These paper stars are the perfect hanging decorations for the Fourth of July, Christmas, weddings, or space-themed birthday parties. Try these step by step directions for how to make paper stars – you won’t believe how easy it is! I saw these paper stars in a recent issue of Family Fun (meant for the Fourth of July), and thought, “I…
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How to Throw a Normal Party
We like to have people over. And we do a fair amount of hosting here, whether it’s birthday celebrations or full-on parties or just having company for dinner. And so, of course, I have some personal mottos for entertaining. Now, these are not the kinds of things you’d see on Pinterest, which would make you think that every party must…
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Best Ever YA Novels
So, NPR has been doing this thing to get a list of the best YA books. You could submit a title and then they narrowed it down to 235 books total. Right now, you can vote for your ten top favorites and, in a couple of weeks, they’ll release the 100 winners. My friend Melanie emailed me and asked if…
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A Birthday for Ella
I know. Old news. Too bad. Prepare yourselves for an entire weekend of celebration, with way too much sugar. On Saturday morning, we went to breakfast with Landen and Adam to this delightful little restaurant downtown called Texas French Bread. We had a Groupon and we got a whole array of things, none of which were a disappointment (the eggs,…
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Tell Me What to Watch
Over the last year, Bart and I have started watching more documentaries. We usually try and watch them on Sunday evening, after Ella’s gone to bed, as a nice way to wind down the weekend. We certainly don’t watch one every weekend, but when the stars align and we have both a chosen movie AND a free evening, it’s been…
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