Family | The Playdate Crashers

The One with Life Updates and Whatnot

If you clicked this post looking for a tutorial or giveaway, you're going to be sorely disappointed. This is going to be a stereotypical lifestyle blog post about what I'm up to this week. I won't call it a diary entry if you won't, mmkay? So … Continue Reading

Free Printable Cards (Download and Send!)

My husband and I manage to take a child-free weekend at least twice a year, thanks to my wonderful parents, who happily agree to watch our two boys. Last year, I started sending little treats and notes with the boys on their weekend stays to give … Continue Reading

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Looking for a cute photo with your cuties for Valentine's Day? Here's one that I did with my boys upon the suggestion of my mom (I think she saw it done somewhere last year). I used real lipstick, which did NOT come off easily, by the way! I … Continue Reading

Hey Hey, Look! It’s an announcement!

Next week, after my husband and I figure a few things out, we'll be sitting our boys down to have a little Family Meeting. We have some news to share with them, and who better than The Berenstain Bears to help us do it? I need to track down this … Continue Reading

Previous Experience – Irrelevant

YES you may contact my present employer!

I would like to take a moment to commiserate with anyone who has been job searching for an extended period of time. This job market? It is rough. I've been looking for a job for just two months now and I'm already so discouraged by the lack of jobs … Continue Reading

A Difficult Goodbye

This morning, my 2 year old son was looking for a toy, something he hasn't played with for months. I remembered that it might be in the diaper bag and realized something. It's time to retire my diaper bag. It has been months since I felt that I … Continue Reading

Christmas Blahs

*sigh* What on earth is wrong with me this year? I cannot get myself into the "Christmas spirit" (whatever that really means)! I started out well enough, getting our Christmas tree up the week after Thanksgiving, a perfectly respectable date … Continue Reading

Farewell, Playroom.

I made sure they could see each other from their beds in their new, separate bedrooms

Ugh. Sometimes I exhaust myself with my constant need for change. Don't get all psychoanalytical on me, but I have a hard time keeping things the same for longer than 6 months. We're constantly moving furniture around, reorganizing closets, making … Continue Reading

A New Chapter

I've been waiting for this for a long time and I'm so excited that it's here! I recently started reading chapter books with the boys (mostly Miles, 4.5). I love reading and while we've always read books with the boys, I've been waiting patiently … Continue Reading

Nap Snack

Parenting Math: 1 trip to see Santa + 1 midday trip to the grocery store - 1 regular nap = 4:30pm, sound asleep on the living room couch, mid-snack, with an arm stuck in the cracker box. To see more photos like … Continue Reading