This weekend we participated in my favorite holiday tradition. The house my family made. Rapunzel's tower is to the left with a pond and bonfire and beach umbrella and on the right a tire swing. This tradition started for my family back in 1976. My parents found an article in the December 1976 issue of Sunset Magazine for making log cabin-style gingerbread houses. (You can get the recipe ... Read More about Gingerbread Houses
‘Real’ly cute Lanterns
Read my other Rapunzel Birthday Party Posts: Rapunzel/Tangled Birthday Party Favor Bags Real Easy Rapunzel Banners/Pendants Real Rapunzel Birthday Another decoration we used for Pumpkin's Rapunzel-themed birthday party was these lanterns. As you may remember, in the movie Tangled the lanterns play a big role. I thought it would be appropriate to have some up for decorations. We spent one ... Read More about ‘Real’ly cute Lanterns
Real Easy Rapunzel Banners/Pendants
Read my other Rapunzel Birthday Party Posts: Rapunzel/Tangled Birthday Party Favor Bags Really Cute Lanterns Real Rapunzel Birthday Today I wanted to show you how I made those cute banners you may have noticed in the background of the pictures of Pumpkin's 5th birthday. Real Rapunzel Birthday. You really could use this pattern to make pendants for any party or occasion. I know to some people this ... Read More about Real Easy Rapunzel Banners/Pendants
‘Real-‘ly Handy Birthday Party Organization Tip
This was the first time I had tried this and I thought it worked really well, so I will share it with you. I don't personally like long birthday parties...you know the kind. You think the party will be 1.5 - 2 hours and 3 or 4 hours later the party is over and you wonder where your day went and think of all the things you needed to get done during that extra hour or 2. I don't want to sound all ... Read More about ‘Real-‘ly Handy Birthday Party Organization Tip
Real Rapunzel Birthday
Read my other Rapunzel Birthday Party Posts: Rapunzel/Tangled Birthday Party Favor Bags Real Easy Rapunzel Banners/Pendants Really Cute Lanterns My sweet little Pumpkin recently had a birthday. She turned 5 years old! We celebrated in style for her birthday party. She decided she would really like a Rapunzel/Tangled themed party this year. So, it was my turn to search the internet for cute ideas ... Read More about Real Rapunzel Birthday
Real S.A.D. – Weekly Review #4
School, Anxiety and DeathSchoolThere wasn't much to our school week this week.We took Monday off because we had spent the weekend between the hurricane(Real Hurricane Irene) and going to see my Grandma in the hospital. We needed to to do some laundry and other errands etc., to get caught up.Tuesday we meet up with our co-op for our last play at the park for the summer. After that we got both girls ... Read More about Real S.A.D. – Weekly Review #4
Real Hurricane Irene
As most people probably know, a great portion of the East Coast was hit by Hurricane Irene this past weekend. We were in her path. This was my first hurricane. I have to say that I learned, I don't like hurricanes. Everyone here says that this one was nothing compared to some that have come through and I truly don't ever want to be here for some of the bigger ones.Where I am at, we were in the ... Read More about Real Hurricane Irene
Real Cute Dinner
Pumpkin chose a meal to cook for our family this week. It turned out so cute, I thought it would be fun to share with you all. The recipe came from this cookbook(affiliate link). We have tried a few recipes from this cookbook already and thus far we have really liked them. I am a little picky when it comes to cookbooks and kid's cookbooks in particular, but seeing as how I couldn't cook without a ... Read More about Real Cute Dinner
Real S.T.R.E.S.S. – Weekly Review #3
Real S.T.R.E.S.S. (School Time, Rehab, Earthquake, Surgery, Sickness)School TimeWe were back at our school work this week after taking a week off. We had a pretty good week...If we just completely overlook Wednesday, which I am inclined to do! Monday and Tuesday were good days with both girls working efficiently and getting their work done. They were highly motivated to get done early because they ... Read More about Real S.T.R.E.S.S. – Weekly Review #3
Real Food Tips
I decided to take a break from listing our entire week's food and costs this week(Week #1 and Week #2). I am not sure I like doing all of that and I am not sure it is helpful. So this week, with the help of Mr T.3, I thought of some ideas of how I am successful at keeping our budget low, even with the rise of food costs. Here are a couple of thoughts I have for you this week. I hope they are ... Read More about Real Food Tips