Overwhelmed by children’s books? Fall is in the air and Halloween is right around the corner! Each season, in our nice little organized playroom I create a little corner for books.  I love it.  The kids know right where to go to find books specific to this particular time of year Books are one of the hardest things for me to minimize in my home.  We love books! For the longest time, I honestly felt getting rid of books was some sort of crime.  It just shouldn’t be done.  Every time we moved I moved all my boxes of...

Halloween with kids is SO MUCH FUN, isn’t it?  Trick-or-treating, pumpkin patches, costumes, cookies, decor, and crafting! My husband and I are kids at heart and we love doing it big for all the kid holidays.  Yes, Halloween is for kids!  Whoever decided that it was okay for adults to dress up in barely-there costumes and have Halloween parties for themselves was an idiot.  Clearly, I have an opinion on this subject. Moving on. Halloween crafting and creating with kids can be so much fun.  I love a good classic Halloween kid craft but then you only have so...

How to Create a DIY Halloween Dollhouse So I love the holidays.  Like really love holidays!  I love the smells, the decorating, getting all the “feels” from the season. Halloween was always one of my favorites.  I just loved dressing up, trick-or-treating in the crisp fall air and watching Hocus Pocus on repeat for a month straight.  Still my favorite movie by the way! As a grown-up, I was never really into the “sexy Halloween” costumes or going out to parties.  I guess I am a Halloween purist and think it should be kept a fun, candy eating, dress...

As a child, I spent a good amount of time at my grandparent’s house.  It was one of my favorite places to be.  I was the first grandchild and the only girl for a good long while.  I have such great memories of sleepovers, popcorn, and hot chocolate before bed, crafting with my grandma and just getting royally spoiled with all kinds of good food! My grandmother loved to cook.  During the holiday season, we baked and baked every year.  I vividly remember making these Ghost Cookies with her one Halloween at least 20 years ago.  It seems funny...

When I was growing up my mom ALWAYS made our Halloween costumes.  I honestly can’t ever remember going to a store and picking one out. There is just something magical about a one of a kind costume isn’t there? Making costumes doesn’t have to be hard or expensive either.  In fact, the last three costumes that I have made for my kids have been WAY cheaper than something I could have purchased at the store. But lets get real.  If I am going to be making something it’s got to be quick and it’s got to be cheap! This...

Fall Fun in Florida In Florida, we don’t have seasons.  We have summer and we have “brown” season.  The “brown” season is what we consider winter but it would surely not be considered winter anywhere else.  The brown season is when the grass starts to be a little less vibrant and the temperatures might get cold enough to give us a light frost in the morning.  Even if we do have a frost the temperature is most likely going to jump right back up to tank top weather by lunchtime! Even though we don’t get the crisp air, the...