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by Dana Patterson on Jan 30, 2014
What is Stitch Fix? Basically, it is an online clothing design service. You fill out answers to several questions about your clothing styles. They picture some outfits and you rate them (this gives them an idea of your style). You pay at $20 design fee that can be put towards your clothing/accessory purchase. They send you […]
by Dana Patterson on Jan 21, 2014
This is such a fun way to get your kids to eat! My husband got these face plates for my older two girls for Christmas because they are picky, very picky! He thought they might be open to eating more of a variety of foods with this. Here are just a few cute things we’ve […]
by Dana Patterson on Dec 10, 2013
Hurryyyyyyy, Christmas is in like 15 days. I cannot believe it. I’ve been ordering like a champ through Amazon prime (free 2 day shipping). I’m going to save your life and do your kids shopping for you in 5 minutes list my 4 and 2 year olds favorite toys that we have. They pretty much play […]
by Dana Patterson on Nov 09, 2013
I grew up with Little Debbie cakes and pies. My mom would let me get one box per week for my lunch box. Most of the time I chose oatmeal cream pies (nutty buddy’s and swiss cake rolls are pretty dang good too!). I recently came across this recipe on Pinterest, so I thought I would […]
by Dana Patterson on Oct 27, 2013
Every holiday comes too fast for me. I feel like I never get to do all that I want with the girls before it is over. This year I wanted to let them choose what they wanted on their pumpkins. I picked up some pretty good pumpkins at our grocery store (Harris Teeter). They were […]
by Dana Patterson on Oct 12, 2013
Yep, 2 ingredients. Can’t get any easier than that! We had husband’s parents over a couple of weekends ago and I made these with some chili. I really couldn’t believe how good they were! All you need is: 1 box of spice cake and 1 can of pumpkin (make sure it’s only pumpkin) All you […]
by Dana Patterson on Sep 29, 2013
Husband has always loved seven layer bars. It’s kind of a bittersweet when we make delicious desserts (so good to the mouth, so bad to the hips). His parents were coming into town so I thought it would be a perfect and delicious dessert that my four year old could help with. Well, she ended […]
by Dana Patterson on Sep 15, 2013
Sorry I’ve been a little MIA. Three kids is no joke. A fun no joke. I have a quick post of an idea my husband had because my 2 and 4 year old ALWAYS leak popsicles all over themselves and their clothes AND they become a sticky mess. Here’s his genius idea: He took a […]
by Dana Patterson on Aug 20, 2013
We decided to take the girls to build-a-bear. We chose the Fair Oaks location in Fairfax, VA. Husband went online and got a $5 off $30 coupon and we had part of a gift card leftover, so we left out of there pretty cheap. However, this was mainly because we didn’t allow them to get […]
by Dana Patterson on Jul 15, 2013
I was so sad that it rained on Ella’s party day. We have this awesome water slide that I wanted to use along with so many other outdoor fun stuff. We were literally scrambling the day of to move the party inside and find fun things for the kids to do. It all ended up […]