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
Random Acts of Kindness Party
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
Treehouse Birthday Party
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
Secret Agent Party
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
Decoder Scratch Cards
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
Animal Habitat Party
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
Cardboard Box Birthday Party
When my little boy told me last summer that he wanted to have a cardboard box birthday party I was initially stumped – what is a cardboard box party? Over time my creativity began to flow, and I became really
6 years old! A Native American Party
My big girl had her sixth birthday party this past week. Waiting for this event has been SO hard on her. Ever since her brother’s party a month ago she has been asking “is my party tomorrow?” nearly every day.