Sugar Skulls and Chocolate Pumpkins

We finally used the skull and pumpkin ice cube trays yesterday! The kids didn’t have school and I have a cold so I figured we can hang out for half the day and the other half we can make a few things.

For the sugar skulls and pumpkins, I mixed the sugar and [...]

Silicone Tray Crayon Plans

Kudos to Heather! She started a Dollar Scores video series over at the Dollar Store Crafts site. The first one was very inspiring to me.

I immediately made a short list of things to get at my dollar store. I shared my bulletin board recently, and I also purchased the skull ice cube [...]

Wordless Wednesday – Lego Crayons

Lego Crayon

My Dollar Store Bulletin Board

Heather over at Dollar Store Crafts posts awesome crafts that are created by things from the dollar store. Other then being a fantastic idea in general, I was inspired. Check out my version of the bungee cord bulletin board. It’s for my 7 year old son, his room is currently being decorated for the [...]

Where We Are Now

The past month felt like a whirlwind. We were settled in with Mom only to get Chris home because his Dad died. After the trip back home to go to the services and spend a day with family, he was headed back to work. It was a fast trip for him, but at least [...]

Alice’s Baby Sling

I taught Alice how to hand sew a couple of years ago. Every once in a while she will grab a couple of pieces of fabric, a needle and thread and sew it together. She still has big stitches sometimes, followed by little stitches. She is learning and figuring her way around things. She [...]

Start of a Great Week

Last week was awesome. We really had a great week! There was little fighting between the kids and every day went smoothly. I love when everything falls into place.

We had a couple of events for Chris’ job that I was glad to attend since it meant meeting other wives on the ship. The [...]