Kids Valentines
Over the years we have done a few cute food Valentines for my kid’s classmates but as they have gotten older (and changed schools) we have gotten away from food items because of allergy ...
Grapevine The Christmas Capital of Texas
If you have never been to Grapevine, Texas during Christmas time man are you missing out! I am lucky that when we moved to the DFW area about 4.5 years ago we ended up being about 15 minutes away ...
Teacher Gifts
Teachers are some of the hardest working, get little thanks, even less money do it with a smile people. We are so blessed to have teams of teachers and administrators pour into our kids. We have ...
Kids Christmas Books
Since I had my daughter I have been buying kids books like I ran a library but you know what, I’m not at all embarrassed! I have had a HUGE love for books since I was a little kid and would ...
Game Time
For this week’s In the thick of it Thursday let’s talk about holiday time and games! Before we had kids we LOVED playing board games with friends and family whether it was Scrabble, ...
In The Thick of It- Holiday Traditions
This is the time of year that being a mom is so rewarding and sooo hard. Over the Thanksgiving break my daughter had a school project where they traced each family member’s hand and then ...
In the Thick of American Girl Dolls
If you read this title and thought, “what are American Girl dolls?” well then just skip on to the next post because none of this is for you. If you instead read this and said ...
5 things to do this week to get ready for the holidays
It’s In the Thick of It Thursday and instead of telling you about a kid find or toy that we are loving I’m taking this time on November 1st to prep you for the next two months. If you ...
The Nutcracker and the DRESS!
When my husband and I met there was something that was make or break it in our relationship… would he go to the Nutcracker? See when I was a little girl I lived in the Bay Area (California) ...
