I’m always on the look out for cute cupcakes that aren’t too hard to decorate. My daughter always wants to help so I can’t really do anything intricate or too fancy.  These are spring flower cupcakes are favorites in our house. They are so simple to decorate and make a splash at any shower or …

St Patrick’s Day is a great excuse for a party and to become Irish for the day!  In our house, it’s one of our favorite holidays, of course, we celebrate it a little different now that we have kids, the green beer has been replaced by green milk nowadays. I do like that St Patrick’s …

Once or twice a week, I try to do a themed lunch with the girls and combine it with a book about the food we are eating. It makes eating much more fun for them and teaches new vocabulary. There are tons of books about food for kids, if you are looking for books about …

Magic milk is one of those amazingly simple things that toddlers just love. Ruth could seriously spend hours putting food coloring in milk and watching it move. It’s an awesome little science experiment that uses things in your pantry. The great thing about this activity is that, besides the lesson of chemical reactions,  you can use …

If you are trying to save money, a good place to start is to cut your grocery bill. Groceries are one of the only expenditures that you have complete control over, unlike your mortgage, gas and utility bills. Of course, you still need to eat so you do have to spend something but using the …