Capturing Creativity
When my husband and I got married and moved into our first home, he brought along boxes and boxes of childhood treasures. Inside one of those boxes was his dog-eared collection of Curious George books. I wasn’t sure at that
December! Advent! Can you feel the excitement??? Our crew loves planning ahead, so as we were packing up decorations on 12th Night last year, they picked Christmas Light as the theme for this year. (Okay, okay, so the kids actually
Planning a 40th birthday can be a bit challenging. You have moved past all of the fun milestones. (16! You can drive! 21! You can drink! Even 35 can be encouraging. You could run for president!) At 40 you are
We spent this past summer building my kids’ dream treehouse, so it is no surprise that they have been missing it over the winter. Missing it so much, in fact, that my oldest decided that she wanted to have her
As you probably figured out from the Decoder Scratch Card invitation directions that I wrote about a few weeks ago, my son decided on a spy party theme for his birthday this year. It was a blast from beginning to
My little secret agent requested a spy party for his 9th birthday, and insisted that his invitations needed to include multiple codes and activities. We put the most pertinent details in “mirror code” just to make sure that there wouldn’t
Pretending is the best part of being a kid. When we decorated my daughter’s room with birds a few years ago, she developed an imaginary friend named Tweet-Tweet. He flies around our house causing minor mischief, sitting on her finger or
10 years old! TEN. How did that happen? Just yesterday I sat confused and shocked as my husband prayed for our first born daughter to begin breathing after she came into the world with silence. I’ve never been so happy
Simple doesn’t usually describe our birthday party preparation. My kids have a knack for choosing unusual themes like cardboard boxes and dolphin rescue – themes with no pre-printed plates or ready-made games. I have always enjoyed this. It stretches our
Have you heard of the Astronomy Club? It is a very popular manifestation of my son’s imagination. It includes himself, his cousins, and anyone else willing to play along for the day. The only rule is that you have to