Pez Wreath

By Erica Mauro | December 30, 2024 |
Mikey looking out over the Pez Visitor Center with a peaceful smile on his face.

After our fun day at the Pez Visitor Center, we still had some energy left in the tank.  Maybe because we fueled up on Pez! Inspired by a Christmas tree with Pez dispenser ornaments, we decided to use twist ties to attach every one of our holiday Pez Dispensers to our front door wreath (we may…

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Gingerbread House

By Erica Mauro | December 1, 2023 |
Will and Michael, both intensely focused on putting candy onto the gingerbread house.

In today’s edition of Flash Forward Friday, we get to peek in on the boys decorating last year’s gingerbread house. Will was home from college and the two boys volunteered to decorate the gingerbread house (and eat tons of candy). I had picked up some chocolates with Christmas Vacation foil wrappers and the two of…

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Getting Crafty with Crafts

By Erica Mauro | July 13, 2023 |
Michael's journal photo of him holding his birdhouse with cartoon rainclouds and an umbrella

I’m not a super crafty person, but there are a few times when doing crafts with Michael has come in really handy.  The 18-millionth day in a row of rain or snow or hurricane-induced power outages spring to mind!  Also, teacher gifts and holiday gifts, but I’ll come back to those as the dates draw closer. This…

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