What’s cuter than a toddler roasting marshmallows? We love seeing our boys pretend play, and I was just talking to Lance about how fun camping with Lucian will be. That’s how I came up with the idea for this week’s project! I loved designing this project, and it turned out so cute! I know there […]
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Favorite Summer Activities
We love checking out the local splash pads! Some of our favorites in the NC area are: Troutman ESC Park Hope Park Beatty’s Ford Park Smithville Park & Splash Pad South Carolina: Century Park 7th Inning Splash Carolina Wren Park We LOVE local Ice cream too: Patterson Farms has a GREAT playground, animals, and ice […]
Favorite Things To Do in NC with a Toddler
We LOVE getting out and exploring as a family! BJ and I have always enjoyed going to new places and exploring around where we live! Now that we’ve had Brooks it’s even more fun exploring and finding new places to go with him, seeing and experiencing it all through his eyes! Some of our favorites […]
Tic Tac Toe 3-in-a-Row
This idea came about because Brooks LOVES the Tic Tac Toe spinners at the playgrounds that have them in their tot lots around us! I wanted to do a spin on the original and do something different than the Xs and Os, so I went with two of Brooks’ favorite things right now: dogs and […]
Friday Favorites
This week on the Blog: Next week on the Blog: A Guest Post on International Adoption and a project from Chloe This week’s favorites: The boys are really into pretend play lately, so we are sharing some of their favorite free play toys. Pots and Pans: Cleaning Set: Power Tools and more Power Tools: Shopping […]
Valentine’s Day Fun at Home
Jennie and I rounded up some fun Valentine’s Day ideas for you. Most of the ideas are really simple but cute and so much fun! We have all different levels of messy, time and effort here. Heart Stamping: We included two ways to do stamping. Jennie and Brooks used cookie cutters while we used toilet […]
Friday Favorites
This Week on the Blog: Next Week on the Blog: Valentine’s Day Ideas and a project from Jennie This Week’s Favorites: We LOVE being outdoors and attempt to get outside with the boys everyday! Some days it is getting outside at home, going to a park, or going for an outdoor adventure! Some of our […]
Build A Fire Truck
This project came about as I thought about how much I loved to build when I was younger: with blocks, legos, sand, etc. and combine that with the joy I have from memories of doing puzzles with my grandmother! This is a combination of building and putting a puzzle together. I chose to do a […]
Friday Favorites
This Week on the Blog: Next Week on the Blog: Moms Supporting Moms and Firetruck Puzzle This Week’s Favorites: In honor of our 100th blog post happening this week and to stick with that theme for our favorites post, we started paying attention to things that we say are our favorites by the number we […]
Farm Blocks
We love animals and Brooks has started showing an interest in chickens and ducks! He LOVES saying “bok bok” and duck. He has gotten where every time we pull in the driveway he says duck and we have to look to see if the ducks/geese are out. He carries the animals for his farm puzzle […]