Week 4 gave us our first snow in four years! <—-Really big deal here in the south, however I know much of the country had a little too much snow this winter. We spent our snow day outside building snowmen. This was really important to S because since we saw Frozen in the theater we […]
Discovering Louisiana: Avery Island – Tabasco Factory and Jungle Gardens
With my goal of discovering more of Louisiana, we headed to Avery Island in late March to tour the Tabasco Factory and explore the Jungle Gardens. Avery Island was easy to find with signs that point in the right direction as you approach New Iberia. It does cost $1.00 per vehicle to enter the Island. […]
Gardening with a Toddler
When we moved into our new house I knew that I wanted to have a garden. So in the early spring my husband built me a raised bed. I bought some plants that we planted right into the bed, but the rest we grew from seed. Of course with both I asked S to help […]
Project Life 2014: Week 3
I really love doing Project Life! I like having a home for all the everyday moment photos that I take, which is mostly what this week is made up of. On the title/date card I took three vellum shapes from Crate Paper’s Oh Darling pack and sewed over them with my sewing machine to […]
Garden Imaginative Play
Now that spring has finally sprung (at least here in the South) and since S loves to garden we did a garden imaginative play/small world. To make seed packets I took a couple envelopes and added a flower sticker to one and a pea label to another. I filled the envelopes with leftover colored rice […]
Exploring Slide Rock State Park in Sedona, Arizona
Slide Rock State Park is located just north of Sedona in Oak Creek Canyon. We decided to visit this state park because of the famous slide rock and the ability to splash in Oak Creek, which is one of S’s favorite things: water. We arrived at the park right after it opened. I have read […]
Early Learning: Letter E
S has been saying she loves and cannot wait for Easter since Christmas. I thought it would be fun to have some learning activities centered around Easter. I always mixed up the activities and try to balance the fun with practicing writing and numbers. Below are links to the printables that we used this week: […]
Project Life 2014: Week 2
Week 2 of 2014 we experienced some cold weather for Louisiana…brrrr and some really nice weather…crazy winter! My new fountain that we just got working last week was completely covered in icicles this week. Well at least it was pretty and S liked it. I always like to use my handwriting on my pages, […]
3 Different Ways Color Easter Eggs
I wanted to test out some different methods of decorating Easter eggs instead of the standard dye and we had lots of fun trying them out. I saw on Pinterest last year to bake your eggs instead of boiling on the stove. I tried it and really liked the convenience. Previously, I always worried about […]
10 Ways to Photograph Cinderella’s Castle at Magic Kingdom, Disney World
Cinderella’s castle is the iconic image of Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. The castle is 189 feet tall and can be seen from the Seven Seas Lagoon as you approach Magic Kingdom from the parking lot by ferry or monorail. Inside the castle’s archway are five mosaic murals that tell the story of Cinderella. […]