• Deals

    Best Kids Consignment Around, Coming Soon!

      This event on happens twice a year. Next week is one of those times. Featured on Good Morning America, JBF is the best consignment sale around. Denver’s favorite Children’s consignment sale, JBF Denver, sets up shop this Sunday, September 25th at the National Western Stock Show Complex. If you volunteer you can get a presale pass to shop early, definitely worth it! This sale has anything kids offering, books, puzzles, toys, games, furniture, play structures, clothing, maternity and everything baby too. All merchandise must meet a strict standard to be included in the sale, the ensures that you don’t end up with less than desirable items. Be sure to…

  • Amazing Kitchen
    Blogging,  Inspiration

    Dream Homes – Dining Rooms & Kitchens

    We headed out to our local Parade of Homes to take a peek at some pretty amazing homes.  I will be breaking down my tour into several posts. Dining Rooms and Kitchens  Love the colors used in this room My Favorite kitchen by FAR! Wow, imagine all your canned goods, cereals and numerous other items in here – a dream! This is in a light filled room, just off my favorite kitchen. I love the black and white in this dining room.  The doors open up to an amazing outdoor balcony overlooking an outdoor living room. I like how the flowers are grand but muted, and tall so guests can…

  • Painting with swirls, dots, waves and stripes
    Homeschooling,  Kid Fun

    Art Time with the Boys

    This year we are doing Adventures in My Fathers World, included in that is “I Can Do All Things” art lesson book.  We did assignments out of there to start off our homeschool week.  The lessons are good but it starts out with coloring and drawing and my boys were dying to paint something.  So I headed over to Pinterest and searched for Kids Painting, got so many great results but one piqued my interest.  It was a paper with swirls, dots, waves and stripes.  I thought it would be a perfect, easy and fun lesson with the boys. The original post is here at Be a Fun Mum. I…

  • Preston 2nd Grade
    Blogging,  Homeschooling,  Inspiration

    Back to School Pictures

    School Pictures!  Looking around the web I found some great ideas!  My middle child is not in this round, he was not in the mood so I didn’t push it. I will get him though! He will be next, may take some bribery. got this idea from Pinterest.  I showed him the picture and asked if there was anything else he would want people to know about him and he added “MarioVideo Game Master Player” – *too funny*  these signs are from iheartnaptime.net, thank u! This was a fun project and I look forward to taking some more with my Kinder. Thanks to contributors of Pinterest for the inspiration.

  • Prayer for Teachers
    Homeschooling,  Inspiration

    A Prayer for Teachers

    Are you on Pinterest?  WOW!  I have been super inspired since finding it.  While cruising through checking out all the great stuff I came across a Class Rules sign on Pinterest.  I love the sign, I printed it for our Homeschool Room. I decided to visit the blog that it originated on and I found this wonderful prayer for any teacher.  I hope to pray this prayer many every morning.  I took the text and redesigned it to be “rainbow-ey”, if you like the prayer, click here to download it. PS- the font I used for Lord and Amen came from another Pinterest post, ultimately from the eighteen25 blog, thanks ladies!

  • I am 8
    Blogging,  Thankful For

    Turning 8

    My oldest turned 8 this past week and  we did things a little different this year.  Usually we do the whole party thing, but I thought it was time for some more meaningful time with people he loves.  I asked him if he wanted to have each Grandma take him on a date and then we would let him choose a friend to take to our local amusement center. He loved the idea and so I let our families know the scoop, they were game! The night before his birthday my Mom picked him up and they headed straight for the “toy aisle”.  Preston picked out his favorite toy – building bricks.…

  • The Rose Garden at Hudson Gardens
    Blogging,  Inspiration,  Thankful For

    Stopping to Smell the Roses, Literally!

    I love flowers, I love gardening.  Before I had kids, most of my time was spent gardening.  I researched, planned, plotted and planted.  Fast forward 8 years and I have no time to garden, I figure I will be able to do it again once my kids are a little older. Until then, I get my flower fix at my local public garden, called Hudson Gardens.  30 acres of God’s beauty in nature.  It’s almost heaven! I wandered through the Rose Garden and snapped some shots of my favorites. Other Flowers:  Hope you enjoyed!

  • Woody in the shaving cream
    Homeschooling,  Inspiration,  Kid Fun

    Fun with Shaving Cream

    Recently I discovered another amazing blog!  This one is called Meet the Dubiens.  I have seen so many things on this blog that I want to do with my kids.  Very inspiring! Our first inspiration we did today.  She mixed food coloring with shaving cream and used it as paint for her kids bath time. We did not make it for bathtime, just craft time.  I let them play at their little table and gave them some utensils. I do wish I would have had primary colors, Oliver was mixing colors and discovering new colors, would have been more effective with primary colors. I am still trying to use up…