Well, here is where I admit a bit of weakness, people. Get your popcorn and your sodas. I am currently a competitor in the fabulous One Artsy Mama's One Crafty Contest. It's a competition where bloggers create pieces based on the prompts that Amy gives us. Each week, we have four days to create a piece, and then for a day and a half, there … [Read more...]
It's time for the latest installment of "Let's Go Camping!" on Suburble, and this one is going to feature the highlights (and the lowlights) of our very first camping trip of this year. I know that I promised that the next post in the series would be a tour of my super-organized and completely efficient trailer set-up... but...well.... I'm still … [Read more...]
Disclaimer: I love my children in 1000 different ways. They are inventive, precocious, beautiful and smart. They are sweet, kind and gentle. They are also little terrors when I'm on the phone and I would gladly lock myself in the bathroom while they clawed at the hollow door just so I could get FOUR SECONDS to talk on the phone. But I'm pretty … [Read more...]
The idea for a "sensory box" (or a miniature sand box, of sorts), came to me when I was dropping Lila off at school. The classroom has a larger indoor sandbox, and the teachers switch up the treasures in the box depending on the monthly theme. Lucy almost always beelines towards it, and starts dragging utensils through the sand in order to uncover … [Read more...]
We just got back from our first camping trip of this year. We are dirty, disheveled, a bit damp (rainclouds can't seem to resist crashing a Suburble family camping trip) and tired. But we're also very happy. We had a wonderful weekend. I will share all of the good, the bad, (and the forgotten things... like shampoo!?!?) once I've organized … [Read more...]
I have a neighbour who is extremely passionate about gardening. She and her husband devote hours and hours to time working in the dirt. There is a small man-made stream that winds its way through their yard, ending at a large koi pond. There is a bridge. A path. A multitude of little gnomes and bunnies and other whimsical creatures peeking out … [Read more...]
I've been so excited to start this camping series. It really all came to me in the moment that I opened up my trailer ( to get it ready for this camping season) and realized... I'm not even CLOSE to being ready. Starting this series of blog posts is a way of kicking myself in the butt and motivating me to sort out all of the disorganized and … [Read more...]
This weekend was full of "Things to Do" in our house. The sun was shining, the girls were running around inside-and-outside-and-back-again -- leaving a wake of chaos and mess behind them -- and I was faced with a brand new blogging platform to navigate. My humble little blog has graduated from Blogger to WordPress (huge thanks to Kristi Linauer of … [Read more...]
Our backyard has been a never-ending project since the day we moved into our house. Really, it's a whole other post - the Suburble Family Landscaping Saga - but let's just say that it involves things like deck supports that collapse during family dinners (don't worry, it was a very low deck), bobcats and backhoes, dirt, sod, and an overzealous … [Read more...]
When I started this blogging adventure, one of my posts received a comment by a fellow blogger named Amy. She said some very kind things about my blog, and as a result, I followed her back to her own blog (While Wearing Heels) and fell in love with her work. I guest posted on her blog (huge thrill - first guest post ever!) and in between all of the … [Read more...]
Can you tell that they're trying to strangle me?
