Mastering the First Birthday Cake Smash
We just had our last baby’s first birthday cake smash! I feel like QUITE the pro at this now, having celebrated four first birthdays with my four little boys within a span of six years.
Let the Kids Decorate for the Holidays
When I was a kid, my mom was so OCD about Christmas decorations that she’d actually re-decorate the tree after we got done decorating it as a family. We’d go to bed with a Charlie Brown-esque tree situation and magically wake up to a Martha Stewart magazine-worthy layout.
How I Say No to Pretty Much Everything like a Total Boss
I’ve been trying to read this Year of Yes book, and I just can’t get on board with it at all. I was chatting with a friend over coffee the other day, talking about how it’s easy to get bombarded with life, become completely overwhelmed and burn out. Like many parents, my phone is a persistent nightmare zone of requests from school, church, our community groups and work. If I said yes to everything, I would lose my dang mind!
DIY Sensory Tubes for Story Time
This kid. He loves story time, but his version isn’t quite as subdued as I’d like. When he asks for a bedtime story, I have visions of us snuggling up together, pointing out the characters and discussing the objects on the pages. In reality, he dances circles around the room and acts out the various scenes while I run a loud monologue over the various sound effects created by him and his three brothers.
Deodorizing a Kids’ Room by getting everything in its Place
Dealing with smells caused by diapers and laundry from four boys all born in 5 years is NO JOKE.
26 Elephant Crafts for all Ages
Nate and I are planning a 2018 trip to Africa, which I believe is how I first got sucked into the story of an orphaned baby elephant in Botswana. “Research!” I explained as I pulled up the Naledi documentary on Netflix. “We should know about the wildlife where we’re going.”
Wait, Don’t give up on Front-Loaders Yet!
We’re still working on our outdoor laundry room, and I can’t WAIT to unveil the final project and share how we made it happen from start-to-finish. In the meantime, we’ve received a few questions about top-loaders versus front-loaders. So let’s get technical, shall we?
Moving through a Day on our Small Farm
New friends are often fascinated when they find out that we own a small farm. I always feel the need to jump in and clarify, explaining that it really is very small with just a few goats and sheep and chickens. People are still full of questions. “You travel so much, though! And you have four kids! How do you find time to manage it?”
A Clean, Catch-all Entryway
We’re rolling right along with renovations on our little farm house! For our latest update we decided to make a clean, catch-all space in our entryway so we’d have a place to put jackets, purses and little notes to ourselves about things we need to take care of before the next time we run out the door.
The Most Kickass tip for Making your Small Business Stand Out
When Nate and I first started the business, the name and branding fell into place easily. Someday I’ll Learn began as a personal way for us to keep distant friends and family updated, and every detail of the site grew easily out of our own preferences. There was no pressure to impress anyone or worry about consistency and setting myself apart.
The blog world’s gotten a bit more cutthroat since then.