Penguin Heart Art Activity

Penguin Heart Art Activity

Two posts in one week. I’m killing it now folks! Let’s see if I can keep up this pace for awhile. We are in full on Valentine mode over here. Chickadee is in preschool, so for the first time ever I get to be on 

Rainy Day Family Fun

Rainy Day Family Fun

I hope no one minds too much, but I plan to get back to a few personal posts intermixed with the recipes and DIY. Blogging about our family is where this little blog started and over the years it’s been lost a little along with 

Best Homemade Bubble Recipe

Best Homemade Bubble Recipe

Yall, we were running out of bubbles faster than Walmart runs out of bread and milk when it gets below 32 degrees down here in Georgia. Something had to be done. So I grabbed an empty juice bottle, a friend’s bubble recipe, and my favorite 

Aaron’s Big Score for a Big TV Social Sweepstakes!

Aaron’s Big Score for a Big TV Social Sweepstakes!

September is FINALLY here and that can only mean one thing…pumpkin spice lattes! Just kidding, it’s still 90 degrees here….no, it means FOOTBALL IS BACK! And in this household we take it seriously. In the fall I would almost say it’s a way of life. 

Tips for Making Play-Doh FUN! (not stressful)

Tips for Making Play-Doh FUN! (not stressful)

In 1956 the wonderful world of Play-Doh began. Can you believe it’s been 60 years of squishing and squashing? So much creative fun has been had thanks to Play-Doh! Well, to celebrate Play-Doh is throwing a party and Chickadee & Sprout are loving partaking in 

I Spy Learning Bottle

I Spy Learning Bottle

Every month or two we get together with a group in our neighborhood for a craft/family night. The moms & kids come over around 4:00 and we create something fabulous. Then the dads join us after work for dinner. It has been so much for 

Sprout’s LION First Birthday | Inspiration

Sprout’s LION First Birthday | Inspiration

I cannot even believe Sprout will be ONE in less than two weeks! This past year has gone by so very quickly. I’m not sure if it’s because we moved, we were trying to survive two under two or if it’s just how life goes, 

Painting with Pom Poms

Painting with Pom Poms

I have a fun new painting technique to share with you and your toddlers! Chickadee loves painting both with her fingers and paintbrushes, but to be honest it always gets a little messy. Bring in the power of the pom pom. This new painting tool 

Playroom Bookshelves

Playroom Bookshelves

When we were looking for a house last year, I had a few things on my “Must-Have” list: a family friendly neighborhood, at least 4 bedrooms, an open kitchen and A PLAYROOM. I lived the first 18  months of Chickadee’s life with our living room 

Favorite Series for Preschoolers

Favorite Series for Preschoolers

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by XFINITY, but all opinions are my own. Thanks for reading & helping me make some extra spending money for my little family! Can we get real for a little bit. I was one of those moms. You know them…you 

Spring Handprint & Footprint Art Roundup

Spring Handprint & Footprint Art Roundup

If you have been around A Step in the Journey long, you may have noticed my love for hand print and footprint art with my littles. I love capturing their size and ever changing features at every age and hand and footprint art is a 

Financial Tips to Help You Stay at Home

Financial Tips to Help You Stay at Home

We always knew when kids became a part of our story that we wanted to make it possible for me to stay at home. A year or so before I became pregnant with Chickadee we decided we would go ahead and try living on only 

Toddler Valentine Fingerprint Art

Toddler Valentine Fingerprint Art

***So I have noooo idea why the internet fairies decided to send out a comment response as a post yesterday, sorry about that. I you wanted to know the kind of sausage I used in this one pot recipe, it was Hillshire. I double checked