With the summer coming to an end, lets recap just how amazing the summer season can be. One of our first adventures was to the Seven Oaks Lavender Farm in Catlett, Va. Its a scenic drive through Virginia’s countryside. Here, my little ones experienced the wonderful smells of lavender with a touch of farm life […]
Appreciation
I just wanted to write a quick post about how sincerely appreciative I am of fellow blogger CafeandLove. It is a very humbling and an exciting experience to have someone recognize your work and want to share it with their readers! And the amazing Melissa with CafeandLove decided to do that this morning by sharing this post. So, as […]
From Edible Arrangements to Awesome Planter!
Hello! I just wanted to share a very quick upcycling project that I completed for my garden! I 💜 to find ways to repurpose things that I receive (to my husbands disdain lol) and my perseverance paid off this time. 😊 Every so often my Navy guy likes to surprise me with a fruit basket […]
Great Music in Any Language
I 💜Music! And I especially love to dance. Sometimes I tell my daughter “sometimes you just have to get lost in the groove” which she eloquently displayed recently at a museum gift shop. 🙈😂 She was just dancing to their background music and told me “I am moving my body to the groove”. So, I […]
Spring Fun
Hey! Happy Spring (ish)… We have been having a very funky Spring 😏! But I just wanted to give you a quick update on the adventures of my dynamic duo! My lil firecracker & revolutionary are growing so fast and becoming BEST FRIENDS. 😊 My son is 7 months and is crawling and trying to […]
Toddler + iPad = No Mess Fun (& Learning)
Well, hello! How is everybody doing? I hope everything is going well. I am really excited about my post today and I really want to share an activity that I created for my daughter while we were just messing around on my iPad (which she thinks is her..so that can cause some issues lol). This […]
Spanish Vowel Sounds…Miguel style
Hey! I am back with another installment of Hip Hop Learning! And this one is doubly special because we are learning Spanish too! So, let’s learn some Spanish Vowel sounds and be serenaded by Miguel (win-win, right?) Check out the video! Did you hear the *bonus* vowel sound in English? That helps show how the […]
Why Not To Lead by Example & FreeStyle
Yes! You read that right lol. Why leading by example SUCKS! I say that jokingly, of course! But having a little person that mimics everything you do and say, sometimes can end you up in hot water! Like most households, we have a defined set of rules and manners that we are trying to teach […]
Free Printable-Spanish Alphabet
Hey! So, I realized that my Spanish commands coloring sheets are awesome (and I will finish the complete the rest of the alphabet soon…. Spanish Commands Coloring Sheet) just in case you missed them lol) BUT……. I was getting ahead of myself lol. I should have started with the BASICS… the Alphabet (or abecedario). So, I […]
Science + Art = A Beautiful Mess
So… I am completely a Science Geek 🤓 (and proud lol!) and that means I get really excited about all things science…especially science EXPERIMENTS! But with a 2 year old and an infant, I really can’t perform many elaborate experiments (aka dangerous lol 😝) but that does not stop me from introducing the basics. Basically, […]