I know, I know. It’s a little late for Jack-O-Lanterns by now! However, October was a busy month for us, and I never got to share some of the small crafts I did with Naomi for Halloween. 1. Coffee-Can Jack-O-Lantern: Honestly, Naomi didn’t get to help much with this one. I wrapped a coffee can […]
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Toddler Tuesday: Butcher Paper Drawing
September 18th, 2012 
Jessica Naomi is very excited that she is now in the “Big Girls’ Class” for Sunday School. Since September 2, the kids at church have all moved up a level. This Sunday Naomi was doubly thrilled when the teacher gave her a giant sheet of butcher paper to bring home. They had already drawn flowers on […]
Toddler Tuesday: California State Railroad Museum
September 11th, 2012 Jessica On August 20, we packed up our kids for a big adventure! We drove down to Sacramento in hopes of riding the train that departs from the California State Railroad Museum. I had heard about the train and train museum from my friend BeccaG! Naomi brought two of her favorite books along for ride, The […]
Toddler Tuesday: Toothpicks & Marshmellows
September 4th, 2012 Jessica Welcome back to Toddler Tuesdays! I haven’t had a lot of toddler projects to talk about over the summer months. As long as the weather is bearable, we try to get outside to play and do fewer indoor projects together. Brad tells me that Toddler Tuesdays are his favorite part of my blog though, so […]
Toddler Tuesday: 20 Frugal Field Trips
August 28th, 2012 Jessica This has been one HOT summer in California, but if your kids are like mine, they need to get out of the house and DO something! Early in the year I looked at the calendar and scheduled one Field Trip for each month, to guarantee that I would keep exploring our new hometown. As the […]
And Baby Makes 5!
August 10th, 2012 Jessica On May 17, 2012 Brad and I found out that we are expecting our third child! We are delighted at the prospect of being a family of 5. As many of you already know, we had a miscarriage this past December. So when I found out I was pregnant again, I had many mixed feelings […]
Dear Naomi: July 7, 2012
July 14th, 2012 Jessica Dear Naomi, I am really looking forward to spending today and tomorrow celebrating your 3rd birthday with you. Today we will enjoy some of your favorite activities. We will go swimming at the pool and then we will dry off and walk over to the park to climb on the play equipment. We will eat […]
Toddler Tuesday: Homemade Play Dough
July 3rd, 2012 Jessica A couple weeks ago I assisted in Naomi’s two-year-old’s Sunday School class. Crystal was the head teacher, and as part of her lesson plan she had prepared homemade play dough for the kids to use and then take home. It smelled amazing, and when I asked her how she had prepared it, she said she […]
Toddler Tuesday: Face Painting
June 26th, 2012 Jessica We’ve been crazy-busy for the last month (a short vacation on the West Coast and two weddings in Maryland too!) but now we’re back to doing things around the house again. It seems like every other blogger I know is posting about all the fun things they are doing this summer with their kids. One […]
