July 2012
Simple Olympics Party {Fun With Kids}
I don’t know about you but here in the Soukup household we have been SO excited for the Olympics to start! We hadn’t made any big plans, but on Friday the girls & I decided it would be fun to throw together a very impromptu party to celebrate watching the opening ceremonies. We invited one other family, spent the morning searching Pinterest for ideas, and the afternoon making our food & decorations. All our projects were very simple & kid-friendly, and by 7pm, we were ready to bring on the games! There are still 2 weeks left to celebrate this once-every-4-years phenomenon, so I thought I’d share what we did. ... read more
reptile world {our first field trip}
I hate snakes. Actually the word ‘hate’ doesn’t even seem strong enough to describe the way I feel about snakes. Just the thought of them makes me shudder. I don’t like talking about them, reading about them, looking at pictures of them, or especially seeing them in person. Unfortunately for me, Princess has been totally fascinated by snakes for years. I wasn’t at all surprised when she chose snakes as our first animal to study. For weeks we read all sorts of books about snakes & other reptiles. We made snake crafts, painted snake pictures, wrote a snake book, & learned all kinds of neat facts, like that some snakes ... read more
our new adventure {welcome to homeschooling}
I’ve delayed putting off this post as long as I could, but the more I try to separate my blogging life and my home life, the more disconnected I feel. The time has come to lay it all out on the table. This is a personal blog, a record of my own experience as a wife, mom, friend, sister, aunt, coupon user, writer, crafter, baker, photographer, compulsive blog-starter, shopper extraordinaire, depression-survivor, & child of God. While it may have started in one place two years ago, it has certainly gone in other directions since. And how could it not? As humans we rarely stay it one place for too ... read more
5 tips for creating the perfect dorm room {on a budget}
My oldest niece Coryn started college last week. She is attending University of South Carolina on a full soccer scholarship so she had to arrive early to begin training with her new team. She is an amazing kid, er, young woman, and has worked so unbelievably hard to get where she is, and our whole family is so, SO proud of her! My entire extended family lives in Washington State, so I am pretty excited to have her over here on the East Coast with me. I was completely honored when she asked my sister if I could come help her get moved into her dorm and decorate her ... read more
summer road trip {quality time with the girls i love most}
The girls and I hit the road last week for our very first girls-only road trip. I was a little nervous about tackling a 9 hour drive with a 5 and 3 year old all by myself, but the girls were absolutely amazing in the car. They were such little troopers and we had SO much fun just hanging out and stopping at (almost) every rest stop along the way. 3 year olds have very small bladders!After spending our first night just outside of Gainsville, we drove to Atlanta to pick up my sister Beth and niece Coryn from the airport (they were flying in from Seattle). The girls were ... read more
