Easter Recap
21 Apr posted by
I know Easter is past, but I never posted about it. We were in NY at my mom’s and she and my 14 year old son, B, went crazy making a huge scavenger hunt for each person to go on Easter morning in order to find their basket. Everybody was given a plastic egg and inside of it was the first clue. Those lead to the next and so on, inside and outside, until we finally reached our baskets.
They spent HOURS writing clues and hiding the eggs for nine people- they even made up scavenger hunts for Aaron and I!
My oldest two boys were teamed up with the youngest two, since the twins don’t read. Mia and O paired up as well. Lili was given like five times as many clues as everyone else, just because they thought it would be funny if it took her forever, but since she was on her own and not following two sets of clues like the other kids, she sped through them and was done around the same time as the rest of us!
It was so much fun!
Later that afternoon, when everyone was full of candy, we started on dinner. Easter dinner is my favorite of all the holiday dinners because of the HAM.
My all-time favorite meal is ham, cheesy scalloped potatoes, and peas. It’s perfection. I always request it for my birthday dinner, I’d rather eat it than go out to dinner.
There’s not much better in life than your favorite meal cooked by your mom!
How was your Easter this year? And what’s your favorite meal?
My Valentine
14 Feb posted by
Thinking your husband is the best guy ever is totally part of the job of being a wife- just like thinking your kids are the cutest things in the world. But for real, mine is the best. Not a week goes by with me wondering why the heck he’s with me, because I can be such a mess sometimes.
He’s in the Marine Corps, so that means he works long and often crappy hours. I am a stay at home mom. Yet when he comes home from work, he starts taking care of stuff that needs to be done- whether it’s dishes or laundry- or even just entertaining the kids. And he is the best father to these kids.
He caters to my every whim. Oh, you want to own an online cloth diaper store? SURE sounds great! He spoils me rotten- always letting me sleep in, bringing me coffee and breakfast in bed, etc.
He’s like this every day, and doesn’t need a holiday like Valentine’s Day to show his love to me, or to the kids.
Thanks, Aaron- for being the best guy out there! I am so lucky to have you!
Valentines
4 Feb posted by
Lili came home yesterday with a list of her classmates names for Valentines. Much like Halloween, where the kids come home with bags overflowing with treats and candy, Valentine’s Day is the same way in elementary school. I often send in holiday themed pencils for the kids to hand out, because what classroom can’t use more pencils? One year I found mini tubs of Play-Doh specially marked to be used as Valentines as well. But this year I’ve seen a few cute sweets-free ideas on Pinterest, and am trying to decide what to do.
As always with my Pinterest posts, click the image to go to the original source for directions and more info!
If I do go with pencils, this would be a cute way to personalize them- this owl perched on a pencil is adorable.
Or rulers… I should ask my girls if they use them a lot in school…
I love the idea of dressing up the little wedding bubbles for kids for Valentine’s Day- especially for younger kids who love bubbles.
These are unique and a great way to encourage reading. But I always wonder about the paint chip projects I see on Pinterest- do people just go snag a ton at the hardware store?
I wonder if there are still 10 packs of glow sticks in the dollar section at Target…
These are really sweet too. I wonder if the boys would like them though…
Just awesome. I love that it includes a photo of the giver. The original creator included a stick on felt mustache for each kid on the Valentine. I don’t know that Lili would let me take her photo with a mustache though…
What do your kids hand out?
