Happy 12th Birthday, JoJo!

Dear JoJo,

Happy Birthday sweet girl! Today you turn 12 years old! You are turning 12 on the 12th which I guess is now considered your ‘Golden Birthday’…..we didn’t have such a thing when I was growing up. Here are some things I’d like to remember about you when you turned 12 years old and some things you might like to know about your 12 year old self:

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Happy 15th Birthday, Caspian!

  Dear Caspian, Today you turn 15 years old. Happy Birthday, Buddy! You are growing up so fast and there are some things that I'd like to remember about you when you turned 15 and some things you might like to know about your 15 year old self. You are a Freshman in high school this year. You are are on the older end of your grade. I'm so glad that we decided to hold off sending you to school when Kindergarten rolled around. I think you are more ready for high school and I one more extra year with you living at home! You made the JV1 soccer team. … continue reading

Happy 17th Birthday, Matilda!

Dear Matilda, Happy Birthday Sweet Girl! Today you turn 17 years old! You've had a really amazing last year. Here are some things I would like to remember about you when you turned 17 and some things you might like to remember about your 17 year old self. … continue reading

Happy 18th Birthday, Savannah!

Dear Savannah, Eighteen years ago it was hard to imagine the day where I have an adult child, but here we are and the day has arrived. Happy 18th Birthday, Savannah! This will be my final letter to you here on the blog since you are an adult now. I'm sure you've had enough of your childhood shared online and you'd probably like to move into adulthood with a little more privacy. So here are some things that I'd like to remember about your on your 18th birthday and some things that you might like to remember about your 18 year old self. You are living in NYC … continue reading

Happy 11th Birthday, Josephine!

Dear Josephine, Happy Birthday sweet girl! Today you turn 11 years old. You've had an entire year of being double digits and there is more to love about you every year. Here are some things I'd like to remember about you when you turned 11 years old and some things that you might like to know about your 11 year old self...... … continue reading

Happy 14th Birthday, Caspian!

Dear Caspian, Happy 14th birthday to my very favorite son! Here are some things I'd like to remember about you when you turned 14 years old and some things that you might like to know about your 14 year old self....... … continue reading

Happy 16th Birthday, Matilda!

Dear Matilda, Today you are 16 years old! Happy Birthday sweet girl. I hope you have the most amazing day today! Here are some things I would like to remember about you when you turned 16 years old and here are some things you might like to know about your 16 year old self..... … continue reading

Scrappy Fabric Easter Eggs

I know many of you are like me and have a gazillion scraps hanging out in your fabric stash. I wanted to do something to use up my tiny scraps that would be a fun and cute craft for myself and my youngest, Josephine, to do together. We got this set of 6 plastic Easter eggs in this egg carton at the Dollar Tree for $1.25. I liked that these didn't have a seam in the middle like most plastic Easter eggs. We think they turned out so cute! … continue reading