Making, celebrating and enjoying the seasons
This weekend was Civic Long Weekend and the weather was dreary rain and cold. Not much fun for summer. However it was a perfect day for eating some delicious summer food and watching a movie. I pulled together the easiest Disney for Dinner for Dumbo!
Summer means lots of barbecued hotdogs and fresh cut fries around our house. We always have what we need on hand so all I needed to go was pull together some quick decorations and a dessert.
So, you probably have heard about a little solar eclipse we are going to experience on August 21st. An area 70 miles wide, stretching from Oregon to South Carolina will experience a total eclipse. Like total darkness for about 2 and a half minutes! Where we are in Ontario, we will have about a 70% eclipse. To learn more about the 2017 Solar Eclipse, check out the link HERE.
So far we have shared the details of our summer RV trip to Niagara Falls by sharing our experience staying at the Niagara Falls KOA and our morning spent at the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.
What we haven’t touched on yet is visiting the Falls and the Great Canadian Midway!
During our stay at Niagara Falls KOA we spent a morning visiting the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Both are located about 20 minutes away from the falls and are great educational attractions away from the downtown hustle and bustle of the Falls Clifton Hill District.
It’s time for a room reveal! The July $100 Room Challenge is complete and I am so excited to show you the results of our Baby to Big Girl Room Makeover! If you are just tuning in, the $100 Room Challenge was created by Erin over at Lemons, Lavender and Laundry. The goal: Make over one room in one month for $100.
Last week we enjoyed a few day of RVing in Niagara Falls. We decided to stay at the Niagara Falls KOA and we had a great time and really enjoyed our campground and its central location.
It’s Week 3 of the $100 Room Challenge and this week I am working on creating a art display wall in Miss P’s room.
You can catch up on Week 1 and Week 2 here. If you are new to the $100 Room Challenge, Erin from Lemons, Lavender and Laundry created a month long event where bloggers make over one room in the home for $100 in one months time. You can get a great outline of the challenge HERE.
A rainy day in your RV is better then a sunny day at work right?!
But a rainy day in an RV can be rough with small kids can be a day ruiner. Bored kids with too much energy are bound to get into trouble, argue and fight and eventually throw those lovely temper tantrums. No amount of coffee helps that in close quarters. I have rounded up our list of Rainy Day activities for those indoor days when you are in your RV.
Our plan for week 2 of the $100 Room Challenge is: Adding Storage. The challenge was put together by Erin over at Lemons, Lavender and Laundry. The goal is to redo one room in one month for $100 dollars. If you are just tuning in to the July challenge, follow the link to read up on WEEK 1.
A couple of months ago the Mr. decided he wanted to make Penny a storage self for her toys for her birthday. My 2 cents, it had to display her books. Kind of like a library to try and encourage her to pick up a book on her own and ask to read. He scoured the internet for plans but didn’t find anything he liked. He did find a tiny thumbnail of a shelf with some book storage on the sides, but no plans and no details. He took the small image he had and made his own plans.
The best kind of learning is when you are having too much fun to notice you are learning.
Now that we are almost 2 weeks into our first summer break from school, a big priority for me is to make sure that Penny isn’t losing the gains she has made throughout the year. We want to make sure she keeps up with her letters, numbers and reading while we enjoy the 2 months of school break.