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Cardboard Box Lessons
Hello and welcome! I hope you enjoy what you read here. If you want to stay up to date sign up for my RSS feed or get my new posts sent to your email or find me on Facebook or Pinterest! Landon was taking his nap this afternoon while Riley and I had some play…
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Paper Plate Gingerbread Man
When I was in the classroom I would do a whole unit on the gingerbread man. My class did a play that was stinkin’ cute so we were all excited about anything gingerbread man. Paper Plate Gingerbread Man Paper Plate Brown Construction Paper Brown Paint Glue Googly Eyes Embellishments (like beads, sequins, glitter) Paint one…
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Refinishing a Dresser
We got a dresser from my brother-in-law when they moved a while back. It was too big to fit in their new space, but it was a solid wood dresser – so I couldn’t pass it up! It needed a little TLC and a little drawer repair but was otherwise in good functional shape. I…
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DIY Simple $5 Wreath
I wanted to have part of my new living room design include a wreath or two over the mantle. I had found several mantles that I loved on pinterest and loved the ability to change out the wreaths for the different seasons. I finally have the mantle decor up and finished (I just have to…
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Paper Plate Santa {2 different ways!}
Paper Plate Santa Paper Plate Red Construction Paper White Glue Cotton Balls Googly eyes (for version 2) Version 1: Cut the center of the paper plate out so you are left with a circle made from the rim of the plate. Cut a hat shape (I just free-handed it) out of red construction paper. Spread…
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Bedtime Blues {how we made bedtime better}
We’ve always had some form of bedtime battles with Landon – really since a few months after going to his big boy bed and discovering that he could get out of bed on his own. I am pretty sure our story is not alone. One more drink, potty one more time, down to I don’t…
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Everyday Life {Fire Station Tour}
When we moved to Chico I joined a great mom’s group. We have weekly play dates and several activities each month for the kiddos (and moms!). This last event was a fire station tour. Landon has been to a few before – once when I was still teaching he came along for the field trip,…
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Acorn Craft
This is a super simple fall craft. If you lived near a tree with acorns you could use the acorn tops in place of the bird seed! Acorn Craft Acorn pieces (cut from brown construction paper) Bird Seed Ric Rac Cut the shapes for the top and bottom part of the acorn separately. You can…
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Turkey Hat
We made this turkey hat to help bring in Thanksgiving (and show the true “turkey” nature of Landon!). It was very easy and fairly quick to do, but Landon really loved it! He loved it so much he wanted ME to make one to wear (I passed). Turkey Hat 1 9×11 piece of white or…
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Freezer Crock Pot Meals {Round 2}
With such a great turn out for my first post (over 1,200 likes of that post alone on facebook!) in freezer crock pot meal preparation I couldn’t leave you all hanging without posting for each and every time I did something crazy like that again! Today we had Chicken Taco Soup (one of my favorites!) and…
