How to Tame a Military Man’s Man-Sized Smell

Mar 302015

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A few months back, Austin made it official: he swore in for the service. He leaves in a couple of months for basic and following directly that some additional training for paratroopers. Yes, he wants to jump out of planes and helicopters. I’m more one of those “Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane?” people, but it’s something about which he’s very excited.

Swearing In

The Army has a tag line associated with them: Army Strong. While I’m sure that it refers to their mental and physical prowess, I’m confident that it could also refer to something else: the smell of a soldier and his laundry after PT. Continue reading »

Glittery Homemade Silly Putty Tutorial + Other Disney Princess Easter Basket Ideas

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Mar 152015

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The older Bubbles gets, the more fun the holidays are. Her excitement and anticipation are infectious and make me look forward to all the activities and festivities even more. It was no surprise to me that with the sighting of Easter goodies in stores, that she has started to ask about when the Easter Bunny will be coming.

Disney Princess Glittery Homemade Silly Putty Tutorial #DisneyEaster

Putting together a basket for her is one of my favorite parts of the season. Last year I made her a DIY tutu skirt basket and added a homemade playdough carrot. She had such fun with that aspect of it that I decided I wanted to do something similar this year. Continue reading »

DIY Tutu Easter Basket – Prepping for the Easter #BunnyTrail!

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Mar 142014

I received Hershey’s products to fill my DIY Tutu Easter Basket as well as a stipend from Global Influence. All thoughts and words are my own.

Awhile back my Aunt made Bubbles one of those cute tutu skirts. They’re quite adorable, and Bubbles loved it. She liked to put it on and dance and pretend to be things like fairies and butterflies.

DIY Tutu Easter Basket with HERSHEY'S Goodies #BunnyTrail

She’s grown out of it now, so I need to make her one. In the process of gathering the materials to do so, I thought – hey, it’s almost Easter. Wouldn’t a tutu Easter basket be really cute? So I decided to pick up a basket along with a few lengths of tulle and make one along with the skirt. Continue reading »

Making Easter Special With Unique Easter Baskets

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Mar 202013

Thanks to Hershey’s for providing us with a basket of treats.
Making Easter Memories with Hershey's

Create Easter Memories to Last a Lifetime

Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays. It’s in the spring so normally we had a bit of sunny, warm weather (though in northern Maine snow on Easter wasn’t out of the question) so when my brothers and I would wake up we’d find the sun shining through our windows and spotlighting dozens of eggs and other little treats scattered across the floor. An empty basket was always by the foot of each of our beds and we’d follow the trail down the hall, down the stairs, and all through the house, collecting jelly beans and chocolates as we went.

Making Easter Memories

It’s a tradition that I’ve been excited to share with my own family. Last year was the first year that Bubbles was mobile and interested enough to toddle around and collect a few eggs in her basket. She was delighted with the entire process so I think this year will be twice as fun for her. She’s already talking about the Easter bunny, baskets, eggs, and chocolate. It was very exciting for her to already have receive one basket. As it is she loves when the delivery folks knock on our door; she has such fun “helping Mom” open boxes. So when we recently opened a box that contained an Easter basket full of yummy Hershey’s treats she was extra excited. Continue reading »

Lend the Easter Bunny a Hand – 75 Easter Basket Filler Ideas For All Ages

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Apr 012012

75 Easter Basket Filler Ideas

Filling Easter baskets is as fun for me as filling Christmas stockings – but it can also be a little stressful. What do you buy to make each basket special for the recipient? I’m always trying to come up with unique Easter basket filler ideas to keep up with the changing tastes of the kiddos as they reach different stages of their lives. And at 20, 15, and 1, they’re not exactly all clamoring for the same things.

I do try and pick up a few things throughout the year as I see items they might like, and I also shop the after-Easter (and other holiday) sale at Target; last year I found quite a few things at 90% off. Just remember to store the items somewhere you’ll remember them! Nothing is worse than opening a package of Easter item scores when you’re putting up your Halloween decorations.

Easter Basket Filler Ideas – Ages 3 & Under

Since sometimes even the Easter Bunny needs a helping hand, here are some Easter basket filler ideas for a variety of ages. Not all of the items are small enough to necessarily fit inside your basket (unless you’re using a really large basket), but I personally think that’s okay; we often had some wrapped gifts outside of our baskets when I was a kid. Continue reading »