Helping Moms Build Happy Homes
*This post inspired by Lisa Leonard's Hello Monday series* Hello. Hello funny paper graduation man that greeted the Happy Hubby on the morning of his big day. Hello Happy Hubby walking down the aisle with a giant smile.Hello Happy Hubby receiving his special graduation hood.Hello me standing and … [Read more...] about Hello Graduate.
Here are a bunch of adorable ways your Happy Buddy can send a little summer blessing to the kids he or she has bonded with all year long! Grab an inexpensive plastic beach shovel, fill with a treat, and attach this FREE Printable tag from it is what it is. A Krazy Straw and a Kool Aid packet … [Read more...] about End of School Year Gift Ideas – Part 2
I cannot believe that the end of the school year is here! Go out with a BANG using one of these simple End of School Year Gift Ideas for your Happy Buddy's TEACHER... Grab a cute notepad and attach this FREE Printable tag from Mommy By Day Crafter By Night for a sweet end of year … [Read more...] about End of School Year Gift Ideas – Part 1
May is the month for Graduations! The Happy Hubby is actually a graduate himself this year - May 18th my man will be walking across the platform to receive his Masters of Divinity. Seriously, with all that we have going on right now, he still wrote two 20-page papers dissecting a piece of Scripture … [Read more...] about Fun Ways to Give Money as a Gift!
I never really thought about the NICU until the Happy Baby landed there on Day 1 of his life. I never really thought about the hundreds of mommies who end up there as well. Some with preemies, some with health complications like us, and some... some who never even get to take their baby … [Read more...] about Top 10 Reasons Why Having a Baby in the NICU is Awesome
When I was in 10th grade, I completely messed up a research paper that was probably the biggest grade I'd get in English class that year. The teacher took me aside and gently told me the ways in which I had failed to complete the assignment and I began crying enough tears to fill a swimming … [Read more...] about Second Chances
The Happy Buddy and I were at the grocery store yesterday and as we were walking through the produce section, I almost got knocked over by the sweet smell of strawberries. I grabbed 5 cartons of those beautiful, fat, juicy red fruits and then felt inspired to do a post featuring all things … [Read more...] about Berry Sweet Ideas for May
Today the Happy Baby is one month old. :-) He is weaned off of oxygen (yay!) but he still needs a lot of pressure blown into his lungs to help them fully inflate (thus that crazy looking tube thing on his head. I wept the first time I saw him wearing it! But now I refer to it as his Superhero … [Read more...] about One Month
There are no words to describe it. People have literally been bringing us like five-course meals EVERY DAY since the Happy Baby was born. Food falls out on us when we open the fridge door. When David spoke in the 23rd Psalm that his "cup overflows" he was saying that God's provisions for his life … [Read more...] about My Refrigerator Overflows…
Teacher Appreciation Week is FAST approaching! Here are Happy Home Fairy's Top 8 Favorite Ideas on how to bless your Happy Buddy's teacher during the week of May 7-11, 2012. Tatertots and Jello put together a happy looking package featuring a Jamba Juice giftcard and clever FREE PRINTABLE … [Read more...] about Great Teacher Appreciation Ideas
I'm pretty sure that someone very dear to my heart was reading my blog the other day... Because after reading the comments I wrote on my therapeutic chocolate indulgences... These two bags were swiftly delivered into my hands. OHHHH dear friends. Have you ever heard of People Chow? It's as close to … [Read more...] about Therapy of the Day – PEOPLE CHOW (Recipe)
The Happy Buddy's teacher has been taking such good care of him while we are going through this crazy season. How grateful I am that he has a place to go that can provide him with consistency, love, support, and routine trips to the potty - at the rate we are going at home, the Happy Buddy won't be … [Read more...] about POP-ular Teacher Appreciation Ideas
Does anyone else get butterflies at the sight of a package on your doorstep??? You pull into your driveway and there, perched on top of the doormat is a brown box - a container full of mysterious items from a precious sender. The perfect recipe to cheer a weary soul. That is precisely what I found … [Read more...] about An Unexpected Blessing Package
Several weeks ago I mentioned to a friend that I had a dream of owning a pair of red shoes. There's something about red shoes that just speaks FUN. Well, that same friend showed up at my house a few days after our conversation - toting a shoe box. I love my new red shoes. I wore them on the day we … [Read more...] about There’s No Place Like Home
We had a visit at the NICU yesterday from someone very special... We had a visit from Ray. Ray O. Sunshine. From her head to her toes, Ray came to bring us some cheer and brightening! This awesome basket of yellow things was a bit of sunshine she left behind for us to enjoy. The Happy Baby and I … [Read more...] about Ray O. Sunshine
