent flooring and faces end up stained with the frosting since most of it … [Read more...]
Christmas Letter {2014 Year in Review Printable}
December 11, 2014 By
What family traditions do you carry on each year? Is it picking out an ornament for each child? Going to a live nativity? Making holiday goodies? We like to do all of those I just mentioned, but one of my favorite traditions is writing up a Christmas letter each year. It's a keepsake I love taking out when the holiday season approaches, adding to, and reading through all the past letters each and every year. The past 2 years I have used printables from a lovely blog called … [Read more...]
12 Days of Christmas: Day 11 {$25 Amazon Gift Card}
December 6, 2014 By
Today is the 11th day of the 12 Days of Christmas Reviews & Giveaways 2014! On the 11th day of Christmas, day2day joys gave to me... A $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! This blog has been and is still such a blessing to me, I want to bless one of you! So one of you will receive a $25 gift card to Amazon!! Today it's just a giveaway, no review! *note: this is not a sponsored giveaway, I paid for this prize and hope it blesses one of you … [Read more...]
Thankful {A Printable for Giving Thanks}
November 21, 2014 By
Can you believe Thanksgiving is less than a week away? This has been the fastest year yet! By now, we all have already been thinking and planning our thanksgiving day, we're getting excited (well, at least I am)about the parade, we've talked about pilgrims and Indians, the guys are getting ready for the football games, soon to gather together with friends and family and to give thanks! And we ALL have so much to be thankful for! For me, beyond all … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Fall into Fall (without costumes)
October 6, 2014 By
Written by KT @ One Organic Mama, Contributing Writer Fall is a time of crisp air, changing seasons, and winter preparation in the Northeast where I live. I like to take time to really enjoy this season before the winter comes... because despite living here my whole life... I just can't stand the winter! Here are 5 ways to really enjoy and appreciate this most beautiful harvest season! 5 Ways to Fall into Fall: Signs of Fall Walk/Hike Gather up your kids and get … [Read more...]
LEGO Birthday Party Ideas
August 4, 2014 By
I cannot believe my little guy is SEVEN years old. Each and every year he is into something and since The LEGO Movie came out he's been into Legos more than ever, although he loved them before. So this year he decided he wanted a Lego themed birthday. We invited friends and family to come fellowship with us celebrating Lincoln while having lots of "lego" fun. Hope you enjoy these LEGO Birthday Ideas: Mini-figure Goodie Bags When the kids arrived they started off my coloring … [Read more...]
DIY LEGO Crayons
August 1, 2014 By
Recently we celebrated our son's 7th birthday and I bet ya can guess what theme he chose? You got it... LEGO's! With all the creative ideas I found, some more difficult than others, I thought these would be great for an activity we'd be doing as well as a fun goodie bag items, plus they aren't hard to make! See all of the LEGO Birthday Ideas this coming Monday! Here's how to make LEGO Crayons: This method will work for making crayons in general. Gather broken crayons throughout the … [Read more...]
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