New to our FUN and EDUCATIONAL Easter egg hunt that teaches kids important sight words? Be sure to catch this post to get started with your child on sight words “go”, “to”, “the”, “look”, “at”, and “in”. Realistically it will probably take you about 7 or 8 days to learn to these 6 sight words. At that point we’d love for you to join us as… Read more →
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Eggstra Eggstra, Read all About it!
Exactly one year ago I spent these two weeks leading up to Easter introducing and practicing sight words, also known as “high frequency words” with KC that I used to write clues for our annual egg hunt that led to her basket on Easter morning. What a fun way to acquire some basic sight words and use them in the context of… Read more →
The Sweetest Language
Guess who is talking??!! Baby RD! Well…making noise anyway over and beyond the crying, whimpering, and grunts he came out doing. I guess the correct term is cooing, but it is the first stage to talking and has to be one of the most precious sounds in the world. It often starts while changing a diaper or even when… Read more →
Why Men Should Like Stitch Fix + Giveaway
My wife, Alli, has been a fan and subscriber to Stitch Fix for over two years now. When she originally signed up she was on a waiting list the company was so new. I’m sure most of our female readers know about Stitch Fix, but for those who might not, and especially for the guys, Stitch Fix is a subscription… Read more →
SPRING FORWARD – FUN FACTS AND TIPS
Something New in Our Pockets!
No doubt. We are a techie family. And the main staple of our tech life is our iPhones. Like most, our smartphones are used daily as a communication device, media player, internet browser, navigation tool, and, who can forget, camera. Our lives are more documented now than ever. Where we are, what we are doing, who we are with, where… Read more →
Four Funerals and a Baby
Here’s the score for this week so far. Four Funerals. One Baby. Eric will have to miss going to the final OB appointment with Alli tomorrow because things are so busy at work. Doctor told us last week that if baby boy didn’t come on his own by the end of this week she would, most likely, induce Saturday. So,… Read more →
Sugar Saturday!
Today is the day!! (oh no…not THAT day! baby boy still tucked away.) Today is the day that sugar runs freely through KC’s blood…sorta. With the move, baby prepping, and holidays things have been a little lax when it comes to filtering what KC has been eating. To be honest it’s been pretty lax for all of us. Meals have… Read more →
Nursery for Shaky Dad Part 2
The Land of Nod company never hesitated when asked if they would be willing to collaborate with us on this project. We have so many people we would love to thank personally from the CEO to the men who delivered our furniture in the pouring rain! Several people at The Land of Nod have been instrumental in this project including… Read more →
Photos of the End as We Celebrate the New
Happy New Year from Us to You! As many blessings 2014 brought our way we can’t help from being so excited for 2015. We are days away from welcoming the newest member of our family. So, we thought we would use the new year to share our recent maternity photos and celebrate the journey that has brought us to… Read more →