The other hand for helping others. 

Holy Moly. It’s November! I am feeling incredibly thankful these days. No, I won’t lie, it doesn’t always come easy especially given our struggles as of late but I’m doing my best to be intentional about the little things… they … Continue reading

Collecting Memories, Not Things.

Collecting Memories, Not Things.

This weekend we finally used our 2015 Christmas present from my in-laws. Our little tribe along with my partner’s parents went to a small adventure park in New England called Storyland, that each of us had been to as kids; almost 50, 24 … Continue reading

An Adventurous Backyard Birthday Party for a 3 Year Old.

P's 3rd Birthday Party!

“I know, I know… If you follow along our crazy journey, then you know I hosted P’s Birthday Giveaway in May… When he turned 3.

And, because we like to have parties outside when we can almost be certain the weather here in Maine will cooperate, we threw his party in June.

Now, I’m finally getting around to posting it cause’ you know, #Life #Summer #SecondPregnancyWoes.

My hopes in sharing this with you is that you too will see how much fun a simple, summer backyard birthday party can be – And, affordable & easy too!

Well, ready or not, here we come – P’s Great Outdoor Adventure Birthday Party!”
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Earth Day Round-Up | 5 Simple ways to Celebrate

Earth Day Round Up | 5 Ways to Celebrate

“Since I don’t have a fancy, long-winded post with the perfect earth day crafts, themed lunches or whatever else all my favorite bloggy mamas already covered over these last few weeks (which are all amazing btw), I thought I’d keep it simple & share a quick little round-up of the things we’ve done in the past, present or may get to in the future (when I have my act together of course) to celebrate this glorious place called Mother Earth on her big day!” Continue reading

Professional Family Photos | 7 Reasons to stop waiting and just do it! Plus, an exclusive offer!

I coerce my family to do a photo shoot at least once a year. There’s definitely some bribing involved… but come on, none of us are past that when the need calls. I do this for so many reasons; I don’t think … Continue reading

10 Ideas for Cooking with your Toddler

Cooking with Toddlers : 10 Ideas to save your Sanity. Mumsorchardhouse.com

Now, I’m no chef. If any one of my family members are reading this they will surely attest to that. Actually, they’re probably laughing at the title – that I even wrote a blog post about cooking at all. I do … Continue reading