It’s finally feeling like springtime, and we are knee deep in all things bugs and garden! I always love incorporating what is happening in our daily lives and putting it into a learning opportunity. My little guy and I have been working on counting, and using one-on-one correspondence (pointing to one thing at a time… Continue reading Matching Counting Bugs
Author: Holly Parker
The BEST Meatloaf
Anyone else think of Will Ferrell screaming, “MA, THE MEATLOAF!” Just me? 🤣 I feel like you either love or hate meatloaf with no in between... and I’m team LOVE IT. Always have. I was always weary of any meatloaf other than my grandma’s growing up, though. As I got older, I started tasting others… Continue reading The BEST Meatloaf
Homemade Pizza Dough
This dough is SO good, and there is just something extra special when it’s made from scratch. 🤩 Double the points that it’s super easy to make! Pizza Dough: Mix together 1 cup of warm water with 1 tbsp dry yeast & 1 tbsp of sugar. Let rise until bubbly top forms in bowl. Mix… Continue reading Homemade Pizza Dough
Oven Lemon Chicken
This was hands down one of my favorite recipes to eat when I was little. My grandma made it for my sister and I, on nights we would spend the night. It is so delectable and light, which makes it the perfect dish to kick of the week, after a high-carb weekend. Ingredients: • 4… Continue reading Oven Lemon Chicken
Cowboy Casserole
This dish was SO good! I had a bag of tatertots and a pound of ground beef to use up, and I have been wanting to make this for a while now... I was surfing Pinterest for a recipe, and after looking at a few, it just didn't seem like the dish I was hoping… Continue reading Cowboy Casserole
Rice Sensory Box
Our rice box is hands down our favorite "go to" box for sensory fun. My kids love it so much it’s one that I make color themed rice based on the holiday coming up. (Scroll down to see our different boxes.) To contain the 'mess' we put down a vinyl table cloth underneath. A couple… Continue reading Rice Sensory Box
Hello, Sweet Norah June
Sweet Norah June made her debut at 39 weeks on October 1, 2019. We have always loved the name Norah, and knew without a doubt to name our little girl after her great grandma, June. She was born via scheduled c-section, due to her flipping herself into a breached position at 37 weeks. (Little spitfire… Continue reading Hello, Sweet Norah June
St. Patrick’s Play Dough Tray
Play dough is one of the best tools to work on fine motor skills with littles. The way they can manipulate the dough and imaginative play is GOLD. So, it’s always a choice in our house. We’ve been growing our homemade playdough colors slowly as the holidays come, in order to build our rainbow stock… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Play Dough Tray
My First Pregnancy
I always knew I wanted to be a mother. I always have known I wanted a big family. My dream has always been to have children. I wanted the picture perfect layout of life. Find an amazing man, get engaged, have a fairy tale wedding (totally did--that's a whole other post), and then start a… Continue reading My First Pregnancy
Labor, Delivery & Sweet Baby Boy
40 weeks 5 days My pregnancy with William was a whirlwind. You can read all about it here. If you read my pregnancy story, you know that I was VERY pregnant up until the day I went into labor, 40 weeks and 5 days. I never really know what to say when people ask how… Continue reading Labor, Delivery & Sweet Baby Boy
Making Beautiful Messes 