luke Archives - Kathryn Whitaker

BUSTED! A Phineas and Ferb Birthday Party

BUSTED! Ready to party with Phineas and Ferb? Here, you'll find easy party activities, simple DIY decorations, sweet treats and fun party favors even Dr. Doofenschmirtz would approve.

Sing with me: There’s 104 days of summer vacation and school comes along just to end it. So the annual problem for our generation is finding a good way to spend it…” It’s entirely possible I loved this theme just as much as my 7yo. It might also be true that I’ve set the DVR…

It’s Great to Live in Texas

For the last 11 years, I’ve been enjoying some version of Texas Day at my kids’ various preschools. I mean, how great is it that our kids celebrate their state with a parade? That must be a Texas thing, because I’m pretty sure there isn’t a Rhode Island parade (no offense to my Rhode Islanders…

So…about Christmas

I know. We’re nearly 30 days out from Christmas Day. Math isn’t my strong suit. I shared a bit of the Whitaker family Christmas, but thought I’d show you the rest. You know, because I’m timely like that. Rather than give you the montage of what we did, I’m sharing my ten favorite moments of Christmas Eve…

It Was Holly and it Was Jolly: Christmas 2014

In total, I think we hosted 16 people, other than our family, for the Christmas holidays. That’s a whole lotta crazy fun right there. Let’s start with the Nutcracker. For the fourth year, my mom took the girls and I to Ballet Austin’s Nutcracker. As usual, it was fabulous. We’ve managed to time it so…

All Hallow’s Eve

I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of Halloween, but when you see kids in cute costumes? I cave. It’s probably more accurate to say that I love the fun part of the tradition. The sweet costumes, the time seeing neighbors, the extra Snickers around the house. We’ve never been ones for the gore or the…