Every Fall we go to the Pumpkin Patch to pick a pumpkin. It just so happened to be one of the most amazing, feels-like-spring-not-like-fall kind of Saturdays this year. I imagined what it would be like if my family lived on a Farm. I could definitely see us living on a Farm. Buga fit right […]

Magazine Time! I (we) Love Highlights magazine. I used to love them as a little girl and now I love that Buga get so thrilled when she sees it coming through our mail slot. One of the first pages she turns to, without hesitation is the Kitchen section – she loves to help out in […]

A Simple Activity that gave me some extra time in the kitchen to get dinner finished. Halloween themed and fun. I found foam pumpkins in the Dollar spot at Target. I also found face stickers. Put them together and you get a study of faces… What makes a face? What makes a face silly? Where […]

Oh the many faces you can create with a pumpkin…if only you don’t carve it! Because we picked our pumpkin from the farm so early this year, I decided we shouldn’t carve it if we wanted it to stay good until Halloween. Then I remembered I bought this “mr. potato head” like pumpkin set last […]

One of my very favorite things about the Fall is definitely the smells – the autumn leaves, pumpkin bread, apple pies, cinnamon, nutmeg….mmmm. There is something about these treats that warm my spirit – they are cozy, delicious, and soothing. Today, Layla and I decided to bake together. She loves helping me measure, pour and, […]

Layla went to the Orchard for the first time this weekend. She absolutely loved seeing all the bright colors – the flowers, the veggies, the pumpkins. She was enamored by the beauty of fall – and can you really blame her? Layla Picking Her Pumpkin Layla Listening To Her Pumpkin Layla Tasting Her Pumpkin You […]