We kicked off the summer with two weeks of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. It was a lot of fun to really focus on one story for that long, and we did a ton of different activities related to it. If you’re looking for some activities to keep your preschoolers busy as we [...]

One of our family traditions is that each of our girls gets a birthday tea party each year starting at 3 years old (yet one more reason I’m scared to have a baby boy – I have no idea what the equivalent of this tradition would be!).
I’m not really a fan of big birthday parties, [...]

One good thing about the commercialization of Easter (okay, maybe the only good thing!) is the abundance of pastel-colored candy, which makes simple and girly flower cupcakes like these possible!

The flowers themselves need no explanation, but I did want to share my secret for easy and scrumptious cupcakes for those of you who might prefer [...]

(Being the good blogger that I am, I remembered to take this picture minutes *after* giving it to an excited two-year-old, hence the finger swipes in the icing!)
These cupcakes could not have been easier, but they turned out so cute!
Make and frost cupcakes as usual and top with a shaped candy cane heart.
Voila!
Cute, easy, fun. [...]

School might be back in session, but we technically still have a few more weeks of summer left. I made these adorable sunshine cupcakes for the girls a couple of weeks ago (and then the picture sat on my camera all this time – oops!), and I love the way they turned out.
I simply cut [...]