Lasso the Moon • Life is a Gift
Help your children understand and feel gratitude through art. Below you’ll find 10 gratitude drawing prompts for your children. This sponsored post was originally published on Melissa & Doug’s Playtime Press. Time and again, studies have shown that cultivating an “attitude of gratitude” can increase one’s hope, happiness, self-esteem, empathy, and optimism. Phew! That’s a hefty list of benefits for something so EASY to do! Or… Read More
Be prepared for that “Oh Shoot, I Need a Kid’s Birthday Gift Now” moment… Do you have birthday party burnout? Now don’t get me wrong, everybody loves to celebrate, but when our girls started elementary school it seemed like we had birthday parties scheduled every other weekend. Running errands and fitting in a gift buying can be exhausting. Below are… Read More
These family nature portrait photography tips are brought to you by Melissa & Doug. When is the last time you had family portraits taken? Did your children WANT to participate? Getting children to willingly participate in a photo shoot can be challenging… unless your kids happen to love nature. Spending a few hours with your kids hiking can lead to… Read More
This creative collection of ideas for Capturing Childhood are brought to you by Melissa & Doug and Shutterfly. Do you have non-stop stream of artwork flowing through your home? My ladies love to paint, we’ve got random doodles from around the house, and then there are the projects coming in from school. We are drowning in art projects! What’s the… Read More
We are heading into travel season. Are you and your family going anywhere special? Planning a family vacation requires a lot of money, effort, and mental energy. The pressure to document your trip can, in itself, become stressful. Don’t fret. We are taking Melissa & Doug’s Capturing Childhood initiative on the road! Below are 3½ SIMPLE ways to capture gorgeous vacation photos…. Read More
Are you making handmade Valentines this year? Yeah, I’d like to say we’ve got grand creative plans, but we are simply *not* that organized and on top of things at our house. I am still recovering from helping the girls write their own Christmas cards in December. This year, skip the pressure of orchestrating twenty-plus handmade cards. Instead, try a… Read More
“Cookie, Mama?” “Honey, Mom’s getting full.” {short pause + adorable face = Mom’s heart melting} “Ok, just one more.” Wooden cookies were a staple at our house when the girls were toddlers. My little ladies are only 17 months apart, and this was the one toy that they played with together. So when my best friend, Tiffany of Peanut Blossom,… Read More