So I finally did a little selfish sewing. I whipped up a bunch of gorgeous pillowcases for our master bedroom and for the girls' room as it has been a while since I updated each room. I made these pillowcases using french seams so that there are no exposed seams inside the pillowcase…ahhh the insides are now just as pretty as the outsides! The other bonus of making these … [Read more...]
A Week with a Chevy Traverse: Part 1
Chevy has let my family test out a new Chevy Traverse for a week! We were soooo excited to put it to the test for a whole week. As you know, being a family of 6 means we have stuff - and lots of it. Especially when we travel. Four large car seats, a stroller, potty seat, back packs, coolers, etc. We planned on doing a few big day trips while we had the Traverse to see how … [Read more...]
Tooth Fairy Pillow with Hidden Pockets Tutorial
This post is a part of my work with the Riley Blake Design Team! I'm bringing it home on the blog to share the how-to with all of you, enjoy! … [Read more...]
Healthy Back to School Bento Lunch Ideas: Round 2
Holy moly, where has summer gone! It seems like I blinked my eyes and my kids are in school again! Hooray? I gotta say I'm pretty excited for my littles to be back to the school grind, it means we get to pick out school supplies together and they get to meet their new teachers and find out which of their friends get to be in their class… all such fun memory makers. But … [Read more...]
Happy 40th Anniversary Gift Idea
This past weekend my adorable mom and dad celebrated their 40th anniversary! So awesome, am I right!! We are super excited for them and all the years they've been married. It's definitely a pretty amazing milestone to meet, being married can be so hard, it's a lot of work to be a team and raise children together. They have been married for 40 years, have 4 kids, and 7 … [Read more...]
Spicy Tomato Burger Recipe
It's pretty awesome that we are still having some amazing summer-like weather here in the Chicago area. I had shorts and a tank top on yesterday and I was sweating like no other…crazy awesome! It's so nice that we are still grilling out and loving every minute of not being in the kitchen. Plus eating outside means less clean up too…can I get a high five! If you are still … [Read more...]
Easy and Healthy Bento Lunch Ideas: Round 1
Last week 50% of my crew went back to school. This week I'll add another little one back to the school regimen. Well, it's just preschool and 3 mornings a week but nonetheless I will have two mornings a week with just my little man….how weird is that? And with a new school year comes new lunch possibilities and more bento lunches! YES!!!! I'll try my hardest to share my … [Read more...]
Gluten Free Soft & Chewy Almond Butter Granola Bar Recipe
*This post is written on behalf of Chex Gluten Free Oats and Intant Oatmeal. I was compensated for this post but as per usual, all opinions and ideas are my very own!Well, my oldest two littles are well into their first week of school and they seem to be loving every minute of it. We are getting used to our new morning routine, y'know, getting everyone dressed and up for … [Read more...]
Rock the Lunchbox: Breakfast for Lunch Bento Idea PLUS a Bento Lunch Giveaway!
My littles finally started school! Summer is officially over. And now our minds turn to reading bags, homework folders, and what we want in our lunches! We spent the weekend shopping for all sorts of healthy goodies that they wanted in their lunches this week, I love that they want to help pick out the foods they eat. … [Read more...]
Millstone Coffee in the Mornings
*This post was written on behalf of Millstone® Coffees. I was sent product to try and, as always, all opinions and ideas are my very own! Anyone that has little children knows they love to get up in the morning completely recharged and 100% full of energy, run into your bedroom, jump on your bed as hard as they can, and land oh-so-perfectly right on top of your head all … [Read more...]
Grain-Free Paleo Breakfast Cookie Recipe
I cannot believe I haven't shared these Breakfast Cookies with y'all before! We have been making them all summer and they are so good and super healthy. No refined sugars and no grains, yippee! They will be the perfect crazy busy school morning breakfast for my littles too…once they actually go to school of course…less than a week and counting friends! … [Read more...]
Mason Jar Tumbler Teacher Gift with FREE Printables
**I was sent these fabulous Aladdin Mason Jar Tumblers from QVC. As always, all opinions and ideas are 100% my own.I feel like it doesn't seem possible but it is…my littles can count the number of days until back to school on just two hands! We have backpacks filled with brand new school supplies, new shoes for their ever-growing feet, and their lunch boxes cleaned and … [Read more...]
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