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Side Trip to Hiroshima & Miyajima

On our final day in Japan, we visited Hiroshima and Miyajima. You can visit these places rather quickly and fit them…

November 18, 2015

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It’s the week of Halloween so we’ll be wearing

It’s the week of Halloween so we’ll be wearing costumes everyday. Don’t judge us. It’s 2020, which means whatever makes us happy is allowed. 🤷🏼‍♀️

The boogie monster just called and he says Hallowe

The boogie monster just called and he says Halloween is not canceled! #Ad Although Halloween is going to be a little different than other years, I’ve been finding new and exciting ways to keep the Halloween spirit alive in our home with fun experiences like the new @amazon augmented reality box. #AmazonPartner

During the month of October, Amazon will be shipping packages in the first-of-its-kind interactive augmented reality boxes. Not only does this box use less material than before, but it also has an interactive AR experience that Charlie is loving. It’s definitely #MoreThanABox. You just draw a face on your pumpkin, scan the QR code, download the Amazon AR app and then watch your pumpkin come to life. Charlie is so excited seeing her pumpkin in our home, dressing it up and being able to move it around. This is such a great way to repurpose your Amazon boxes before recycling them.

As a mom, my favorite part is that she is using her creativity and learning, while having a great time. Can’t wait for more of our Amazon packages to arrive so we can draw some new faces. This is such a fun and easy way to keep the Halloween spirit alive in your home. The best part is that it’s safe from Covid and doesn’t cost you a thing, except for the amazing goodies you ordered that came inside the box, but you were paying for that anyway.

How many Halloween costumes are too many? I might

How many Halloween costumes are too many? I might have just ordered Charlie yet another one. 🤦🏼‍♀️

So far we have our matching family skeleton onesies (but those don’t count because they’re pajamas 🤷🏼‍♀️), she has a witch costume, and our family costume that’ll be a surprise on Halloween. I might have just ordered her a cat costume too, but it’s just accessories. Her witch costume is a hat and tutu I added to her gymnastics leotard (all of it is from @target) and the cat costume I only bought ears and a collar that she can wear with the same leotard and tutu as the witch. I just need to draw a nose and some whiskers on her with black eyeliner and it’s complete. We might be dressing up all week, so don’t be surprised.

I think I’m making up for last year since we didn’t really celebrate it. We were traveling on the bus. We had costumes and dressed up but we didn’t get to really celebrate. This year we’ve spent the last month being all about Halloween. Everyday we have to get in the car and drive around to “see the Halloween stuff” as Charlie says. She’s loving it so much. She’s going to be so sad when all the Halloween decor gets taken down... luckily Christmas decor should be up shortly after.

My goddaughter started a business @alyssas.accesso

My goddaughter started a business @alyssas.accessories and she’s making the cutest mask chains. She made Charlie and I matching mask chains and customized them with our favorite color, our initials and little hearts. I always put a chain on my mask so I don’t lose it and this is my new favorite! Check out my stories for a closer look at them.

The witch obsession continues... meet Charlie’s

The witch obsession continues... meet Charlie’s new best friend. As soon as she saw the witch at my parents house she ran to hug her 🤣

It’s all just a bunch of HOCUS POCUS! ✨

It’s all just a bunch of HOCUS POCUS! ✨

This witch is ready for Halloween. The last piece

This witch is ready for Halloween. The last piece of our family costume just arrived. But I have a very serious question.... will you be taking your kids trick or treating? And will you be opening your door to hand out candy?

I’m curious how this is going to work this year. My neighborhood is known for trick or treating... there’s always like 100 kids here for Halloween since it’s a dead end. It’s super safe to let the kids go. I was hoping to take Charlie (wearing a mask) to a few houses for the experience, but now I don’t even know if our neighbors will be handing out candy.

This makes me so sad. We were on our road trip last Halloween, so this was supposed to be her first real experience that she would enjoy. She did it when she was 1 but she didn’t really get it yet.

How much did it cost to covert our bus? Answering

How much did it cost to covert our bus? Answering the most asked question over on my blog (link in bio). We tracked every last penny we spent so we could answer just that.

If you’re new here, that is inside our yellow school bus that we converted into our vacation home on wheels.

How much did you think it would cost? Were you close?

Charlie loves book and knows how to read, but she

Charlie loves book and knows how to read, but she doesn’t know how to hold a pencil. I’ve been trying to get her to sit down and practice tracing, but she never wants to. Until her new box of goodies arrived yesterday!

Like the rest of us, she likes to focus on what she’s good at, rather than what she struggles with, so I did a little research and found these grips that help children hold their pencil properly. I bought her a box full of new goodies (I spent $30 total on pencils, erasers, sharpeners, grips, a pencil case & a tracing book), in hopes that she would want to sit down and learn how to write. It worked!

She was so excited with her present that she instantly went to her table to try it all out. We sharpened her new pencils and attached the pencil grips. So far so good! She’s been holding her pencil properly and practicing in her tracing book.

Such a cool contraption that I just had to share it in case any of my mama friends are having the same issue with their kids. All of these items I bought are linked on my @liketoknow.it and I shared them on my stories.

http://liketk.it/2Yp0y #liketkit @liketoknow.it

Every morning after breakfast Charlie and I cuddle

Every morning after breakfast Charlie and I cuddle up in her rocking chair or on my bed and read a few books together. Reading time has always been her favorite time of the day, but she is even more excited for it these days because her new @epic4kids digital library subscription allows her to select a new book every single day. #sponsored

I’m so glad that she loves reading time because it’s more important than ever. This year she’s had to learn to keep her distance from people and avoid contact, but human contact is such an important part of a child’s development. Reading together is a great way to connect with our little ones.

My favorite part of this subscription is that we’ll be able to keep up our reading time routine even when we’re traveling. Next summer we’re planning to do another big road trip that’ll be several months long. Traveling in a school bus conversion means you have limited space, so this is the perfect solution. Epic is the leading digital library for kids with over 40,000 books in it. Charlie will have such a great variety of books right at her fingertips on our trip. #ReadShareConnect #Epic4Kids

When did my baby get so big?! 🥺 She barely fits

When did my baby get so big?! 🥺 She barely fits in a toddler (it’s not like she sleeps in it, but if she wanted to she wouldn’t fit) and she just hit her head walking into her playhouse (on stories). She’s only 3, but she’s so tall.

Looks like we might have to ask Santa for a big girl bed this year. Maybe the big girl bed will inspire her to sleep in it. This toddler bed certainly didn’t work. 😂

This kid loves kinetic sand. At our house we set i

This kid loves kinetic sand. At our house we set it up outside on a little table in our patio, but at my parents house kinetic sand on the living room floor is perfectly acceptable. 🙄

How much sand do you think will end up on the floor outside of the mat?

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