For Reese’s first birthday we opted to send little goodie bags to all of the kids in her class on her actual birthday and host a small family-only party at home to celebrate. The question was – what do you send as party favors for a class of 10 one year olds? We brainstormed ideas…
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5 Summer Hydration Tips for Toddlers
This post is sponsored by Sparkletts, who provides our bottled water delivery free of charge. All opinions and feedback on our bottled water delivery are my own. What is it about 100 degree heat that makes my toddler want to always be outside? We try to get outside early each day to avoid the heat…
5 Considerations Before Starting a Water Delivery Service
This post is sponsored by Sparkletts, who provides our bottled water delivery free of charge. All opinions and feedback on our bottled water delivery are my own. It’s now been a little over 4 months since we first started our Sparkletts cooler rental and water delivery. Today, we’re running down the five things you need…
Easter Basket Ideas for a 3 Year Old
Easter weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the year. It’s so nice to have all of the family together for brunch, hiding eggs with the kids, enjoying the warmer weather, and celebrating a season of renewal. This is the first year where E will really comprehend Easter so I’m also really excited to…
DIY Nap Mat Cover
E started a new preschool today and we couldn’t be more excited. The cover on her nap mat from daycare was looking a little worn, so we decided starting a new school was the perfect opportunity to make a new-and-improved DIY nap mat cover. If you’re not familiar with a nap mats, many daycares and…
The Best Baby Name Signs for Your Nursery
As we were thinking about ways to affordably transform Evie’s neutral nursery into something a little different for baby sister, adding a sign with baby’s name on it kept showing up in all of my inspiration pictures. But with so many options available online, how do you pick? We’re rounding up the best baby name…
$15 Felt Flower Nursery Mobile
I’ve been brainstorming affordable ways to spruce up our existing nursery and make it feel “new and different” for Baby #2, while leveraging the big purchases we already have (crib, rocking chair, rug) and not making large investments. Enter this beautiful felt flower mobile I whipped up in a few hours. Total cost? $14. SUPPLIES…
DIY Toddler 90’s Aerobics Instructor Costume
Let’s be honest – as adorable as it is, getting an 18 month old to wear a costume on Halloween is incredibly difficult. Rather than fight E on a mask she didn’t want to wear or something warm or itchy, we went the DIY route. The only requirements? It needed to look and feel like…
Easy, Super Absorbent 10 Minute Baby Burp Cloths
One of the best gifts we received before E was born was a big stack of homemade burp cloths from a dear friend of ours. They were soft and incredibly absorbent, and having so many meant we never had to worry about what was in the wash. Baby E, with her homemade burp cloths from…
The Ultimate Playhouse Makeover: The Cost Breakdown
DIY projects have that funny habit of always ending up WAY more expensive than you first thought. Our playhouse makeover didn’t get completely out of hand – but it was more than I had estimated. Today we’re breaking down the true cost of this fun cedar playhouse hack. $250: The Playhouse Obviously this can swing…
The Top 5 Houses for Playhouse Makeovers
Playhouse makeovers or playhouse hacks are all the rage right now. We had planned on buying E a play kitchen for her “big girl room” for Christmas, but as soon as I came across this playhouse makeover when browsing Pinterest, I knew we had to incorporate one into her room too. I mean, look at…
Inspiration for a Small Bathroom
The total square footage for our historic carriage house rebuild is small – just over 500 square feet – and every door had to count. As we were designing the property, we knew we wanted a full bath but otherwise wanted the footprint to be as small as possible. We want the decor of the…