In anticipation of Disney's new movie Tangled, my daughter decided to have a Rapunzel birthday party. We sent invitations, we planned party games, we made favor bags...everything was ready except for the cake. Things got crazy that week, and I found myself on Friday wondering how on earth I was going to get a cake made by Saturday morning. And then everything went wrong. The buttercream wasn't ...
Family Fun
Make-It-Yourself Monday: A Handy Little Ornament to Make with Your Kids!
This is a great (and easy!) craft to do with your kids this time of year. You simply trace your kids' hands and one of their feet on light brown and dark brown material. (The first time we did this, two years ago, we used foam, but this year, we used felt...It's a little harder to work with, but the ornaments turned out well.) Once the foot and hands are traced, cut them out. Also, cut out a ...
A world of imagination…
Imagine a world where you can be anything you want to be. Put on a hat and be a pilot. Don some rubber boots and catch some shrimp. Take a train and have a tea party. If you can imagine it, you can do it at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport, Mississippi. For the next two weeks, it's still the only children's museum in the state, and it is a fantastic one! We first visited Lynn ...
3-2-1…Blast off!
Now's probably a good time to admit that I was never your most "normal" girl...as a child, I only ever wanted to be one of two things: an archeologist or an astronaut. Indiana Jones and Space Camp were two of my favorite films, and on any given afternoon after school, the swing set was either a space shuttle or the backyard was the Valley of the Kings. (And, my best friend...bless her sweet ...