If you're new here, I hope you'll subscribe to my RSS feed so you won't miss any fantastic giveaways! :) Okay, I don’t have a “before” photo for you, but I’m sure you can use your imagination and picture in your mind what it looked like.  Legos, play food, small animals, stuffed...

I caught this video of Isaac trying without success not to fall asleep in his high chair the other day… Do you have any videos like this?  Where is the funniest place your child has fallen asleep?

My little guy is 1 year old today.  It has been quite the journey getting to the big ONE. I wondered if I would survive his babyhood.  He was not an easy baby!  In part, that might be because he wanted to be held constantly. It was tiring, but also… well, he’s a cuddle-bug!  How can...

Do you like to thrift shop?  I admit that I don’t have a lot of guts when it comes to elbowing people for a good deal, or showing up at the right times during the week to get the best deals.  I don’t always know where to go, who to talk to, or even what a good deal is. Well actually, I...

But Will It Work? We live in a two-bedroom house and up until now Isaac has slept in his playard, either in the living room or my room.  We collapse it and move it wherever it needs to be – it’s been a pain, to say the least. Now that Isaac is getting older (almost a year!), I’m considering...

Last year, when Emma turned 3 (in May), we started having a daily preschool time.  I was inspired by awesome bloggers who are teaching their preschoolers at home and blogging their journey, and even sharing free printables for preschoolers! So I searched, I printed, I laminated, I got excited about...

A lot happened in 2011.  I can hardly believe it’s over and gone!  Time really flies when you start having kids, let me tell you. So what happened?  Well, in January Isaac joined our family.  One day I looked like this… and literally the next day Isaac was here! Emma was FINALLY weaned...

Isaac is going to be 1 year old next month!  I can’t believe it. I think he’s kept me so busy I’ve not seen how quickly he’s growing.  :)  He is into EVERYTHING! He looks way too innocent in the above picture…

1.  Legos I don’t think you can go wrong with Legos – they’re so versatile and are perfect for imaginative play!  Every kid should have a set by age 2.  :)  We were lucky enough to get a whole box of classic Legos off of ThredUp – it was a total steal! 2.  Play Kitchen...

and putting them under the tree for my little guy for Christmas. Okay, not really, but it’s so funny that he has a billion toys and yet his favorites are pots and pans, and other things I did not buy.  He even likes Emma’s pretend play pots and pans and toy kitchen! Another thing he uses/plays...

My little girl is wearing glasses! I mentioned awhile ago that Emma’s left eye crosses inward off and on.  It’s something that I noticed when she was 2 and it steadily grew worse, though there would be entire days that I didn’t notice it turning inward at all.  It seemed to happen...

I fully intended to nurse Isaac (who is now 9 1/2 months) until he was a year, like I did Emma.  But oh my word.  I’m seriously thinking about starting the weaning process now. Why, you ask?  Why would I do such a horrible, heartless thing?  One reason. PAIN. Isaac’s first teeth recently...

Isaac is 9 months now and wow, there have been some big changes from last month! His new favorite game is throwing.  Everything.  All.  The.  Time.  I give him a cracker, he grins and throws it.  I give him a toy, he laughs and throws it.  I think he’s proud of this talent. He also greatly...

Edited to add:  Emma told me this morning matter-of-factly that “Seahorse is NOT a boy – he is a girl.”  Apparently we just have the he/she his/hers mixed up.  ;-) Emma has had one of these Fisher Price Glow Seahorses ever since she was born. You squeeze his tummy and it glows...