bake: Sand Dollar Cinnamon Sugar Cookies

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Well, since it is beach week here at the mama♥miss abode, I thought, why not make some beach-y cookies? YAY!  Genius thoughts I might add if they involve cookies!! :) While I made these pretty little babies, little miss V was given a little slab of dough all her own to make her own little [...]

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subway art: Beach

Let’s start Monday off right – still in beach-y mode, with a fun subway art sign! :) I have been meaning to update my rotating pictures in my kitchen (sad, but true, it’s July & the sign that this new one replaced was about bunnies, you know, as in “Easter bunnies” – HA!) So, I [...]

edible fun: The Beach

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I thought we’d continue with my little mama♥miss beach themed week. Here’s a fun little meal I made for V that’s all about the beach! There is sand, there is sun, there are sea shells, there are palm trees (it’s a tropical beach!), and there are little fishies! Well, let’s see…this little meal includes: avocados [...]

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crafts: Beach In A Jar

I grew up about 30 minutes from the beach.  I was always there as a kid playing in the sand, as a teenager laying out with my friends, and as a twenty-something shopping & laying out.  I love the beach – I mean, who doesn’t?!  The one thing I don’t love about the beach is [...]

Wednesday window {7.25.12}

What’s been going on at mama♥miss this past week? Well, take a quick glance into my window & catch up :) Thursday, we were digging and sorting and digging… Friday, there were ancient puffy drawings… Monday, we ate some prehistoric treats…   Tuesday, the dinos resurrected the 80’s…

create mama: Neon Dinos

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We have plastic dinosaurs, we have high gloss white paint, we have neon…what does that spell?  It’s a RAWR-tastic re-purpose! I bought these dinos a while back for $1 a piece at Walmart and knew I wanted to spray paint them with high gloss white (my go-to spray paint).  The hubs is so used to [...]

fun eats: Dinosaur Rice Krispie Treats

So, we still have the dinosaurs roaming around our house…no extinction yet ;) Today we are headed on over to the snack arena to make some fun dino-rrific rice krispie treats! Yippee Ki Yay!  I mean…RAWR! P.S. As I write this post…ummm, yeah, they are already all gone and I just made them today! :( [...]

art & learning: Cave Man Drawings with Homemade Puffy Paint

Keeping with the dinosaur theme we have going on…I decided to get all prehistoric on you and make cave man drawings today with our very own homemade puffy paint.  The thing with cave man drawings is that there is no rhyme or reason, no path for them to follow, and no lines to stay in.  [...]

sensory: Dinosaur Dig Sensory Bin

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My love for sensory bins is bringing you more ♥ today! What we have here is an archeological dig site for dinosaurs…or simply a dinosaur dig sensory bin ;) To make one for your little ones, be sure to include some of these tools. More specifically, here’s the lowdown on what I used to make [...]

Wednesday window {7.18.12}

What’s been going on at mama♥miss this past week? Well, take a quick glance into my window & catch up :) Thursday, we got some sticks & some glue and made some puzzles… Friday, I let my funny flag fly… Monday, there were stained glass shenanigans…   Tuesday, we got some fruit, we got some [...]

play & eat: butterfly

One might say I have an obsession with making butterflies.  Well, they are easy & well…EASY ;) 1. lunch butterfly cheese quesadillas, blackberries, cucumbers, fruit leather, cherry tomatoes, twizzler rope 2. lunch butterfly bananas, peanut butter, carrots, kiwi, star fruit, mini chocolate chips, cheese sticks, yellow tomatoes 3. breakfast butterfly blueberry pancake, tangerines, banana 4. [...]

crafts: Tissue Paper Stained Glass – Butterfly

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Let’s do some stained glass today – kiddo style – with tissue paper! Since we really can’t arrange small pieces of glass to form patterns or pictures for this project, you know, because this is kiddo style and all – let’s use another form, tissue paper.  This is a really simple activity and doesn’t require [...]

thoughts: 5 Reasons…I mean 27 Reasons Why Working in Retail Prepared Me for Motherhood

I had 14 years of retail management under my belt before I became a mama…and well, it got me starting to think about how the two are very similar…my previous career as a retail store manager & my current career as a stay-at-home-mama. Being a SAHM has nothing to do with propping up your feet [...]

busy bag: Popsicle Stick Puzzle + Free Printable

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With a few basic tools plus this free printable, this simple to make puzzle for your preschooler is a great busy bag addition.

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Wednesday window {7.11.12}

What’s been going on at mama♥miss this past week? Well, take a quick glance into my window & catch up :) Thursday I got all philosophical on ya… Friday we had some rodent fun… Monday we got all crazy crafty with an oil drip pan…   Tuesday we took a little road trip…

play&eat: Dry Erase Printable Placemats

I am super stoked to be guest posting today over at Cheerios & Lattes with these fantabulous placemats that I’ve created! So, hop on over right now and visit Mackenzie at Cheerios & Lattes debuting these special printables for you, from me, and say hello :)