I finally got to pull out the great patriotic bunting I left packed away for four years because we were moving from place to place to place to place. Now we’ve bought a home and I get to be the dorky mom who decorates the outside of her house for all the holidays! The great thing […]
104 Days of Summer Vacation Day 2: Family Game Night
Easy Summer Fun Yardwork and Coke. Church. Everybody went swimming—even me. So cold. The kids washed the cars. Night swimming with tiki torches (I skipped that round). Jameson made brownies. We are eating way too much sugar around here, but it’s a holiday weekend! We decorated the house with patriotic bunting and the American flag for […]
104 Days of Summer Vacation Day 1: Yardwork and Coke
There’s 104 days of summer vacation And school comes along just to end it So the annual problem for our generation Is finding a good way to spend it Like maybe… 104 days of summer vacation! The countdown has begun! If reading the words “104 days of summer vacation” doesn’t put the Phineas and Ferb […]
Vitamin C Popsicles Recipe: Kiwi-Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles to Heal a Summer Cold!
This Vitamin C popsicle recipe is fast and easy! Summer colds are no fun — I don’t know if it’s the school’s-out letdown, or all of the new germs (public pools and beach toilets!) but right after the last day of school one of my kids is sure to wake up congested and complaining of […]
Organic Fruit Punch Popsicle Recipe — Make Cheap & Easy Treats ALL SUMMER LONG!
Popsicles scream SUMMER! But when I look down the long, bright freezer aisle hoping to find a fun treat for my kids, I can’t get past the dyes, chemicals, and the crappy choice between high fructose corn syrup and “sugar free” with fake sweeteners. You just can’t be an American kid without a sticky popsicle dripping […]
