Barnaby loves sticking his stickers everywhere, so when I saw this con-tact paper activity, I thought he might enjoy it. Before this, I had never heard of Con-Tact paper and had to look it up. Turns out they are shelf-liners that have a sticky side for adhering to your shelf so you can put dishware…
Difficulty Level: EasyTime: 20 Minutes Post Updated 6/28/2020 It’s been so sad and horrifying to see recent news of the shortage of PPE (personal protective equipment) due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As a healthcare provider myself, I can’t imagine practicing without protective barriers, let alone caring for extremely high risk patients (both for patient’s safety…
Play dough has been on my to-make list for quite awhile now. However, when Barnaby was around 17 months, we attended a wedding and one of my mommy friend whipped out some play dough for all the kids while we waited for food. Her kids happily played with the dough while mine just looked at…
I’ve been wanting to try a sensory bin with Barnaby (21months) for awhile now. The first time I saw one was when we went to a Gymboree Open House and they had a giant bin filled with dried pastas and bean. The kids (including Barnaby) crowded around this bin and raked and shoveled this giant…
Difficulty: EasyTime: 30min – 1 Hour During college, my roommate learned from a magazine to wrap toilet paper rolls in tissue paper for decor, and she ended up wrapping every single roll of toilet paper we had. Til this day (10+ years out of college), I still wrap extra toilet paper with tissue paper when…
Before becoming a mom, I always imagined myself pulling all-nighters sewing last minute outfits for my kids, and that was actually something I looked forward to. Now that I am a mom…well, there is no all-nighter (my body can’t handle it), but it was a last minute project for sure. Apparently in Houston, to mark…
Recently Barnaby and I both came down with some sort of stomach bug or food poisoning. Whatever it was, it was not pretty, and I was one grouchy (and miserable) mama. I’ve always been a grouch when I’m sick, and being a mom has exacerbated that, because I can’t rest when I want to, and…
The food sewing frenzy continues! Last week I posted the Fried Egg with Bacon Coin Purse, and after making it, I decided I wanted a thinner coin purse to store my headphones for the gym. My headphones always seem to lay homeless in my carry-all bag and I just stuff it back wherever there’s available…
I love food crafts, food toys, food themed bags, food drawings, or actually just plain old food. When Barnaby was still a teeny tiny baby and needed to sleep in a sleep sac, I saw a pizza sleeping bag online, and that inspired me to sew a food themed sleep sac for him, and I…
A while back while browsing through Joanns (seriously one of my favorite relaxing things to do) I came across this book, “Drawing Cute Animals in colored Pencil” by Ai Akikusa, and it really caught my eye. I loved that it was a book about drawing in colored pencils because unlike watercolor/paint, there is no need…