Happy Earth Day! Are you and your kiddos doing anything to celebrate today? My gang picked up litter from two local wetland areas that we adopted through the local DNR office and we’re headed to a nearby town for treats all around to reward ourselves. 🙂 Also on the agenda… planting some cool season veggies…
Month: April 2009
More Health Benefits Found for Breastfeeding (For Mom!)
We all know the health benefit of breastfeeding for babies by now and it’s pretty well known that it also lowers the chances of breast cancer for mom. A new study of nearly 140,000 women found more health benefits for moms who breastfeed, though. Women who have breast-fed, it says, are at lower…
Good Grief, More Play Dough!
Okay, after this I promise to stop sharing playdough recipes for a while! 🙂 I just had to make a note to try these recipes and I thought I might as well do it here in case anybody else liked the sounds of them too…….. Oatmeal Play Dough 2 cups smooth peanut butter 2 cups…
Kool-Aid Playdough (and blow darts!)
Yesterday, Jack and I stopped by the local grocery store and they had a sale on kool-aid. I don’t make kool-aid to drink but I buy it on sale for craft recipes. 🙂 We picked out a handful of good colors and then he chose one (Electric Blue!) to make Kool-Aid Playdough with. Here’s the…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical (Garden Style)
I’m still garden obsessed with the arrival of spring so I swiped this list of ways to make the day magical from newsletter #37 from back in 2002. I suddenly feel very old. 😉 10 Ways to Make Today Magical, Garden Style….. 1. Have the kids usepermanent paint or markers to write plant names on…
Make a Bracelet from a Toothbrush!
Here’s a fun way to recycle with the kids. Let them turn their old toothbrushes into bracelets! Kaboose has all the instructions, plus lots more Earth Day crafts.
One of Those Days (in the good way)
Today was one of those days that just about makes up for 3 months of children squabbling, dreary weather, colds, flus and piled up laundry. 😉 We started the day with a gymnastics party in a nearby city with lots of neat families and then talked some friends into picking up drive-thru and meeting us…
A Smile to Start Your Day
Have you seen the video of 47 year-old Susan Boyle trying out for "Britain’s Got Talent" yet? Oh my goodness, what a sweet lady and what a fantastic surprise. Ms. Boyle says she’s never been married and never been kissed, and here she is going for her dream in front of thousands oflaughing naysayers (including…
Quick and Easy No-Sew Fairies!
I’m in love with these darling little fairies that Half Pint Pixie made up for her little girl to celebrate the start of spring! Hop on over to this page for all the instructions. I’m sure you could use old fashioned clothespins for the bodies if you didn’t have the little blank dolls, too….
More Seed Fun!
Hello magical you! I thought you might like some more seed ideas. This site has lots of fun ones. Some are pretty conventional (like the bean and the wet paper towel in the bag) but some were new to me. I like the milk carton with the window and the bird seed sponge especially. Here’s…