Fitting in the Love

The title pretty much says it all. So I'm always looking for new ways to get the kids to sit still longer than 2 seconds. So I was of course surfing Pinterest for ways to make this happen. I came across this sensory bottle. It was pretty neat and the blogger mentioned that it gave her a new world when it came to time outs. Okay I think awesome I'll make two because well the red heads in my family don't know what sharing is and frankly they are the two I will use it the most with. Here is the original: http://mycrazyblessedlife.com/2011/10/03/relax-bottletime-out-timer/ So she makes it look so simple. Well I am out shopping and decide to just let the kids pick out some glitter glue and I figure well I'll just grab some coordinating glitter and we can so rock this out.  So after I'm home I realize I bought nothing that looks like her supplies, my glitter is not fine grade, my glitter glue is WAY bigger, but hey I figure I can figure this out. I figure f...

I am passionate about many things. Most of them deal with children. I am against school bullying and teach my children how to make sure no one is left out (I love the stories Pumpkin comes home with from school because I know I have done well listening to them.) I am crazy about my cloth diapers and baby wearing, I will share my knowledge with anyone willing to listen. However all those things seem small when it comes to my other passion. I am known in my family for being a "Car Seat Nazi." I read online about different car seats, I learned about extended rear facing (ERF), I learned about extended harnessing (EH) and I thought wow, why don't they do a better job of informing people of these things? One of my favorite resources is Carseat.org . There is loads of information you can find there. However this week September 16-22 it is National Child Passenger Safety Week. This means you will find some of the most up to date information out there pretty easily. Britax one ...

So time came in our house for the youngest to leave our room. This was important as she is turning one soon and I miss having my room for adult space. So we knew that this meant an overhaul on Lizard's room. I knew I would love for the girls to have a just fun room. Bunk beds was going to be ideal. Now we are the creative family so this meant not just any bunkbed. Where does one go for inspiration on something like this? To my all time favorite wood building site Ana White of course. She has some wonderful ideas laid out there for us to use for inspiration. I of course found the bed quickly I wanted. What is more perfect for two little girls than a castle bed? The problem? Well it was not after all a bunk bed. I wanted something that could sleep both my princesses. Both Lizard and Miss Muppet. I have an amazing husband and I showed him this bed. He was amazing and jumped on board with me to create the bed of my dreams for this room. Soon he created on his computer a renderi...

Okay so I have found a wonderful community with The Mommy Nest . I was given the opportunity through them to check out Entertrainment Junction . Now my son has discovered Thomas and we enjoy Chuggington all the time in this house. If he sees train tracks the kid goes crazy. He is excited over the sound of a train whistle. Basically it came down to how could I pass up the chance to take him to one of the largest indoor train displays? We got there and it was really clean, yes this is important to every mom, but as you walked in it was nice and open, and gave you a good feel. You could see several party rooms that looked like they could accommodate a good sized birthday party. You enter a tunnel to purchase your tickets and enter the museum. The staff at the desk was super friendly. They offered the use of a stool for children that might need one to see all parts of the train display. There was also the chance to do a seek and find through the model train display, which is great to do ...