1. Find some good strong, long sticks and paint them to be your official summer walking sticks. The more colors the better! 2. Dedicate a song to your kids on the radio. 3. Make today polka dot day. Wear polka dotted clothes. Draw polka dots on each other. Make polka dotted dinners (hint– peas in…
Month: May 2009
Rainy Day Fun
Magical Mama Kristie in Australia shared this sweet way to pass the time when you’re cooped up… I had a suggestion for a rainy day thing to do – we did it today with my boys and watched old home videos – they were intrigued about themselves as babies…and felt very special being on tv!…
It’s a Girl Thing
Victoria has a new favorite web site and I wanted to let you all know about it because it seems like such a great resource for girls. I’ve known about New Moon for years and always meant to subscribe at some point, but with Victoria at such a tricky age right now I thought this…
Silver Medal Girl 2
I couldn’t just post about one daughter’s soccer results and not the other. 🙂 Annalee had her soccer tournament today and also got a silver medal! (Anna is the third girl on the bottom) Her team was undefeated this season but the red Walnut Grove team was just unstoppable today! They won their first two…
Ladybug Ladybug
Got any ladybug lovers at your house? How about bug catchers? Photographers? Scientists? Kids with any of the above interests might want to take part in the Lost Ladybug Project. Researchers at Cornell University are collecting photographs and data from helpers all over to try to find more information about our dwindling population of native…
Silver Medal Girl
Victoria had her soccer tournament tonight and I had to post a quick update. The Pink Panthers won their first game and lost the second, by only one point, to the undefeated top rated team in the league. They took silver. Victoria said several of her teammates congratulated her for some of her plays. Including…
Today’s a Good Day to…..
…Try to catch a toad! Here’s some tips here and here.Don’t keep him! Thank him and let him go. Better yet, make a toad house in your back yard and see if they’ll come to you!Here’s tons more information on the perfect toad home. Or go all out and make a toad village, like these…
Quitters and Winners
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. — Napoleon Hill Monday afternoon, I gave Victoria permission to quit soccer in the very last week of the season. It was not the first time I told her she could quit. Indeed, I had been telling her to practically from the beginning. I know our society has…
Shaving Cream Madness
Well, we found a way to occupy ourselves this morning despite the rain! I got out a can of shaving cream and invited the kids to spread it all over the table. I read once that shaving cream was good for wood tables. I personally think it’s highly unlikely but my table is older than I am…
5 Foot Long Banana Splits!
I just had to share this idea that Rebecca posted in the comments today because I think it’s so delightful! She wrote… We already had a little party with family, and we made a five-foot long banana split using a (clean) plastic gutter for a dish! It was a blast! What fun! I hope your…