Julie Measures

Measure your life by yards, cups, and miles

Sundance Square Tree Lighting

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Saturday night was the tree lighting in Downtown Fort worth (Sundance Square Plaza). Santa was even there!Have I mentioned how much I love living within walking distance of things like this?  viaWe bundled up the kids and had a wonderful time. Littlest Brother loved running around and looking at all the decorations. And now we can see the tree lit up at night from the windows in our … [Read more...]

Pirate Ships

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Thanks RoseArt Magic Fun Dough for sponsoring today's discussion!My kids have not stopped having fun with their Magic Fun Dough sets. Even without the dough! Littlest Brother, in particular, is in love with the Pirate Cove ship. If you're looking for Christmas gifts for your kids I highly recommend these!Full disclosure: this article is financially supported … [Read more...]

Early Thanksgiving

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Birthday party, an early Thanksgiving, and a campout for the twins were some of our highlights this weekend. I had a little fun playing with different patterns. Polka dot tights, tweed skirt, floral blouse. Friday night the twins got to go on their first overnight Scout campout without their Dad. It was another one of those 'I can't believe how big my boys are getting moments'. But they have … [Read more...]

Pirates and Dinosaurs

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Thanks to RoseArt Magic Fun Dough for sponsoring today's discussionThis week we were able to have a play date with Magic Fun Dough! We tried out two sets, the Pirate Cove and Volcano Valley. The pirate set comes with a plank, treasure chest, and a fun cannon. The dino set comes with a chomping dino, rock slide, and erupting volcano.Each kit comes with several packages of dough, … [Read more...]

costumes and storms

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Oldest Twin and Youngest Twin on Halloween last week. They went as Star Trek characters (Spock and Captain Kirk). Littlest Brother was a very happy M&M. (I made this for the twins. And Littlest Brother wore it two years ago also.)Home schooling is going really well for Oldest Twin. We are studying the solar system and spent the other day talking about Jupiter. We did a fun experiment … [Read more...]

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