DIY: Simple Cake Bunting

DIY: Winter Wonderland Snow Globes

For day 16 of our annual christmas countdown

the girls and i made 

waterless winter wonderland snow globes

i was first spotted these lovelies at anthropologie

they looked simple enough to recreate at home with my girls

and they most certainly were!

take a peek below

see how simple that was?

we opted to do waterless snow globes

but you can also add distilled water

for water filled globes

just make sure the trees (or whatever you decide to use) will last in the water

and glitter will probably work better than the snow

the girls have been thoroughly enjoying

our christmas countdown this year

 you can follow along on instagram to see what

we have been doing daily!

what we did in....

i was m.i.a last week because our little family was away in las vegas!

now you must be thinking... vegas? for a family vacay? really?

well, if you follow me on instagram

you know the real reason why we went

but interestingly enough... it was pretty family friendly!

husband and i don't care much for gambling or drinking

we really just walked around and took in the sights

and of course ate until our bellies were stuffed

oh, and my parents stole the girls away for one day

and took them to the happiest place on earth
(it was only a 4 hour drive my dad kept saying...)

what my parents do for my girls i tell you

oh, and if you are wondering

does what happens in vegas really stay in vegas?

 you will soon find out

stay tuned for my next post!

it's tradition

at the end of each summer

our little family heads on over to our local fair

i take a photo of the girls against the "how tall are you?" stick 

to see how much they have grown from last summer

we ride some rides

we indulge in yummy (but not good for us) food

we ride some more rides

we eat some more not-good-for-us food

we pretty much just have a blast

and spend too many pennies doing it

but

it's tradition!

it's funny because when the girls were babies

my husband and i started to do traditions with the girls from our own childhoods

but we also started some of our own little family traditions like

going to the pumpkin patch, going to the fair, how we celebrate christmas etc

and now the girls are at the age where they ask

"mama, when are we going to the fair?"

"daddy, when are we going to the pumpkin patch?"

it's really rewarding to see the girls really truly enjoying and looking

forward to our little traditions

the search for the perfect pumpkin

fall has arrived in my little corner of the world

and every fall it's a family tradition to put on our gum boots

make our way over to our local pumpkin patch 

and hunt for the perfect pumpkin 

that will eventually be carved into a jack o'lantern

and every year, pia pretty much picks her pumpkin

within minutes of getting to the patch

and ever year, zoe will carefully pick up

at least a dozen pumpkins or more

carefully inspect it

put it back down and exclaim

"no, it's not the one..."

and carefully wander through the patch searching for 

the most perfect pumpkin

 until husband and i start saying things like

"zoe, pick a pumpkin now, or else we will pick it for you!"

haha! that usually gets her moving 

the next step is choosing a design to carve the pumpkins into

sometimes that takes even more time than actually choosing said pumpkin

oh, the patience us mama's need!