Kool-Aid Refrigerator Pie

A while back I had come across this recipe for a Kool-Aid Refrigerator Pie, I had been looking for easy to do recipes that munchkin and I could do together.  Since I was starting potty training today I decided this could be a fun activity we could do while working on this new skill.  I Read More

What are Confused Chip Cookies? ~ Cookie Recipe

So I don’t do a lot of baking but I do enjoy making my favorite cookie recipe.  Now when I bake I like to do it “old school”.  So I don’t use electric mixers or anything like that.  I do all my mixing by hand.  My signature item to bake are Confused Chip Cookies.  You Read More

11 Thing’s that Won’t Happen in Toddler Lives

So you can find many blogs and articles written about toddlers.  I wanted to talk about 11 things that WON’T happen in toddler lives. Listening Being Quiet Staying Clean Sleeping Following Directions No Meltdowns Using their Toys as Intended Wearing Matching Clothing Coloring Only on Paper Eating Everything you Serve them Stay out of Trouble Read More

Holiday and Seasonal Traditions for Kids

What are some holiday and seasonal traditions for kids?  This was a hot topic of conversation for many of my mom friends when we had kids.  I asked my mom friends from all over what are some of the holiday traditions they have in their family for their kids.  I wanted to share their responses Read More

How to Build a Basic Emergency Home Kit

How to build a basic emergency home kit: A home kit is just that it is a kit for handling an emergency at home.  Most common one is usually a power outage so keeping the supplies for that near the top of your kit is a good idea. You may be thinking if I am Read More

How to Prepare for an Emergency with a Kid

How to prepare for an emergency?  Figuring out what your essentials are and start planning.  There are additional things to think about when you have kids.  In 2016 when all the storms hit we really looked and realized that we did not have supplies for an emergency like that.  Also in our town we had Read More

Tips for Camping with a Toddler

Do you have a camping with a toddler experience to share?  Go ahead and comment your story.  Let me share some tips for camping with a toddler.         Camping with a toddler can be fun but also a little stressful.  Hopefully these tips will help make your first camping trip with your toddler Read More

Sick Toddler

Finding out you have a sick toddler is hard.  We got lucky when Ashlyn was a baby, she never got sick.  When she started cutting teeth we would have an occasional rough night or two but never really sick.  In the last year she finally actually got sick 🙁 This was rough on all of us. Read More

Finding Activities for Small Spaces

Finding activities to do with a toddler when you live in a small home takes creativity.  We live in a 2-bedroom condo on the 3rd floor.  We have a small balcony but no yard to put toys.  I keep finding neat activity toys that Ashlyn would love, but we don’t have the room.  I have Read More

Toddler Fun the Ups and Downs

Toddler fun is the name of the game these days, or we try for it to be.  I still remember taking munchkin to the park for the first time.  She was a bit hesitant until she went down her first slide … then she could not get up the equipment fast enough … lol Toddlers are Read More