How do you teach your little ones gratitude and appreciation? We want to give Kate the moon, of course, but there is such a delicate balance between providing for her, surprising her with fun little gifts, and helping her understand how lucky we are to have all the things we have. We say “no” to a
The best ideas involve a bottle of wine, wouldn’t you agree? Sometimes drinking it. Sometimes looking at it. Sometimes both. On this particular occasion it was both. I was working on my recent DIY Sweater Wreath with a bottle of red nearby keeping me all warm and toasty. I cut the sleeves off of the old cable
I can’t see polka dots without thinking of Kate. They are so sweet, and fun, and cheerful. Just like our girl. One of my favorite Kate moments was when she was two-and-a-half and I bought her polka dot sheets for her “big girl” bed. She laid her cheek on her fresh set of sheets, stretched her
I’ll confess – for the last 15 years I’ve turned the pumpkin carving over to G. I love roasting pumpkins, eating pumpkins, painting pumpkins, gluing things on pumpkins, drinking pumpkin-flavored things, and wrapping them up to look like mummies, but when it comes to carving into them, I usually leave that to G. After all, the
Kate is an incredibly picky eater. Or rather, a “selective” eater, as the nutritionist on her cleft palate team has corrected me. She currently has about five foods on rotation for breakfast and lunch, and spends most family dinners squirming in her seat and singing songs instead of eating what I’ve prepared. She informed me
You know how sometimes you find that perfect pair of shoes and you absolutely, unequivocally must plan an outfit around them? That’s how I felt about the DIY spiderweb halloween table runner I made recently. It was simply way too cute and fun to sit in a closet all by itself waiting for an invitation, so I decided
Kate and I had so much fun getting our Halloween crafting on recently with these super simple, kid-friendly, no-carve pumpkin ideas! Since Kate has decided she’s a blogger, she’s been taking our DIY craft projects Very Seriously. So when it came time to decorate some pumpkins for Homes.com, we scoured the craft store like two girls
mother, maker, decorator, and drinker
of the wine here at All Things G&D.
Thank you so much for joining me!
