{A Lil' Break}
on Nov 18, 2009I'll post the winner to the Brassy Apple giveaway within the next couple of days. We've got a sicky on our hands...dr. says our 4 yr old has H1N1. She's a lil' puker right now...hopefully that subsides quickly {yuck!} Praying the rest of us don't...

Today
on Nov 17, 2009{Today I am...}Preparing gratitute journals and dinner conversation boxes for 80 women. (pics to come)Hugging my children closer than I did yesterday.Cooking a "hot lunch" for my children.Filled with thanks for a good night's sleep in a warm and cozy...

Mom-A-Preneur Monday {Brassy Apple}
on Nov 16, 2009It's the third Monday of the month and that means....it's Mom-A-Preneur Monday!!!I'm simply over-the-moon with glee to introduce you to Megan. I've come to know her through blogging and "tweeting." She is an amazing woman who juggles being a successf...

{It's A Blog Swap, Yo}
on Nov 13, 2009 in crafts blog swapping A couple of months back, I was blog hopping and came across this delightful blog, Craftaholics Anonymous. One of the first projects I saw of Linda's was the cute lil' tulle puff headband like she's wearing in the pic below. I didn't need to look any...

{Apronista}
on Nov 11, 2009At the TOP of my Wish list!!!Since I was a little girl, my mother and I have been making homemade gingerbread cookies. We begin in late November and work through the beginning of December; cutting, baking, decorating and packaging. We have continued...

{Thanksgiving Paper Chain}
on Nov 10, 2009If your child is anything like mine, they've already started wondering how many days til' Christmas. Since our oldest is only 4.5 years old, I figured we needed to have a tangible representation of the days left until Thanksgiving. I mean, come on we...

{DIY Holiday Magnets}
on Nov 9, 2009It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...While Dave spent some quality time with the "littles" today, I crafted my booty off! I created the perfect list of tunes on Pandora, complete with "Frank Sinatra" and got settled in. The first craft I wor...

31 Days of Fall {Day 13}
on Nov 5, 2009Confession: I have been a lazy blogger, maybe a bit lazy in general...sorry! A stressful life has gotten the best of me this past month and I'm struggling to keep up with a whirlwind of a year! Anyhow, now that we're about to fly through November, we...

31 Days of Fall {Day 12}
on Nov 1, 2009 in where the wild things are Halloween trick-or-treating thumbelina {The Adventures of Max & Thumbelina}Last Hallow's eve, as children lined the streets looking for treats, there pranced Thumbelina and her trusty, yet mischievous sidekick, Max. Since Miss Thumbelina, is a few years older than Max, she took the re...

Family Fridays {The Taming Of The Drew}
on Oct 30, 2009 in MOPS parenting taming temper tantrums If you're a parent, surely you've had one of THOSE days. A day that begins at 7 a.m., frantically trying to get out the door with a screaming toddler in one arm and a tantruming preschooler in the other. For me, there have been too many mornings like...