There’s a new place in St Petersburg worth checking out. As you may have guessed from the title, it’s called Brocante Market and is filled with more vintage goodies then you can imagine. It’s like the perfect estate sale, with the bad stuff already thrown out. Yes, it’s that good. This past weekend was the […]
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Dining Table!
I never thought I would be so excited about a dining room table. It’s nothing fancy and not extremely stylish, but it’s a proper dining room table, minus the actually dining room. You see, I have been on the lookout for a table ever since I’ve realized how useful they actually are. Before I had […]
The Adventures of Boop, Nani, and Peanut Butter: A Life Lesson From a Toddler
Philip had an idea to start sharing little tidbits of our lives titled “The Adventure’s of Boop, Nani, and Peanut Butter”. Isabelle is “Boop”, Eliana pronounces her name as “Nani”, and Nani calls Elijah “big brother”, but it sounds more like “Peanut Butter”. Now that we have who’s who out of the way, let’s get […]
Dealing with Stinky Cloth Diapers
When Eliana was a wee baby, I used cloth diapers and took good care of them. Every two-to-three days I would wash them and sun dry them. Fast forward passed cloth diapering a toddler to now, and you will find at least one week old dirty diapers in their wet bag, waiting to be washed. […]
Framing Children’s Art
If you follow my on Instagram, you may have gotten a peek of Eliana’s first painting. I was just as excited as she was. Yes, I am one of those moms. After a few weeks, I thought it was time to show off my toddler’s masterpiece. So I took this not-so-great paint chip art… and […]
So Long, St. Pete Pier
The St. Pete Pier has now been closed for good, awaiting demolition than a new building. During its last week open, though, Philip and I took the kids to have one last visit to the Pier he and I grew up visiting. I took the opportunity to use our new polarizer lens filter. I haven’t […]
Oh How I Long For…
I dream of a big house, with high ceilings and hardwood floors, situated on pasture as far as the eyes can see. I dream of fruit trees and cows, and being able to watch my children run and play under the sun. Instead, I find myself in this small house, with dirt on the ground […]
Healing a Yeast Rash Naturally
Really, that yeast rash is a bugger. Especially when using cloth diapers. Yeast sticks around and can be very difficult to evict. I have had my fair share of yeast rashes in the last two years I have been changing diapers. So far Eliana has had two yeast rashes, (one of those included thrush in […]
Green Thumbs Up
Two weekends ago was an annual Green Thumb Festival in St Peter. Never heard of it? No worries, I don’t think it’s very popular. Not so popular means not too big of a crowd and no admission fee. What is the Green Thumb Festival? It’s a weekend event at a local park where a multitude […]
Virtual Window Shopping for Mother’s Day
I like Mother’s Day, I think it can easily be placed on the top of my favorite holidays list. Do you know why? That’s right, because I’m a mama. It’s an excuse for me to do nothing that day, and make the children do all of the house chores. Oh yeah! I promise I’ll try […]