• {DIY Video}: Craft a Robot from Recyclable Materials

    I have the most amazingly imaginative 8 1/2 year-old son.  So proud of a fun announcement he has coming soon, but in the meantime, check out the crafty creation he wanted to share with the world! This is a great idea to add to your Summer Fun List as well!…

  • Breaking it to him easy.

    I have to break my son’s heart tomorrow.  A couple of weeks ago he applied to become one of 12 kids in the Kansas City area to serve on the Junior Construction Panel for the soon-to-be-open LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Kansas City.  And since that day, he’s been asking and…

  • Appliances are toys, too!

    Our 12+ year-old washer finally gave out last week.  I wasn’t surprised.  We’d never done any maintenance on the thing and pretty much ran it ragged with loads upon loads of laundry.  Hubs and I had been talking about getting a new washer/dryer set soon anyway, so it was kind…

  • Tackle football

    Now that baseball season is over for my kids, we're seeing our oldest hanging out and about with his new equipment for tackle football. Don't know who's more excited about it – me or him!!  Are you ready for some football?

  • First grade comes to a close

    It was Nathan's final day to wear his school uniform as a First Grader.  My, how he's changed in just 9 short months since he started on this journey!    He's so bummed that school is ending, saying often that he wishes he could keep going everyday to see his friends,…

  • Modern day fairy tale

      Nathan recently brought home a fairy tale project he completed at school.  I SO had to giggle at his storytelling and imagination!  The jist of the story goes like this: Lonely boy loses five dollars.  Two nights later lonely boy loses one dollar.  Lonely boy sets up a camera to spy…

  • So not-a-boring Saturday.

    It's back.  The busy season of baseball.  This morning was a chillax one with a bit of sleeping in for me.  That is, until I was woken up to wipe a butt and then woken up again later because my kids were hungry. I figured that was a good reason…