We had a birthday here last week!
My baby (my eldest, but first born baby) turned 15!
Where has time gone – truly?! She’s counting down the days to her next birthday – and a driver’s permit – and I’m doing all I can […]
We went over to our dear friends’ house the other night and I was (very belatedly) introduced to beer pong. Why have I never played this before? I went to College (and University) and I don’t remember missing any parties when I was there – but the wonder that is beer pong was never introduced into my competitive drinking sport repertoire?
Have you played it before? Am I the only one on the planet that hadn’t?
We played it with the kids […]
You know it’s going to happen…
usually when your house is at its worst, you have laundry piles on the couches waiting to be folded and there are dirty dishes in the sink…
Surprise Guests!
It’s the Season for stop-by’s and pop-by’s and “I was in the neighbourhood”, so I thought I’d share a little trick a friend taught me:
buy bars and treats from Costco or M&M Meats, cut them into squares and tuck them into your freezer.
If you suddenly find yourself in […]
My girls have danced around the house all weekend reminding me that there are only “9 days left of school”.
At this point, actually learning anything is mute – it’s all about treat days and field trips to celebrate the end of another school year…. essentially a month-long party with a bit of math squeezed in.
Last week Madison had “Candy Day” at school.
I’m not sure why her teachers thought that jacking thirty 11 year-olds full of sugar was a good idea, […]
I love this post so much – and I can’t take credit for it at all.
Damn! I hate sharing the glory.
My friend Leslie was showing me photographs from a party her daughter threw the other week; in them, she pointed out the mini fire pit / personal fire pits she had created for the girls so they could have a s’mores bar.
I was all over her for details on how to make one – and she one-upped me by bringing […]
We’re changing things up this year!
Every year for the past 11 years Hubby has organized a Canada Day street party for our friends and neighbours. He sends out invitations (paper and electronic), then collects money door-to-door for the fireworks. He organizes tents and barbecues, the pot luck and drinks, and usually arranges for something for the kids – face painting, tattoos, glow bracelets and giant inflatables. He travels to Mississauga to purchase all of the fireworks, preps the sand, fire […]
If your backyard get togethers are more wine-and-cheese than hot dogs-and-lemonade, this project will fit the bill. This slate cheese board / slate cheese tray was made from an old roof tile and some etching cream!
Supplies:
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