April 25, 2022

Summer Bucket List

April 25, 2022/ Kendra Atkins

Sharing our summer bucket list for 2022! We LOVE summer over at our house. I feel like it’s just so much fun and we love being outside every single day. I wanted to share some things we are wanting to do this summer to give you some ideas with your kids. Let me know what you plan on doing in the comments!

I bought a few new things from Target for the kids to use in our backyard. I like to do a little refresh outside and get some new water toys, bubbles, shovels and things like that. I love the Sun Squad line at Target for outdoor toys. They are all really affordable, super fun and colorful and great for summertime. I’ll link all the things I got for you in this post along with some other things online that look really cute too!

Summer Bucket List 2022

summer nature scavenger hunt
We love scavenger hunts these days. We did a spring one and one for Easter. I write down things like, something that crawls/something yellow/something flying and make some type of theme. The kids then draw a picture of what they find down on their clip board and it’s really a fun way to get us all outside together. For summer I’ll things like, a lizard, a bee, a brightly colored flower, ants, grasshopper and so on! Let me know if you make on for your kiddos!
arts & crafts
Painting is definitely our go-to craft. It’s so fun to see what they come up with. Some days I’ll have something for them to paint and other days I’ll just say paint whatever you’d like. We use craft paper or I’ll find boxes that’ll be thrown out for them to paint. One time we had a huge box and we made it into a little playhouse and I drew a door and windows then let them color the rest. We also love play doh and cookie cutters, dot markers and I love looking on Pinterest for specific ideas. And if you haven’t given your kids paint brushes and a cup of water to use outside you need to today! My kids will “paint” the rocks or fence for so long!!
beach days
The kids are at such a fun age for little afternoon beach trips. We love to hang at the beach for a while with our sand toys and then go out to a casual dinner together.
river trips
We are hoping to make a lot of these this summer! The river is one of our favorite places to be. We disconnect for a few days and just enjoy being outside and in the water. We wakeboard, paddle board, play corn hole, can jam, honestly you name it. Basically games all weekend long!
ice cream and old town
Some times we don’t feel like packing a big bag or doing anything that takes prep, but still want to do something. That’s when we will head to old town and get some ice cream together. Especially on a hot evening!
lots of time in the backyard
Our patio cover/deck is set to start on May 1st! I cannot wait to have that done by hopefully end of June. I need to go to Target and get one of those plastic pools. We had one last summer and used it SO much. So easy to cool off and the kids love it.
swimming at the grandparents house
Andrew’s parents live about 25 minutes from us, so we swim at their house a lot! Now that the girls can swim we are planning on going over there at least once a week!
legoland & safari park
We make a lot of trips to the safari park but I’d love to go to Legoland again!
family bike rides
Another FREE and fun thing we like to do with our family. We put Owen in the towing seat that attaches to Andrew’s bike. We usually will bike to a park and let the kids play for a while.

I hope you all have the BEST summer! Make sure to check out all the fun outdoor toys at Target!

March 22, 2021

Easter Basket Ideas for Kids

March 22, 2021/ Kendra Atkins

Okay can I start by saying I know I went overboard. I really even tried to reign it in and of course here we are! My way of rationalizing is since we don’t really ever buy them new toys, holidays are the one time when they get a little something special. I also just love easter so much. Always have, since I was a kid. My mom would always have scavenger hunts to find our baskets in the morning before church. Also I’ve realized gifts are my love language (how I show my love). I’ve always been one to send cards, care packages or treats to friends and family as a way of showing I’m thinking of them. I think it’s because I’m no the greatest at showing my love verbally, so to me, this is the equivalent. Is anyone else like that? But honestly, I could have just done some chalk, a bunny and chocolates and the kids would have been more than happy!!

October 09, 2020

Pantry Organization!

October 09, 2020/ Kendra Atkins

Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing with you some major pantry organization motivation! We spent the last week at the river and when I came home I got a major cleaning bug. So today we are going through everything and giving the pantry a little refresh! I just used bins we had around the house and played around with the layout. Hope you enjoy!

September 21, 2020

A Week in our Life: Parents in Town!

September 21, 2020/ Kendra Atkins

I hope you all had a great weekend! My parents came into town last Monday night and stayed until Saturday. We had so much fun with them, and the girls cannot stop asking when they will be coming back. They were so emotional about it broke my heart. I’m not a really emotional person, and now have two highly emotional girls so it’s all new to me! :) It’s so sweet seeing how pure their little hearts are. They really love big.

I prepped a lot of work before they came into town so I could be more present when they were here and I also stayed off social media most of the week and it was kinda nice! Sometimes you need to disconnect in order to connect!

July 21, 2020

Quarantined Day in the Life

July 21, 2020/ Kendra Atkins

Hey friends! Today we are hanging out at home! Big surprise! (minus swim lessons.) We are going to be doing one more week of swim this summer. They could definitely go a little longer, but we are on week 8 and it’s not super close to our house so driving there and back 4 days a week has not been easy!

July 13, 2020

12 MONTH UPDATE

July 13, 2020/ Kendra Atkins

Well here we are! I now have a 1 year old! Honestly it’s so bizarre because I feel like Owen is still 6 months old. Maybe it’s the bald head?? And seeing Owen grow out of the baby stage and looking more toddler-like, makes my girls look SO much older! Why does this all have to happen so quickly?

Today I wanted to give a 12 month update of Owie and talk about his first year of life. I hope you enjoy today’s video! And seriously, thank you all for following along this past year. What a year it’s been.

June 22, 2020

1st Birthday Gift Ideas

June 22, 2020/ Kendra Atkins

Since I just posted about the toys my girls have been loving, I figured I’d do a follow up post since Owen is almost 1!! I honestly can’t believe it. This year has flown by. I linked what I bought him along with some other ideas of what I think would make great gifts!

September 12, 2019

What It's Like Having 1 Baby After Twins

September 12, 2019/ Kendra Atkins

I’ve been wanting to write a post like this for a while now! Comparing what is has been like having one baby after having twins. I know a lot you have twins and have been on the fence having a third. 1. I know you are all afraid of having twins again. If you have fraternal twins then your odds are a lot higher having a second set than if you have identical twins. Our girls are identical so I knew there was still a change to have another set but I knew I wanted more kids so I was willing to have 4 if that’s what was in the cards for us! And 2. You have PTSD after having twins and don’t want to go through it again. Kidding. Kind of. Having twins in the newborn stage is really stressful, it’s constant and just a lot to manage. So I know a lot of you are just not wanting to have to go through it all over again.