Do you have any My Little Pony fans in your house? I do! When Pumpkin turned 7 last year, she wanted to have her first sleepover birthday party with a My Little Pony theme. I found and created some My Little Pony games for the party and thought you might enjoy the ideas as well. The My Little Pony theme was such a fun theme for which to find ideas, games, activities, decorations and food. I'm ... Read More about My Little Pony Games ~ Perfect for a My Little Pony Birthday Party
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Your 13 Favorite Posts in 2013
2013 was a great year for The Real Thing with the Coake Family! The blog grew and grew and grew this year. I wanted to share with you your favorite posts of 2013. First, let me tell you a little about how the blog has grown this year. I started the year with 192 followers on Facebook. As of the writing of this post, I'm up to 554! The numbers were the same across all my social media sites and ... Read More about Your 13 Favorite Posts in 2013
Real Family Fun #12
Welcome to another week of our link party! I'm so glad to have you join us again tonight. We had a busy and fun week. We had our usual weekday activities. This past weekend we went camping with our Girl Scout troop. I was not looking forward to it as I usually find camping to be a bit boring and the camping I did growing up was backpacking which is sooo different from camping. I have to say ... Read More about Real Family Fun #12
Photo Organization: Complex Method
I'm back with the third post in my series of different methods of photo organization. With Easter quickly approaching, I thought this would be a great time to look at another method of organizing your digital photos. Today, I'm going to show you my complex method of photo organization. The first post I wrote in this series was for those of you who feel very intimidated by this process and need ... Read More about Photo Organization: Complex Method
Kids Closet {Organizing Ideas}
Do you struggle with how to keep your kid's closet organized? I do. My two girls share a room and therefore share a closet. For quite some time, things worked and worked well for us. As they have grown, their needs have changed and the closet had gotten to be a jumbled mess. Today, I'm going to show you how our kid's closet went from jumbled to organized with room to spare. I've got ... Read More about Kids Closet {Organizing Ideas}
Daisy Petals: Law/Promise & Yellow Petal Activity
I have some Daisy petal activities for you today. I am a Daisy leader this year. I have tried to make the meetings fun and interactive for the girls. I'm going to show you two different activities today, but I've got more Girl Scout ideas for you as well if you just click that link. Girl Scout Law/Promise Bracelet For one of our first meetings, while we were working on learning ... Read More about Daisy Petals: Law/Promise & Yellow Petal Activity
The Real Roller Coaster Ride of Motherhood
What I am about to tell you is the truth, the real truth and nothing but the truth. OK, melodramatics over, however, I do want to vent share with you some of my current life. For those of you who don't know me personally, I am a 40 year old mother of 2. I have 2 girls that are 10 and 5. I homeschool my girls because that is just what we ended up deciding to do and stuck with it because we enjoy ... Read More about The Real Roller Coaster Ride of Motherhood
Easy to Make Award Ceremony Badge Presentation Bags
Can you believe it's already nearing the end of the school year? ? With the end of the school year comes all kinds of award ceremonies. As busy hardworking and creative moms, we want to put on something nice for our kids, but often time is the enemy. I created these cute little bags for a Girl Scout award ceremony and let me tell you they were so fast and easy, but also adorable and added a little ... Read More about Easy to Make Award Ceremony Badge Presentation Bags
Top Posts of 2016
I always think it is fun to look back and see which posts were the most popular last year. It is kind of a fun way to begin this year. Today, I have the top posts from 2016. It is always interesting to see which posts out of all the posts I write in one year rise to the top. I use my Google Analytics and see which posts have the most page views. So, today, I have the top 10 posts from 2016. ... Read More about Top Posts of 2016
Real Family Fun #14
Hi! Welcome to our link party for this week. I'm super happy to have you here and have you join in this week. I think it was last week that I wrote that things has settled down a little bit and we had a little break. I guess that was the calm before the storm because this week has been so busy it has been a little nuts. I think it will remain this way for a little while, so I just better hang ... Read More about Real Family Fun #14