Puzzles are definitely smart toys, and the Oblo Puzzle Sphere is smarter than most. Surprise, it’s our SMART TOY #2! The OBLO is a spherical puzzle that looks just like a regular ball at first but is actually a puzzle using the classic nesting concept. There are 21 pieces total, and after you find how to … Read more
Our new office is a long rectangular room perfect for a long desk and plenty of storage cabinets. I wanted to do a desk the full 15′ length of the room, so we made our own using unfinished oak kitchen cabinets from Home Depot. We used two 18″ kitchen base drawer cabinets for sewing … Read more
I love smart toys. There are so many toys, most of them probably, that are just junk. They are noisy, obnoxious, flimsy, don’t teach kids anything, and ultimately don’t get played with after the first 15 minutes. I hate those toys. So I set out to find a small selection of Smart Toys to share … Read more
As hard as dinner is, sometimes lunch is harder, especially when it has to be on-the-go. How do you put together home prepared, healthy, fresh lunches to eat on the road? Well, you no longer have to pack only food that will fit in a sandwich baggie. With Glad To Go Lunch containers, you … Read more
I love sewing kids’ clothing – they don’t use much fabric and they’re small so they finish up quickly. These little Beach Bum Bermuda shorts (another pattern from this great pattern shop) used only 1/2 yard of fabric (with lots left over) and took me just an hour or two to put together. They have … Read more
It has been snowing like crazy here in Utah. I don’t actually love the weather but I do love bundling up in my favorite jackets and coats, wearing thick warm socks and drinking hot cocoa like it’s water. My favorite pair of sleeves this season is the Marmot Leadville jacket – it’s super light weight, … Read more
We’re spending every possible waking moment indoors with our single digit temperatures and the germs are everywhere. It’s that time of year when I start wondering, “When was the last time everyone in our whole family was healthy?” It seems too long ago to remember. So I started being a little more vigilant about disinfecting and … Read more
The older I get the more I hate having a period. It’s just so inconvenient. I hate spending money on supplies and carrying them around with me every where I go, so I found a new way. This is my new way, The DivaCup – a silicone reusable menstrual cup – and I love it. … Read more
Last weekend we took our kids (5, 3, and 1) for their first visit to Chuck E. Cheese’s for an end-of-summer family outing and they loved it! As soon As we walked in the door their faces had that I’m-so-excited-I-can’t-be-still-or-stop-asking-if-I-can-play-RIGHT-NOW looks. I love that. The first thing you do when you go to Chuck E. … Read more
All winter long I wait and wait and long for summer to come and when it arrives, I remember the few the things I don’t love about summer like being hot and sticky, not having soup for dinner, and the dryness of my skin and hair. I do love summer, I love spending mornings at … Read more