Author: Anne
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DIY Cardboard Cranky Crane
My almost-two-year-old LOVES to stack things and knock them down. While at a recent dinner party, he entertained himself for an impressively long time by collecting play-doh containers and, completely uninterested in the contents, built tower after tower for his own amusement. While planning his Thomas the Train birthday party, I wanted to provide him […]
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Chugga Chugga TWO TWO!
Being due with baby #3 within days of John’s birthday, we wanted to time his birthday early enough so as not to run the risk of being in the hospital. Since this timed up pretty perfectly with Halloween, we decided to coordinate his Halloween costume (Thomas the Engine) with planning his birthday party and voila: […]
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Train Ticket Invitation
When trying to decide how to invite our guests to John Jr.’s second birthday, we loved the ideas of tickets! Using the basic premise from last year when we developed a sports’ ticket invitation, I modified bits and pieces to come up with a train ticket! If you’d like a more basic version to change […]
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Princess Party Tshirts
When my daughter was helping me plan her third birthday, she was extraordinarily excited about the idea of the whole family (who was able to come) being part of her party. After delving into her brain a bit, I learned that she really wanted all of us to have “special outfits.” While I’m not opposed […]
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It’s Time to Pray for Christians
This week has been an emotional whirlwind. From the inauguration and the first of this administration’s official actions to the Women’s March and other forms of social demonstration, this week has been overwhelming. Regardless of your political leanings, regardless of your religious inclination, regardless of your situation in life, there is one thing we, as […]
