Alyssa Dawson

Things to Keep Your Kids Busy During the Coronavirus

All this Corona Virus talk has really put our country in a frenzy, stocking up on the toilet paper (?!?), all the hand sanitizer, and buying all the food, it seems like we are bulking up for Y2K again. All of this is not to sound insensitive, because I know there are people who have died and who are sick from this coronavirus but let’s just make sure we are washing our hands and staying home when we are sick -and till our symptoms are gone. With schools closing for weeks (some a full month)… Read More

Kitchen Cabinet DIY + How I Redid My Cabinets

Ever since we moved into our house we’ve wanted to change our kitchen. We weren’t fans of the color of the cabinets, and the mismatched tile was killer. While we can’t really change the tile at the moment, there was one thing that we knew we could change. The cabinets. So, we got a quote for $12k and I decided to paint them myself. There’s nothing more silly than someone giving you a quote for new cabinets for $12k more than what it would cost you to do it yourself. Before I started working on… Read More

A Condensed Version of My Weekend

This weekend we took full advantage of the amazing weather we’ve been having. Because we are just trying to soak it all in before we reach those summer months hit and we are all stuck inside. Saturday was windy so we gave our new kite a try, Hazel has always loved flying kites and it’s fun watching this joy in her eyes. We rode bikes -Brandon rode his skateboard and the girls couldn’t get enough of it. A little update on our backyard, there still isn’t any grass, but the sprinkler system is finally in…. Read More

Our Favorite Playdoh Recipe

Do your kids love playdoh? My girls love playing with playdoh and they always have a blast when we make it. In some of the playdoh kits we’ve had the playdoh has left our hands sticky, and salty, but this playdoh that we make doesn’t do any of that. Our hands weren’t stained a color, we had no mess, and it was soft and fun to play with. Here is our favorite playdoh recipe, it stays soft and not salty, and you can store it in a Ziploc baggie in your closet/pantry/wherever you want to… Read More

The Best Valentine’s Day Picture Books

Happy February, we all know January was 365 days long -or so it seemed- but we’ve officially hit the month of love. You all know how much I love children’s books, you could say that I collect them, hoard them, whatever you would like to call it. Because we have a new holiday coming up I thought it would be fun to share our Valentine’s Day Picture books with you. We haven’t read all of them yet, but so far the ones we have are so so good! If you’re looking to save money and… Read More