My Halloween Costume week continues with another flashback to my DIY Little Cowboy Costume! This time, it was O’s 3rd Halloween, he had just turned 2 and I didn’t know what he should be (and he was still too little to care). And then my aunts went to Arizona and came back with the cutest little cowboy boots of all… View Post
It’s Halloween week and I thought this week I would share some homemade costumes from years past. One of my favorite is definitely O’s very first Halloween when I made him a tiny and adorable Newborn Baby Bunny Costume! He was about 2 months old and I remember that making this costume was literally the first even remotely artistic thing… View Post
This DIY Thomas the Train Costume you can make from a cardboard box is so adorable, your little train engineer will be thrilled!
So every year I say to myself, “Self, it’s fine, you don’t need a Halloween costume. The holiday is really just for the kids, who cares if you have one? You don’t really love dressing up anyway.” So I focus on O and have a lot of fun figuring out his, and then, without fail, at the last minute, I… View Post
I think, when it comes to Halloween, people are in two camps of decorating. Scary (think tombstones and gory masks) and cute (smiling pumpkins, cute little witches). When I was a kid, inspired by the street in our town with the really amazing Halloween decorations, you know the kinds of houses that give out FULL SIZE candy bars, my best… View Post
So really, is there anything better than individual sized food? Really? I don’t think so. I bought these individual ramekins about a year ago with the intention of making little vegetarian pot pies. (have I actually done that? no, I have not.) But what I constantly use them for is dessert. Make an individual dessert and Aa is in total… View Post
So Pinterest has a million and one ideas and I think we’ve all wondered, are any of these Pins really worth doing? Is that too good to be true? Well, today, I have a bit of a Pinterest Win to share – Oven Dried Apple Chips! Actually I’ve made lots of recipes based off of Pinterest and they have, mostly… View Post
As soon as it gets to be fall even a little bit, I break out one of my favorite healthy fall recipes of all time, Butternut Squash Pasta. I can’t really remember where I got the idea or when I started making it, but it’s been one of Aa’s favorites for years. And the best part is that it’s easy… View Post
So obviously I love O dearly. But boy do I envy those friends of mine who have family nearby. Not only to help and babysit but because their kids form great close relationships with them. Both my parents and Aa’s are about 3 hours away in opposite directions, which isn’t that bad distance wise. But we try and see them,… View Post
If you’re looking for a fun fall activity for your kids, here’s another good one that’s pretty cheap and easy. I often take O to storytime at our local library (unfortunately it’s the giant main branch of the Chicago Public Library which is huge and hard to navigate, I miss the cute little library in my hometown!) Anyway, the librarians… View Post
After conquering eggplant, I started to wonder if there were other vegetables out there that maybe I wasn’t giving a fair shake. I have a definite aversion to mushrooms (a vegetarian that doesn’t like mushrooms?!?!) but I’m not ready to take that on yet. So next I thought I’d try cauliflower. I roasted it a bunch of different ways and… View Post
Are you asking yourself, what are printables? Well, I have your answer! I’ll explain printables, tell you how to use them, and tell you why printables are AWESOME! Have you ever wondered, what are printables? Do you hear people talking about printables on Pinterest or facebook and you’re not quite sure what they mean? Well you’re in luck! I’m here… View Post
When it gets to be chilly outside and fall finally shows up, I become a soup fiend. There is nothing I like better at that time of year. Plus soup is one of those things that is pretty easy to adapt to be vegetarian (even if it almost never is in restaurants) so I have a lot of recipes. Today… View Post
A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine was telling me she wanted to make a baby gift for her cousin, a onesie with a cute design that she thought up, but she wasn’t sure how to make it or if she should try and have it printed somewhere. I suggested freezer paper stenciling which she had never heard… View Post
About six months ago we got a save the date for Aa’s cousin’s wedding in Savannah, GA. We weren’t sure where they were going to get married, he’s from Tulsa, she’s from Dallas, and they go to school in Savannah. But when we found out, the very first thing I did was call my parents and ask if they would… View Post
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