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Hi! I'm Lindsay Ferrier. I'm a wife, a stepmom to two college girls and a mom to 4 and 7yo's. I'm deeply flawed, often insecure, at times defensive, snarky on Tuesdays, and I put my foot in my mouth on a regular basis. Let's be friends!
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Kick Off Summer Reading With Edible ‘Bookworms!’
May 22, 2013
Earlier this month, I agreed to make a special reading-themed snack for Punky's class on the day they took the reading portion of their standardized tests. At a complete loss, I turned to Pinterest-- and found these adorable bookworms. They took some time to put them together, but the end result was fabulous-- --and they'd make a great summer activity to do with your kids, particularly if you're signing them...
May 22, 2013
Earlier this month, I agreed to make a special reading-themed snack for Punky's class on the day they took the reading portion of their standardized tests. At a complete loss, I turned to Pinterest-- and found these adorable bookworms. They took some time to put them together, but the end result was fabulous-- --and they'd make a great summer activity to do with your kids, particularly if you're signing them...
7 Awesome Kid Gift Ideas
March 13, 2013
If you have school age kids, you know the children's birthday party drill all too well. As soon as you put your kid in preschool, the invitations come hard and heavy, one after another after another after another. We've talked here before about the awkwardness of the party itself (Remember my most awkward kids birthday party moment EVER?), but one thing we haven't covered is the gift. I like to be prepared for parties,...
March 13, 2013
If you have school age kids, you know the children's birthday party drill all too well. As soon as you put your kid in preschool, the invitations come hard and heavy, one after another after another after another. We've talked here before about the awkwardness of the party itself (Remember my most awkward kids birthday party moment EVER?), but one thing we haven't covered is the gift. I like to be prepared for parties,...
How to Make Your Child a Reader
February 26, 2013
When I was a kid, I loved to read. 'Loved' really isn't a strong enough word. I was obsessed with reading. It was all I wanted to do. I carried a book with me everywhere I went, and read whenever I could find a spare moment. I read on the way to school. I read on the bus home from school. I tried to finish my homework each day during school so that I could come home and read uninterrupted until dinner. I read after...
February 26, 2013
When I was a kid, I loved to read. 'Loved' really isn't a strong enough word. I was obsessed with reading. It was all I wanted to do. I carried a book with me everywhere I went, and read whenever I could find a spare moment. I read on the way to school. I read on the bus home from school. I tried to finish my homework each day during school so that I could come home and read uninterrupted until dinner. I read after...
Best Winter Children’s Books EVER
January 29, 2013
"January is usually the worst month of the year," my husband said this morning as he was getting ready for work. "But this year, it's been great. We have our Winter Wonderland decorations. We've gone on winter hikes and bike rides on the new greenway. We're actually enjoying winter for a change." It's true. Not only are we loving our Winter Wonderland-themed house and trying to get outside as much as possible, but I also...
January 29, 2013
"January is usually the worst month of the year," my husband said this morning as he was getting ready for work. "But this year, it's been great. We have our Winter Wonderland decorations. We've gone on winter hikes and bike rides on the new greenway. We're actually enjoying winter for a change." It's true. Not only are we loving our Winter Wonderland-themed house and trying to get outside as much as possible, but I also...
Winter Wonderland
January 18, 2013
There's nothing that can put you in a bad mood quite like taking down the Christmas decorations and realizing you have at least two more months of cold, dreary, weather ahead, with no twinkling lights or holiday cookies to provide a distraction. January is generally the saddest time of year as far as my house is concerned. We have fun decorations for fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, and in the summer...
January 18, 2013
There's nothing that can put you in a bad mood quite like taking down the Christmas decorations and realizing you have at least two more months of cold, dreary, weather ahead, with no twinkling lights or holiday cookies to provide a distraction. January is generally the saddest time of year as far as my house is concerned. We have fun decorations for fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter, and in the summer...
Secrets of Walt Disney World: Accommodations
May 7, 2012
As many of you know, last month we took the kids to Walt Disney World for a week. We'd been planning to go for some time, but it took some work for me to convince my husband that we needed to spend the week inside the resort. After all, hotels outside of the resort are much cheaper and many of them look really nice. I had gone to Disney on a mom blogging press trip a few years ago, though, and I was convinced that...
May 7, 2012
As many of you know, last month we took the kids to Walt Disney World for a week. We'd been planning to go for some time, but it took some work for me to convince my husband that we needed to spend the week inside the resort. After all, hotels outside of the resort are much cheaper and many of them look really nice. I had gone to Disney on a mom blogging press trip a few years ago, though, and I was convinced that...
Cookies, Procrastination, and a $75 VISA Gift Card
March 10, 2012
Seriously, how long have oatmeal cookies been around? They're one of the first cookies I can remember eating as a kid, and with all the prepackaged cookies available at the grocery, you'd think that Quaker, the world's best known oatmeal maker, would have gotten the memo and come up with some ready-made oatmeal cookies for our kids (AND US) to enjoy. But no. For decades, we've been forced to slave away in the kitchen...
March 10, 2012
Seriously, how long have oatmeal cookies been around? They're one of the first cookies I can remember eating as a kid, and with all the prepackaged cookies available at the grocery, you'd think that Quaker, the world's best known oatmeal maker, would have gotten the memo and come up with some ready-made oatmeal cookies for our kids (AND US) to enjoy. But no. For decades, we've been forced to slave away in the kitchen...
Together Counts. Seriously.
February 23, 2012
Life is definitely busier around here than it used to be... but the last several years spent home with my kids have helped me to keep everything in perspective. I'm working harder at my career than I have since before I had children, but I still consider my job as a mom to be a career in and of itself. That means that watching an episode of "Little House on the Prairie" with my daughter, or going on a nature hike with...
February 23, 2012
Life is definitely busier around here than it used to be... but the last several years spent home with my kids have helped me to keep everything in perspective. I'm working harder at my career than I have since before I had children, but I still consider my job as a mom to be a career in and of itself. That means that watching an episode of "Little House on the Prairie" with my daughter, or going on a nature hike with...
10 Halloween Family Movies That Rock
October 17, 2011
I love Halloween, largely because it really ushers in the holiday season. We go all out celebrating it here at the Ferrier house, from the decorating to the after-school snacks to the bedtime storybooks... to the movies. I've spent the last ten years raising kids and watching pretty much every family Halloween movie ever made, and a few (a VERY few) really stand out. Here are our ten favorites. Hocus Pocus isn't...
October 17, 2011
I love Halloween, largely because it really ushers in the holiday season. We go all out celebrating it here at the Ferrier house, from the decorating to the after-school snacks to the bedtime storybooks... to the movies. I've spent the last ten years raising kids and watching pretty much every family Halloween movie ever made, and a few (a VERY few) really stand out. Here are our ten favorites. Hocus Pocus isn't...
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