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Make a Family Book for Your Kids + Coupon for free Photobooks
My daughter loves pictures, especially pictures of herself and people she knows. She comes by it honestly, her Mimi is a amateur photographer, her Pop-Pop is a professional and I take like a zillion pictures of her! Her favorite books to “read” are her our family photobooks, but I want to keep them nice so I only let her [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Tomato Plant Journey – Part 7
The plant is alive and well. In fact, it is growing like a weed. And imagine my surprise and excitement when I checked on the plant today to see two bright red tomatoes!!! Remember the fruit buds I was so excited to see on July 6? They are finally little tomatoes. Note the emphasis on little and see [...]
Read the rest of this post »Throw a Christmas in July Party
I wish I could take credit for the following adorableness, but I have to give all credit to my friend Susan who is truly and out-of-the-box creative mom. The best part is that she doesn’t even realize just how cool she is, but she comes up with some really neat things for her four boys to do. [...]
Read the rest of this post »An Easy and Clean Art Project for a Toddler
I love to create. While I wouldn’t consider myself an artist, my love of creating my own art projects began when I was little and continues to this day. I love to scrapbook, make greeting cards, hair bows, sew, party decor and more – I love to create. Nature or nurture, I will never be [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Tomato Plant Journey – Part 6
The little tomato plant that could! We went away for the 4th of July weekend, and look what I came home to. When I saw it, I was sure that the plant was still trending down, but WOW! I have my first AND second tomatoes on the plant! Check out the bigger of the two! Plus, the [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Tomato Plant Journey – Part 5
I swear, I am not trying to kill this plant, but I may be doing a good job at it… My poor little plant. I am notoriously forgetful, so I keep forgetting to water it, for like a week at a time. In my mind, all the rain should keep it happy, but we’ve had [...]
Read the rest of this post »How to Make Mickey Minnie Mouse Ears for a Party!
This post is a long time coming. I made 30 pairs of ears for my daughter’s second birthday party back in March. When “designing” the ears, I looked all over the Internet for a good guide, but everything I found was too complicated or too simple. I wanted something reasonable, but super cute. So, as [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Tomato Plant Journey – Part 4
I already knew I was clueless when it came to my little tomato plant project, but I have now realized just how clueless I am… My tomato plant has outgrown its little stake,  it just isn’t cutting it any more. Poor plant was falling over, again. So, my wonderful husband offered to pick up a tomato cage at [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Tomato Plant Journey – Part 3
Oh no. My tomato plant has fallen, and it can’t get up… I guess I waited too long to find a support for my little plant. Luckily, I had the perfect stake on hand. (I can’t throw anything away, so when a slender wooden stick was part of an art project from a fair, I [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Tomato Plant Journey – Part 2
I have achieved step 1 in raising my little tomato plant – I re-potted it in a bigger pot. (And I didn’t kill it!) We went to Target last Saturday, and while we were there, I decided to get a pot and tomato cage, which I am told I will need. When I went to put the cage in [...]
Read the rest of this post »My Tomato Plant Journey – Part 1
While I have a green heart – I try to live a green lifestyle – I don’t think of myself has having a green thumb. But I love the idea of growing my own veggies. So, when Amy offered me one of her tomato plant seedlings, I was happy to give it a shot. I guess [...]
Read the rest of this post »The Suburban Mom’s Night Out
Once upon a time, nearly two years ago, a night out with the girls meant a chance to unwind, talk about work, talk about travel, drinks and laughter. Before my daughter, I would have never pictured myself on a girls night out in a kitchen learning to decorate a cake, talking about household cleaning products, [...]
Read the rest of this post »TheSuburbanMom is now at FAWN!
A few months ago, I discovered a new gem in Sanford – FAWN. Fawn is a unique boutique that sells locally handmade and unique items for parents and kids. I LOVE handmade things, and I love supporting local artists, so I was excited to discover all of the wonderful things in the store. I was surprised [...]
Read the rest of this post »She was Tinkerbell…
I am SO proud of how well Kendal’s Tinkerbell costume came out, I just have to brag!!! If you will recall, back in September I sat down to tackle making Kendal’s Halloween costume. I was deturmined to make her costume, and after spending almost all Labor Day weekend on it… it turned out perfect! In [...]
Read the rest of this post »She will be Tinkerbell for Halloween
Yes, there are 55 days until Halloween, but I have been debating what K should be since I saw the first costumes at Babies R Us before the 4th of July! You see, I have fond memories of my mom making every Halloween costume I wore as a child, and I vowed this year I [...]
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