The Sweeter Side of Mommyhood

Not trying to reinvent the wheel here so I wanted to share some tried and true fun projects, crafts and ideas we’ve done in the past. Tuck these away in your arsenal for rainy days, play dates, virtual learning days, or days when everyone’s just bored and needing something to do. First up... pipe cleaner spiders! I don’t have a tutorial here but basically wind up some black pipe cleaners into a ball for the body and wind 8 more into legs. You can do this part for younger kids or let them do it. You can encourage pattern making, counting, color practice. Whatever you want! Next up is painted ghost rocks! These are so easy and take the “pet rock” craze up a notch. To make this ... read more

Oh man, cue all the happy tears! After *years* of effort Brandon and I are finally ready to share that we are building our custom dream home! We literally drew our house out with paper and pencil and our amazing builders (more on them soon!!) brought our dream to life. This new home will be a completely custom 5 bedroom 3.5 bath house that is EXACTLY what we want and need. Every subtle detail has been thought out, discussed and hashed out over the course of more than a year and designed perfectly for our taste and lifestyle. Up until now there were quite a few hypotheticals and details up in the air (thank you covid/quarantine/pandemic/economy shift) but at this point we are only waiting on ... read more

Easter posts get me all choked up right now so I’m quite literally typing this through tears- with so much uncertainty and stress, anxiety and unknown in our kids lives right now I’m excited to have a holiday to focus on. A deep reminder of our faith, a fun and exciting day to break up the monotony of quarantine and a perfect excuse to treat my favorite girlies with little things I know will make them smile.  I get a huge knot in my chest thinking about Easter this year and how different it will be for so many families (ours included). Precious traditions and ceremonies will be dearly missed or done differently. But I feel incredibly lucky to have the power to still make this holiday ... read more

I have consistently been getting questions about how kids can learn ASL at home while they’re stuck in quarantine. While this blog post isn’t about American Sign Language resources, it IS about a fun supplemental activity your kids can work on while they’re learning the ASL alphabet. I’ve turned my ASL Coloring Book into free printable coloring pages you can use at home with your kids or students to learn the asl alphabet. This post contains letters A through F and my next few blog posts will continue to share the rest of the letters in manageable chunks. I’ve also added printable pages for the whole asl alphabet that you can use as learning resources or just ... read more