Outdoor Staycation with the kids and Polywood

Momma’s what’s more important than our kids’ futures? In our house we are making an effort to buy from brands that are Eco-friendly! ♻

We have teamed up with POLYWOOD who use lumber that is made from recycled plastic found in land-fills & the ocean! 🐋 They have a huge range of sustainable outdoor patio sets for kids and adults alike.

How to get creative with your home to keep the distance learning momentum going!

covid blogs, homeschool, lifestyleLynn ArmstrongDecember 1, 2020family, homeschool, virtual learning, kindergarden, lifestyle, diy, Art Comments

When Oprah asks to feature you…

I’m published in O. The Oprah Magazine!! Eeek! I am so honored to be featured last Friday for a piece on ‘Virtual Birthday party ideas to make your Zoom Celebration Special!’ It’s about creative ideas for virtual celebrations and you know how I love making ombré balloon arches!

Making Sure you are Disaster Prepared at Home during an Emergency

mom style, lifestyle, covid blogsLynn ArmstrongMay 13, 2020safety, family, lifestyle, disasterpreparedness, weather, earthquake, fire, flood, emergency, firstaid, disasterkit, travel, coronavirus, covid-19, lockdown Comments

Mother's Day Ideas for When You’re Stuck at Home

Mother’s Day is right around the corner and it’ll be unlike any other we’ve experienced! Quarantine Mother’s Day for a lot of us means staying at home and mailing gifts online, so I’ve hand-picked some great Mother’s Day Gift Ideas you can send to all your Moms this Sunday!

Fun Quarantine Activities to do with Your Kids during Homeschool

During Earth Week we had beautiful weather in SF, and it was great timing to get outside and appreciate our planet with some of Tudor’s homeschool tasks.

These projects are super fun and cheap to do even when you’re not in quarantine during Earth week!

How to Host a Toddler’s Birthday Party on Zoom During Lockdown

This was definitely unlike any birthday party we’ve ever thrown before! We had to improvise…

About Me

lifestyleLynn ArmstrongApril 1, 2020personal, about me, california mom, San Francisco mom, mom blogger, mompreneur, mom influencer Comments

Covid-19 Homeschooling: #MommySchoolChallenge is in Session

With schools shutting down all over the country, it’s us Mama’s and Dada’s who are stepping up to play teacher… Post a photo of your Coronavirus Homeschool set up using the hashtag #MommySchoolChallenge and let’s all get together and support one another!

The First Day of Spring

How many days till Spring? It feels like it’s right around the corner! The Spring season is my favorite, so full of possibility & color!

The Best Easy-to-Make Halloween Recipe with the Kids!

Halloween is just around the corner, and if you know me, you know I’ll take any excuse to get creative in the kitchen with the family! Holiday baking is such a great family activity, and these Halloween Mummy Hotdogs (one of my favorite Halloween baking ideas) were super easy to make and the kids loved making them.

Happy Labor Day: An Honest Life Update

With Labor Day, Pre-K back-to-school and having a 2 year-old still at home, happening all at once, it’s enough to make a Momma need a cocktail!

lifestyleLynn ArmstrongAugust 29, 2019family time, quality time, mom life, labor day, life update, honesty Comments

This Mompreneur is the SMMCpreneur for July & August!

I was so honoured to be featured as an SMMC-PRENEUR in this month’s SMMC Crier! Having my article ‘A Day on the Smart Train’ published with them back in April was a huge milestone for me, so to have them reach out and ask to feature me again totally made my summer. This side hustle is taking off… a total Mompreneur pinch-me moment!

I'm Published in San Francisco’s SMMC Mother's Magazine!

lifestyle, travel, publishedLynn ArmstrongApril 30, 2019travel, family travel, published magazine Comments

Easter Bunny Cakes with the Kids

It’s that time of year again and Spring is officially in the air! Cooking easy Easter Bunny cake recipes with the kids is definitely going to become a new Easter tradition, but hopefully a neater and cleaner tradition is time goes on, haha!

How to Overcome Your Picky Toddler's Eating

I went to this amazing talk at my paediatricians office on picky toddler eating because my little toddler's have become a lil picky! Then again, their mamma isn’t super fond of veggies either ;)

lifestyle, foodLynn ArmstrongMarch 26, 2019family time, quality time, cooking, recipie, toddler, food, diy Comments

It’s All About the Kids in Tiburon, California

It’s all about the kids in Tiburon! That’s one of the reasons we moved to the suburbs. We moved from the busy South End of Boston where we lived in a Brownstone 5 years ago, where our only outside space were the city parks and the stoop leading to our front door….enter Suburban Jungle!

travel, lifestyle, mom styleLynn ArmstrongFebruary 8, 2019quality time, mountain, family time, family Comments

Arts & Crafts Puppet Making with Toddlers

In a time when all kids seem to want to do is play on their iPads, it’s so important to allow them to get creative imaginary play-time with their hands! One of the easiest crafts you can make is with 2 sticks and a string of faux fur material…

lifestyleLynn ArmstrongJanuary 20, 2019family time, quality time, crafts, arts & crafts, puppets Comments

Baking Valentine Sugar Cookies with Aura & Tudor

As soon as the holidays are over, Valentines Day is coming up! A fun activity to do with the kids is to make some special cookies for Daddy (actually, they’re totally for me, it’s all a trick - haha!) I’ve really compiled a ton of sprinkles from birthday parties, Christmas, Halloween and all the holidays in-between…

Christmas Tree Decorating with Toddlers!

This was the first year we got a Christmas tree as a family of four. We always seem to be travelling during the holidays, especially as Nic’s family live overseas but this year we’re right at home here in CA. We headed out to The Little Hills Christmas Tree Farms in Petaluma, Sonoma County, our favourite…