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The project my daughters did with me!

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Here's something I'm rather proud of. . . I have raised two successful babysitters. When they were starting out babysitting, I was as nervous as they were! What if something happens? Will they have to cook? What if the kids are hard to handle? I went over instructions with them right until they walked out the door. I canceled my plans and stayed home in case they called for help. When they got home, I'd want all the details and then go over what to do for next time. They got better and better with each job and my nerves calmed down when I realized they were great babysitters who knew how to keep kids safe AND have fun with them at the same time. Hearing from friends and neighbors what awesome babysitters my daughters are made me so proud!   But now they are getting older and getting different jobs, and spending more weekend nights with friends rather than babysitting, they're ready to pass the torch on to younger babysitters. We had the idea to put together a guide/kit ...
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easter printable

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Do you doodle? Do you Zendoodle? I'm new to this, but zendoodles or zentangles are a fun way to harness your doodling instincts into something useful! Perfect to frame or put on a card, I made a pre-doodled sheet of Easter Eggs you can print and color if you want! Or you can print the template and doodle your own! I also created this printable easter bunting that says "Hoppy Easter." Wocka, wocka, wocka! I could not get that phrase out of my head while I designed it. I had no choice but to use it. I think I was possessed for a minute, the Easter Bunny made me do it. If you don't like the letters, just print the colorful bunnies. They'll be hoppy you did. Ok, enough.
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a little leprechaun

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Good thing Lucy is not camera shy. She gets to be the model for a lot of my projects. . . she's even cute with bushy eyebrows and a beard! This is a fun little St. Patty's Day craft project. . . print the templates on paper, cut out, tape together and play dress-up. Oh, and finish it up with a photo-shoot. We had a lot of fun working on this together. And if you don't have orange and green paper laying around, just print it on normal white paper and let your little leprechaun color it herself. Link for free printable Leprechaun Hat and Beard (and Buckles!): here on TodaysMama.com
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st. patrick's day printables

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I've designed two St. Patty's Day printables for the nice lassies over at TodaysMama.com . They're free! Go ahead! Download and print the Shamrock Tags and the Shamrock Pennant Garland and make your March a little more green. . . uh, er, that's the classic form of green. The color kind.
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another idea for valentine's day

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Printable valentine's fish bowls are available in my etsy shop. These are instant downloads and come with your choice of 2 pdfs. . . one with all four Valentine's sayings and one that just has the popular "glad we're in the same school" saying. In a different listing, you can also ask me to customize them with a name or make custom fish bowl party invitations, end of school cards, and party favor bags that are similar. Check my shop . *Links updated in 2026*
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doodle people

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A little doodle mom spreading love for Valentine's day and some doodle kids sharing Smarties with classmates. Both made for TodaysMama.com . Desktop Wallpaper here and Smarties Valentine's Printables here .
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more printables

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Some fun Valentine's printables I've been designing. . . For Make and Takes : 14 Acts of Love printed on hearts: For Today's Mama , a one-of-a-kind printable gift card that you can customize for whoever needs a little love: ** Note: Thank you, Lost Type Co-op , for some fun new fonts to work with on these. Habana and Mensch . **
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christmas countdown

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Here is a little something to help you count down to Christmas! An advent calendar designed by yours truly and available at makeandtakes.com . Print one or a dozen. . . why not? They're free so feel free to share! Merry Christmas.
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updates

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November 27? Seriously? Where did November go? We've been too busy to notice time flying by around here. First of all, I've been working. A lot. Teaching. Freelancing. Contracting. But we've managed to have some fun as well. Here the girls are joining me at the counter to draw. The first day of snow came at some point. It started out happy. . . and ended kind of sad. . . but things got brighter after some pancakes and hot cocoa. This is one of my projects for Today's Mama, a Thanksgiving bunting . I love the picture Lucy drew of Emmie, with "girl eyes." We put up the tree this weekend. Remember this chart? This is how you decorate a tree when you have a 16 month old running around. . . Emmie cannot keep her hands off of those shiny, sparkly ornaments. Lu has it all figured out, though. She is in control. Bedhead + favorite blankie + snuggly pajamas = cuteness The only pictures I took of Thanksgiving were of the girls dancing afterward. It also = cuteness. Oh, ...
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happy halloween!

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The kids are out trick-or-treating and I have twenty minutes before I have to leave to teach a class (I'm teaching design again at a local college). I figured I'd do a quick Halloween catch-up post before the month is over. I've been creating printables every week for Today's Mama and you can still go download them if you missed them! It started with a witchy wallpaper for your smartphone or computer desktop. . . Then there was a Bat Mobile Oh, and the Halloween Treat Phantom got a make-over. . . And a spooky memory game for the kiddos. We even had time to add a few new Halloween decorations this year inspired by those in Sweet Paul magazine's fall issue . You might get costume pics tomorrow. That's a whole other post. . . enjoy your Halloween night!
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pumpkin mustaches

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I like to have pumpkins on the porch throughout October. This year, I've pinned on some mustaches until carving time. . . gives them some personality. Now every time I go by them, I want to curtsy. If you'd like some mustaches for your pumpkins, you can download a printable template here . . . Cut them out of black craft foam or felt. Embellish with marker, glitter, puffy paint or whatever you have along the interior lines for a little bit of texture and interest. Tape or pin them on your pumpkins. And then curtsy or tip your hat.
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the fourth

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We started our 4th of July with Papa Bob who was here from Seattle. We had breakfast and then he had to take off for the airport. I think Lucy is missing him already in this photo: Then we quickly got dudded up for the neighborhood bike parade: And enjoyed the neighborhood block party. . . cute decor: Red, white and sparkly: Oh, beautiful! For spacious eyes. . . alright, that was cheesy.
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easter!

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Happy Easter! Hope yours was this exciting: Emmie even got in on the action. And if the candy eggs and the chocolate bunnies weren't enough, we made an Easter cake just because Lucy said she'd never had a layered cake before. Easter is a pretty good excuse to indulge your children, right? Emmie got to suck on peeps, but those pics didn't turn out as well. Gone are the days of the pretty smiles or candid shots. . . Lucy has become a poser. This little doll, though, needs a full-time camera crew to get all the darling moments. Happy Easter!
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