Our family loves being outside and when the weather is nice you will often find us around a campfire roasting marshmallows. The kids love making s'mores and often ask to roast marshmallows, but sometimes a campfire isn't feasible - sometimes its just too hot or too cold, or mom and dad are too tired. For just such times the folks at Sterno have created the Sterno S'mores Maker Jr. which is perfect for indoor (or outdoor) marshmallow roasting fun! We invited some friends over to help us try out our new s'more maker and we had so much fun! Between the 5 families (including our own) we ... Continue Reading...
Practical Family DVD Storage
Lets face it: DVD cases (or even BluRay) take up TOO MUCH ROOM!! We haven't jumped on the streaming bandwagon just yet (no plans to, but who knows) because of our spotty internet. So we still have a huge collection of movies. 10+ years ago I combined all the "baby" DVDs (i.e. Baby Einstein, Thomas the Tank Engine, etc.) into an old CD storage case. These were mostly the ones the little kids watched over and over and over and over and over... anyway. So we were getting them out of the boxes 939 times a day. Then when any of the babies started crawling and exploring, the DVD cases were ... Continue Reading...
Family Honor Plate & Table Thyme Discussion Cards
It is easy to forget what family truly means when everyone is running to and fro throughout the day. Bring your family together with this fun project. The Family Honor Plate is meant to be a tool to encourage and lift up someone in your family as often as you like. The box comes with everything you need to paint your plate and put it into action: plate, stand, paints, brushes, paint palette, and a sample of their Let's Talk discussion cards. First you start by painting and decorating your family plate however you decide. Of course you are free to let your children paint the plate ... Continue Reading...