Back in January we celebrated our oldest son’s 8th birthday with a Pokémon Birthday Party. The kid is crazy about Pokémon, so he loved it as much as his little brother loved his Thomas the Train Party. He had originally wanted a different theme, so we had to find some quick and easy ideas for…
Hi there! If you’ve following Taking Time in the City, you may have noticed some changes around here (if you’re new, welcome!). With a lot of hard word, some late nights, and maybe a little pounding my head on the desk, I have been transforming this little blog over the last few weeks. I’d like…
I’ve been making cards for quite sometime now, and I’ve realized that cool designs for handmade boy birthday cards are a little hard to find. They’re at least a lot harder to find than cute handmade girl cards! Anyone who knows me knows that I love to make cards, so I make sure to take…
This picture collage would make a super cute gift anytime, but it’d be especially great for Valentine’s Day! We made it for the boys’ grandma on her birthday last year. As you can see, there was some sillyness with the picture taking, but that made it even cuter in my opinion! I chose a different…
A couple years ago we took a bunch of Valentine’s Day pictures, and I put together this cute printable Valentine for our family. It was a cute way for the boys to say “We Love You”. I’m making the Photoshop file for the card template available for you to download here for free. You’ll need the…
For the past several years, I’ve tried to take a picture of the boys for Valentine’s Day, and we send it to family. It’s a fun way to remind them that we love them. This is this year’s picture. The actual picture took less than five minutes. I’ve learned that the quicker the better when…
Big Brother has been in school for several years now, but this will be the first year that both boys will be celebrating Valentine’s Day at school. We’ve done a few cute Valentine’s over the years, and I thought I’d share some of our favorite School Valentines for Boys. Toy Car Valentine This “I Am…
Some time back I was reading part of 1 Corinthians 13 (verses 4-7) and was inspire anew. I’m sure most of you have read it. It’s the love chapter after all. It really hit me, though, that we could (and should) use this chapter as guide for how to show people love…how we can live…
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When I first started blogging, one of the first things I found and tried on another blog was 14 Days of Valentines. It’s a cute and easy way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, AND it can also be fairly inexpensive too! I haven’t done it in several years but decided to go for it again this…
This is a throwback to some cards the boys made all the way back in 2016. It doesn’t seem like that would be that long ago, but the boys have changed so, so much since then! So keeping that in mind, these cards were made by a 1.5 and 6 year old. Big Brother’s hand…