The Sweeter Side of Mommyhood

I definitely went through a tough period of time between having Sally and Olive (my third and fourth baby girls). The holidays just made me feel overwhelmed with guilt about all I couldn’t do. And that’s even in the middle of actually doing so much! I tried to do too many hard and complicated things and lost sight of what was important-just having fun together with my girlies. Keeping it simple is my jam now. These free valentine printable coloring pages are an easy way to give your kiddos your time and love. Color them together for Love day or any day that you need a little extra heart magic. You can thank Gracie for the little pug- she requested “a cutie puppy” coloring page so ... read more

I’ve had this clear pencil pouch project on the back burner for so long and I’m beyond happy to finally be able to get it up on the blog! It’s so easy and inexpensive and you definitely still have time to make it for your valentine sweetie. I would fill it with art supplies but you could go the chocolate route too of course. Materials: Cricut vinyl (I used dark gray metallic) Transfer paper A Cricut cutting machine A cutting mat (these green ones work the best for this type of vinyl) Clear pencil pouch (this is the two pack I got off of Amazon!) Directione: If you’re new to using Cricut vinyl you might want to check out this tutorial where I added some cute ... read more

After getting over the stomach flu, all my sweet girl wanted was chocolate chunk cookies. We started mixing up the dough before realizing we were out of eggs! Oops. And so was born one of the best no egg cookie dough recipes I’ve ever made. It definitely isn’t healthy (if you need that though try this recipe for healthy chocolate chip cookie dough).  You could put these in the little condiment cups with lids for perfect individual serving sized containers of cookie dough. I like these little reusable cups with lids from amazon. Pop one in your kids lunch for a special treat or add them to your own lunch! Something about cookie dough is just so comforting and fun. No ... read more

Snow day after snow day has left me pulling out all the stops at home to occupy these crazy girls who are cooped up inside for so long. After we baked all the cookies and read all the books and watched all the movies (literally, we watched them all) we needed a new project that would last for playtime too. Play kitchen food is always so fun to make because the art part is really fun AND the playing part is really fun. Win win! Always save clean cardboard for play kitchen food! At the risk of sounding like a hoarder, I always recommend saving your clean cardboard! Amazon prime boxes, bulk dry goods boxes etc. We loved making cardboard box dollhouses last year with a Stitch ... read more