Dear Jack, Happy birthday, my sweet boy! I can’t believe you’re 6 years old already. What a wonderful six years it has been. You are such a sweet and special boy. There are so many reasons I love you but here are a few. You get wild and crazy and talk gibberish and run around…
Month: April 2009
Today’s a Good Day to…..
…go on a walk with your favorite super hero, fairy princess… …even the kid who is too old to dress up anymore. 🙂 I ask you, how could anyone not have a good day with companions dressed like this?!
Toilet Paper Tube Stars
I love these whimsical stars from Her Cup Overfloweth. All you need are toilet paper tubes, some paint, glitter and glue,plus clothespins to hold them together while they dry.She got the idea from HGTV but I think hers are prettier!(And easier for little ones to do!)They’d look wonderful hanging in a window or from the…
The Importance of Ick
I have come to the conclusion that my children’s lives are just too rosy. No wait — hear me out. This is deep. 😉 Today their fabulous father called from running errands to say that he was going to pick Jack and Victoria up in 3 minutes and take them to a nearby state park. I…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. Get out your pastry bag and a fancy tip, and let the kids pipe themselves some fancy lunches. For example, make mashed potatoes and some veggies. Let them pipe the potatoes into a fabulous pattern and use the veggies as accents. They can also write out their names or make pretty designs. 2. Fly…
Make a Peanut Butter Beard!
Okay, this is just silliness, but it could be a fun way to inject a little bit of fun in a boring afternoon! This page tells how to make a peanut butter beard with mini marshmallows. 🙂 We have a peanut allergy here so we’d use sunbutter (a wonderful safe alternative made from sunflower seeds…
More Fun Tween Ideas!
Magical Mama Lonni wrote in to share a billion (okay, very slightly less) more fun things to do with your tween. She’s raising some really fabulous tweens and teens herself and I love her list. So here, lifted straight from the comments are her great suggestions…. I like your ideas and it got me wracking…
Fairy Crowns & Weaving Plastic Baskets
I love these whimsical crowns from Mommy Blessings! They’re inexpensive, easy and adorable. Head on over to her delightful blog for the instructions andlots of other neat crafts. And at that neat blog I found a link to this wonderful recycling craft at The Lucky Ladybird where she teaches you how to weave unwanted plastic…
Fun With Your Tween!
Yesterday I wrote about Victoria changing as she nears 11. I loved reading the comments it generated, here and in emails. It seems I’m not alone! I did a little research to see what to expect the next couple of years and found a good article here that talked about typical changes and why they…
All Grown Up
Victoria is breaking my heart lately. She doesn’t mean to. She’s just developed this awful idea that she’s not little anymore. My baby. My first baby. That little girl who used to hold my finger and say hup, hup, hup as she toddled along. The adorable pipsqueak who used to bang sticks…