The Yucky No Good Awful Day

So, here I am… it’s my day to blog and I’m recovering from a red-eye flight last night from Idaho to Florida. I grabbed a grand total of 2 hours of sleep last night in the sitting position. Now I’m here, still a bit foggy, with a 4:25 pm cup of coffee in my hands. […]

Netball sleepover chaos

This year my 8 yr old decided to take up netball at school for the first time. Brooke did amazingly well for a first timer, and by mid-season, had become the star goalshooter (insert proud mummy smile). I think part of the reason she enjoyed it so much was the fact that all her friends […]

A Dish You Won’t have to Labor Over

Hello, everyone!! It’s Rebecca here today… In the States, today is Labor Day… a federal holiday, dating back to 1894, to “celebrate the economic and social contributions of workers.” (thank you, wikipedia, :)) I think most of us see it as the unofficial end of summer… a paid day off from work… a day to […]

Get to know me: Mary :)

I decided to take a fun spin on the Get to know me video’s in the Forum. My intentions were real, I swear. I was going to post the video after recording it like 5x’s. LOL I decided eghhhh it’s not going to happen so I’ll ask myself some of the questions asked and post […]

Beauty In the Kitchen

Hi Sweet Shoppers, it’s Keely. It’s the last day before the kids go off to school and I think that calls for a little pampering before the chaos ensues. My oldest daughter and I are big fans of kitchen beauty so for our session we’re heading to the kitchen. Over many years I’ve found that […]

Good-Bye Seems To Be the Hardest Word

Hello friends!! Today I’m going to talk about something that’s going on with our family. We have a very close family. We live on the same block as my in-laws. I never thought that would happen, but honestly it is awesome. They really respect our space and our girls have a set of grandparents within […]

What’s for lunch?

Hi everyone! This is Jacq bringing you today’s sweet shoppe post. My eldest daughter will be in elementary school next year thus she needs to bring lunch at school. So now I am doing lots of research online on how to prepare easy and appetizing lunch for her, she is a picky eater so making […]

What Was I Thinking?

Hello, my fellow sweet shoppe friends… Rebecca here with today’s post, titled – What Was I Thinking?  hahaha…  When I told my plan to the SSD Babes and Designers (and the reason why I was going to be scarce for a few days)… they all told me I was nuts! Many of you probably remember […]

Getting my workout on

Hi Sweet Shoppers! Today I am going to being you a topic I love to hate. Working out. I hate working out. I dread it. Deep down I wish (well, really not that deep) I wish I had the body type that didn’t have to work out. Working out is hard. It’s not particularity fun. […]

Good morning sweeties! Each day this week I have realized more and more that our summer is coming to a close. Every year at this time of year I have mixed feelings. First, I really am excited to get back to a normal routine, with a little less chaos of the kids all home all […]

Back when we were in school…

Good morning Sweet Shoppers!  In some parts of the world right now school supplies are being bought, hair is being cut and kids are starting to get anxious about the beginning of the school year.  I know here in our house it’s less than 2 weeks away and my son can’t wait to get back […]

We’re doing it!

  Homeschooling!!! Oh my goodness, it is for real now. We are officially starting kindergarten with my son Ben at the end of this month! I sent in the letter… the BIG letter stating our intentions to educate our child at home. It’s daunting. It’s empowering. It’s exciting. It’s, honestly, terrifying. There are moments when […]