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I'm not from Massachusetts. This is a WICKED (movie/musical) themed craft! Well--just in the colors haha! My kids were off from school so we spent all day reading, riding our scooters, and working on some crafts. One of those crafts was this fluffy cloud slime!…
Another spooky season is wrapping up. This Halloween season was a good one. We made some new DIY, scrambled for last-minute costumes, and whipped up a bunch of new cocktails. Here’s our Halloween 2024 recap…but first, pumpkin picking and apple cider donuts! Cocktails We mixed up a ton of new cocktails this month, including some blackberry margaritas, blackberry whisky cocktails, and these apple cider cocktails. DIY Projects I crafted these…
A decade ago, we went to Martha's Vineyard for our honeymoon. Read more about that trip here. When we left, we made a pledge to go back...in the summer! Ten years later, we planned our trip, traveled by car, and took the kids. This is a recap of our summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard with kids.…
When Liam and I started Liam’s Train Time a year and a half ago, I did not expect it go anywhere (as it was meant to be a creative ‘just-for-fun’ channel). Today, we have over 6 million views! By the time, we went to celebrate our 10k subscriber milestone, we were well over 13k subscribers. If you’re not familiar with Liam’s Train Time, it’s a family-friendly YouTube channel to show off…
Earlier this year, Liam went to see a local stage production of The Rainbow Fish with his class. He could not stop talking about how fun it was and how he wanted to see more live shows. The theater kid inside of me LOVED this and I was thrilled to help feed this curiosity. So when we were thinking about Liam’s sixth birthday, Fatima and I thought it would be…
I love celebrating the everyday moments. I think I inherited that from my parents. Whether it was our 6th birthday or 21st, we always had a party. At the end of the school year, we’d celebrate with a trip to the toy store (I’d usually pick out something from LEGO). Aced an exam? Let’s celebrate. Got that lead role in a school play? A trip to Dairy Queen! Now, I’m…
Our youngest is now two years old and we are still recovering. We asked Blair how he wanted to celebrate his birthday, and he replied, “cars.” And that’s how we ended up with a 2 Fast 2 Furious Pixar Cars theme. Blair loves cars. Hot Wheels, Jeeps, Hess trucks, pretty much any vehicle. But above all else, he loves Pixar’s Cars. He loves the movies, he loves the merch, he…
We’re celebrating trains for the holidays! We’re giving you the gift of new videos on Liam’s Christmas Train Time. Check out our holiday playlist and our channel for more. From now until the New Year, we’re dropping new videos almost every day, including a few LIVE track builds! We’ve set all of our uploads to premieres, so you’ll know just when to tune in. https://youtu.be/y7LSuzJgEuk…
It’s tiiiiiimmmeee! We are well into the Christmas season and I am here for all the holiday vibes. Like the elves in Santa’s workshop, we’re hard at work on Christmas crafts. When the weather outside gets frightful, stay inside and craft! These crafts are perfect for the whole family, even your younger kids. They can work on motor skills, exercise their creativity, and bring joy to others as these make…
A December First is akin to an Easter or Boo basket. It’s another take on a Christmas Eve box. It’s a box of fun gifts for someone to enjoy ahead of Christmas. In our house, we love to do December First boxes to kick off the season. A December First box is exactly what it sounds like. One would receive this box of goodies on…December First! It’s like an advent…
We have a five year old. When Liam was born, I couldn’t imagine him at a year old, let alone five years old. It’s bonkers, but here we are. When talking to Liam about what he wanted to do for his birthday, the first thing that came to mind was the subway: he wanted a subway themed birthday. So how do we pull this off? He also wanted to go…
Where do you put all of those LEGO manuals? Sometimes your creations fall apart and you need to figure out how to put them back together. For the most part, I can do it from memory or figure out how it should go back together. However, sometimes, I need to check that manual. But where are all the manuals?! More often than not it’s in the trash or misplaced. Growing…
Another Halloween is upon us! When brainstorming for our Halloween costumes this year, Fatima and I looked to our kids. What did they do this year, what did they watch, what were they obsessed with? We had short list: Cars, Paw Patrol, Super Mario. Spoiler alert, we went with Super Mario costumes. Cars was easy to remove from the list. Too involved. We seriously considered Paw Patrol. We looked at…
Oh so spooky! I had two predictions for the Halloween and Christmas seasons: 1. Bats and Spiders would be trendy for Halloween and 2. Gingerbread would be trendy for Christmas. I see bat and spider decorations and pajamas everywhere! Even Dunkin Donuts made a blowup of their spider donut. Let’s see where Christmas takes us. I already see Pottery Barn’s collection filled with all things gingerbread. In an effort to…
We’ve done a lot of crafting this season, and here’s another one for you to do with the kids in your life. Liam and I had a ton of fun making these puffy ghosts and puffy bats. We used a lot of craft supplies we already had in stock. There were a ton of cotton balls and black pompoms left over from our summer of crafts. Making the Puffy Ghosts…
In the enchanting world of childhood play, few things capture the imagination quite like toy trains. For generations, miniature locomotives, inspired by iconic figures like Thomas and Friends, and the timeless craftsmanship of Brio wooden trains, have whisked young minds away on captivating journeys through their wildest dreams. For Halloween, we had a spooky train time building session! Join us through these series of videos as we embark on a…