Holidays

Gear up, gang. Halloween is THIS WEEK! Life happens quickly, though, and sometimes we aren’t as prepared as we want to be. Or, maybe your child hasn’t given much thought to their Halloween costume? Or worse – they keep changing their mind! Maybe they’re dressing up with friends and you need to coordinate with the …

Ready to get your Halloween costume planning on? Good! Because I’m excited to share some fabulous ideas for families with multiple children! I love nothing more than coordinating outfits. Planning for family photos is my jam and sometimes, without being intentional, I dress my kids in themes (Disney, all black, pops of a color, forest …

I love the fall! The weather cools down (jeans! boots! sweaters!), and I love the outdoor colors of the season. But fall always has some of those too-cool, rainy days that leave you cooped up inside. Since it’s hard to curl up in front of a fire with a cup of something and a good …

Babywearers, please raise your hands! I am such a sucker for babywearing Halloween costumes. Baby (or toddler, let’s be honest) is snug and warm on your chest or back, and your hands are free to help your older kids – or eat that Kit Kat you snagged from their treat bag. Your child gets to …

Can you believe that Halloween is almost here? I love this season. Mostly because I’m all for any excuse to dress-up. (I’m pretty jealous of the fact that it’s totally cool—adorable even—for my kindergartner to toss on a ball gown to run everyday errands, but if I tried that, I’d get some serious side-eye. Halloween …

Babies are cute. Babies in adorable costumes for Halloween are to die for! So this Halloween, if you’ll have a baby, take advantage and dress him or her up to have some fun! Here are 6 adorable costume ideas for babies: Cabbage Patch Doll My daughter was 8 months old when she had her first …

Ah, Halloween! All the fun of fall (apple cider, pumpkin spice, crunchy leaves, crisp weather) plus jack-o-lanterns, decorating, dressing up, getting scared silly, and, of course, trick-or-treating. So much fun, but so. much. candy. What do you with all your kids’ candy? They eat some, and obviously you eat some. I mean, wandering around following …

Halloween is one of our family’s favorite holidays. My kids love it. I love it. The grandparents even love it. And when I say the grandparents love it, I mean they completely transform their house into a Halloween masterpiece every year. You’ve never seen two grandparents put in so much time into spider webs, creepy …

In talking to our new neighbors and other folks about town, we’ve learned that our street does Halloween in a big way. As in 1,300 trick-or-treaters if Halloween happens on a weekend. Soooo I’m figuring that we should probably decorate for the holiday this year. I want to make sure our decorations aren’t too scary, …

Want to be festive for Halloween but don’t have a yard (or the energy) to go all out decorating every inch of the house? Decorating just your door is an easy solution! Here are 10 awesome Halloween door décor ideas that every trick-or-treater will love! Frankenstein (Option 1) from East Coast Creative: Cemetery from Woman’s …

We’ve shared 4th of July recipes before such as our favorite 4th of July Cupcakes, 4th of July Pie and other 4th of July desserts but today we are all about the barbecue! When we think 4th of July, we know there’s a BBQ involved. We’ve rounded up some incredible 4th of July BBQ recipes …

I don’t know about you, but my house looks so bare after putting away my Christmas decorations. I wasn’t on the ball with Valentine’s Day decor, and we’re not much of a Saint Patrick’s Day family. So I am itching to get some colorful Easter / spring decorations around the house! What’s better, at least …