The Holiday Open House: Five Easy Steps for Hosting
I love hosting parties at our house and the Holidays are the best time to do it, because almost everyone’s house looks ready for a party at this time of year. Additionally, almost everyone is ready to be at a party at this time of year. Unless you’re a heartless soul, in which case consider [...]
The Best DIY Birthday Cakes
My daughter has a birthday coming up in a couple weeks. More precisely 20,043 minutes, not that we’re counting. My husband usually tackles the birthday cakes in our family and based on how my Halloween party cupcakes turned out, it’s probably for the best. However, I do think it’s possible to make simple birthday cakes [...]
The Best Halloween Cupcakes
Remember a while ago when our own Alice Bradley spoke about the term Alpha Mom on television? “I think an alpha mom is somebody who is smart, who is plugged in, who is not afraid to admit that they don’t know what they’re doing all the time but they’re gonna go out there and find [...]
The Best Children’s Number Art.
A few months ago we looked at alphabet toys and decor. In the last couple of weeks I’ve run across a couple prints which help your kids learn their numbers and decorate their rooms. Robin Rosenthal’s counting birds poster at Etsy has a delicious color scheme and is just about the perfect price. In case [...]
The best cabinet pulls for kids’ rooms.
We just purchased an Ikea dresser for my son after fighting with the dresser my husband found on the side of the road almost 20 years ago. My husband and I have a great deal of respect for old things, like blue cheese. We are also quite fond of “A Great Deal” like solid wood [...]
Best Ideas for Storing Your Kid’s Artwork (So You Can Make A Million Dollars Off It Someday)
I haven’t done a lot of back to school talk as August comes to a close, and there’s one reason for that. I am currently an emerald shade of envy because unlike many of your children who are already sniffing lovely new school supplies, my kids are not allowed to start school until after Labor [...]











