Kid Stuff
Getting along and not losing any hair in the process!
This summer has been kind of tough for me “creativity wise”. I was very ambitous the week before school let out for the summer. I had all these great plans. I was going to get craft supplies, I was going to get organized, and I was going to figure out ways to MAKE my children get along and not fight.
I am already losing hair from the constant bickering back and forth and the screaming. We are only the second week in and I was figuring that if things kept going at this pace, I would be completely bald before the end of the summer!
This is usually how it goes. Kid #1 starts yelling and complaining about Kid #2 licking her. Then Kid #1 slaps Kid #2. Then Kid #2 slaps Kid #1 back. Then Kid #3, who is going through his “flashing” stage, decides it would be a good idea to run around the house showing parts of him that shouldn’t be shown.
I finally cracked and said to myself, “SELF! We are going to the craft store and buying some stuff!”
So, self and self’s offspring piled up in the car and headed out. I went without a plan. Just grabbing anything and everything that I thought would work. Probably would have been better to go WITH a plan because taking a 3, 6, and 8 year old to the craft store is like taking them to Disney World.
“Mom! Can we get this?” “Mom! Can we get that?” “MOM!” “MOM”! “MOM!”
“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
Anyhoo! I got out the door for about $80 and after I forced the uncontrollable urge to throw up from price shock back down, we walked to the car and headed home.
Getting home was chaotic at first. They seriously wanted to do every craft we bought within the first 5 minutes of being home. After they realized they were going to lose that war, they settled down and we finally came up with a game plan.
We will try to do atleast one craft a day and hopefully mommy won’t have to spend $80 a week on crafts, resulting in financial ruin. › Continue reading
‘Tis the Season for Strawberry Pickin!
I love this time of the year here in the South!
IT’S STRAWBERRY SEASON!
I remember when I was little. My mother would be a little embarrassed walking up to the make shift counter there in the field to pay for our stawberries. Our buckets would be full, but so were the bellies of her three little mischevious children and the guilty evidence would be stained all over our faces for the world to see. The elderly man at the counter would just give us each a wink and off we would run to the car, laughing the whole way.
Now, I get to start that tradition with my own children.
We went a few weeks ago and picked a TON of them!
Here are a few pics from when we went.
How to Style a Low Bun
It’s the perfect season for easy and elegant up-dos. Maybe you are getting your outfit together for a friends wedding or for your senior prom. Here’s a simple style for a cute low bun, you could dress this up with little flower blooms or ribbon!
1. Seperate a few thick strands from the top of your head (where your part naturally ends) and tease them by brushing the hair up toward your head. 2. Pull your hair down, styling it into a low pony tail. 3. Fluff up the teased part of your hair. 4. Now that you have a volumnious low pony tail use a hair tie to keep it in place. 5. Seperate the hair of your pony tail in half, tease the upper half. 6. Use the lower half (the unteased hair) and flip over the top or your teased bun. 7. Wrap hair around the base of your bun and pin it in place. 8. Style any loose strands.
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