I’m going to be honest with you here…I was ready to go home. We had just finished up a big grocery trip and a family dinner out after our long holiday weekend with family and I was just ready to head home and relax. We saw him sitting there with a sign “Anything helps”. It […]
Holidays
Pumpkin Season!
Did you know that pumpkins are fruit? Did you know that every part of a pumpkin is edible? October is one of my most favorite times of the year because it means that it’s pumpkin season! Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! Below are some easy activities that you can do at home with your child to learn […]
Family Resolutions for 2019!
Another year has passed in the blink of an eye. As parents we all have the same thought going through our minds as we stand on the brink of a new year, “Where did the time go?” For many people, the start of a new year is a time to plan for new beginnings, new […]
Celebrating Ourselves
It seems like as one year wraps up and another begins there is a lot of time spent looking back and reflecting on the year that was. Unfortunately, I think a lot of the time we focus on the things that didn’t work out or didn’t go as we planned. Perhaps our first thoughts and […]
Let’s Make Snow!
We are about to enter the second half of December and so far there is still no sign of snowfall in the Willamette Valley. . . well at least not in Marion and Polk counties. I grew up in Alaska where there was a surplus of snow this time of the year (ha! ha!) so […]