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An Ode to Amazon Prime

12/24/2016

I don't know about you but I love Amazon Prime. It is seriously a life changer. So, I decided to write an ode expressing my adoration for it and all it does for me.

Oh Amazon Prime!
The dryer has broken,
I need a new part,
Under ten dollars,
I add it to my cart.

Oh Amazon Prime!
Baby wipes are a constant need,
Subcribe and Save is there for me
Each month they arrive after just one click
Poopy bottoms no more
You were just the trick!

Oh Amazon Prime!
A simple search,
That yellow check mark,
Cozy pajamas while sitting on the couch
The store or online, the differences are stark.

Oh Amazon Prime!
My life is changed
You cost so little, yet so much gained.
Without you shopping would be a hastle
But now items arrive quickly at my castle.

I am in no way affiliated with Amazon and did not receive any compensation for this post. I genuinely love Amazon Prime. While sitting in my living room on Christmas Eve I felt the need to express how happy it has made me. I was able to purchase almost all of my Christmas presents with free two-day shipping, I can read reviews about the item and easily compare items to select the best one, and they have just about anything you could want including a new part for my dryer. It is really just the best and my life is better because it exists. Because as a mother of three putting on actual clothes and makeup, and dressing all three kids in something other than underwear or pajamas in order to go to the store is just not something I want to do anymore.

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Fun with Chalk and Photography

12/24/2016

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I'm always looking for something fun to do with the kids. I stumbled upon the fun idea of using chalk to create scenes and then take photos with the scenes as a backdrop. So, I straight up copied this from someone else but, I thought I'd share my photos and experience.

Drawing the scenes took very little time and the kids were eager to help. I grabbed a ladder and climbed to the top in order to take the pics and didn't really do much editing at all other than cropping them afterwards. It was very quick, easy and cheap. The kids had fun participating and we'll always have the fun photos to look back on!

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Easy-Change Gallery Wall - A Christmas Update

12/24/2016

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If you loved my DIY Easy-Change Gallery Wall I thought you might like to see what changes I've made for the Christmas season. (I changed pics and art for Thanksgiving too but didn't post about it.) I decided that a Christmas countdown would be fun and started brainstorming ways to incorporate that into my gallery wall. I decided to buy a chalkboard from Hobby Lobby for 14.99 (I used the 40% off coupon though and got it for about $9!) Then I switched the chalkboard for the framed art that I had anchoring the wall display. I sketched a tree shape out of numbers inside boxes and it was done! I also swapped photos and art for ones with a Christmas theme using some free printables I found on Pinterest and family photos from years past. I love it and still love my easy-change gallery wall. It's so fun to change it with each season!

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Mommy Camp Christmas Fun

12/24/2016

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Last week I posted about my FREE Christmas Mommy Camp for this year. This week I thought I'd share with you some of the fun we had participating in all of the MC activities, art and science. We made soap dough, fake snow, snow paint, played Santa says, made scrub brush paint wreaths, paper plate christmas trees and Santa beards and we learned about how crystals form by making borax crystal ornaments. We didn't even finish all of the activities! So, eventhough it's Christmas Eve and the holidays are alomst over you can still have fun with many of the activities that are not specific to Christmas or you can save it for next year! You can find the FREE Mommy Camp download here! Merry Christmas!

Peppermint soap dough

DIY Santa Beards

Scrub brush and fingerprint wreaths

Mixing the borax solution for borax crystal ornaments

Directed Reindeer drawing

Snow man play dough creating

Paper plate Christmas trees

Snow Paint

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Mommy Camp Christmas Activities

12/17/2016

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Now that my kids are out for Christmas break I know I'm going to want some things to keep them entertained and maintain my sanity. If you've been following my blog or have checked out my site, you'll see that I've made several Mommy Camps for various holidays as well as the summer. Each time I've made one I've learned how to better organize my information and select the activities. So, eventhough I made one for Christmas last year I decided to make a new one for this year that is both better formatted and contains different activities that will fit my kids better.

I organized the Christmas Mommy Camp into three sections: Art, Science and Activities. To give you options as to what you and your kids do. I've also included links to the original idea/blog post for you to visit if you like. We've already done the Santa's Frozen Glove activity as well as the Fizzy Christmas Science and they were huge successess. My husband was in awe as he watched the excitement on our kids faces while they literally watched ice melt for 45 minutes. So, with just a little planning you can give your kids and yourself some Christmas fun! Download the Mommy Camp Christmas PDF by clicking the image above or the link below and enjoy!