Last week, I started putting together a small emergency kit to keep in my purse (ya know, because I'm an adult now) and I had all of the items at my house. Well, all except for one - a tide stick. But then I got to thinking, if I am trying to switch all of my products to ones with clean ingredients, then I shouldn't be using a tide stick on a regular basis! So I decided to create my own! I mean, it can't be THAT hard. So I grabbed my … [Read more...]
Summertime Grill Board
Looking for an upgrade to your every day cook out? Check out this super simple grill board! I didn't want to create some super long post for this so I just thought I would drop a few pictures and list all of the items I put on my board. Don't forget to leave a comment with any other items you would include! Summer Grill Board Sausages (2 types - sliced in large chunks)Baked Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings (from All The Healthy Things)Pepper … [Read more...]
My Hosting Essentials
I am a homebody through and through. The pandemic was difficult in the sense that I couldn't have anybody over to my house, but I honestly really didn't mind staying at home all the time. I have always been that way. In college, our house was WAY more put together than a lot of the other houses on our street. The boys across the street would always come over for home-cooked meals and good smelling candles. I continued this into my teaching … [Read more...]
Selecting White Exterior Paint
Holy smokes! Who knew that white paint for our exterior color was going to be such a tough choice to make? This decision alone required two separate trips back to Kentucky just to make sure it’s exactly what we want. In today’s post, we are going to get into the colors we started with, why we picked a few new colors to sample, and what we went with for our final color choice! Building a home on the opposite side of the country has not been an … [Read more...]
Green Smoothie Recipe
Larry and I are trying a healthier morning routine and switched from bigger breakfasts to green smoothies instead. It’s been three weeks so far and we’re loving it! I posted the recipe yesterday in my Instagram stories and saved it in my recipe highlights but thought I would post it to my blog too just so it’s easy to find in every place. … [Read more...]
Transitions and Challenging Behaviors
Transitions in early childhood can be a difficult time for our littles and can sometimes result in challenging behaviors. Transitions occur any time children move from one activity to another. Moving from playtime to cleanup or dinner time to bath time are just a few examples of transitions in a typical daily schedule but they can also involve activities happening on the move like leaving the library to go to the grocery store. In today's post I … [Read more...]
