1. Put on grungy clothes and go for a grubby walk. Plan to stomp in every mud puddle and utilize every opportunity to get messy! 2. Go for a drive together. Take off and just cruise down some fantasy drive to look at the rich houses or find a scenic route in the country. Slow…
Month: May 2009
Smoothies!
Magical Mama Rebecca wrote in to suggest one of our favorite treats. Smoothies! Here’s how they make them at their house…. Alright, here is a real kid-pleaser for summer that is so refreshing and filling, and pretty healthy too. (You might already have something like this somewhere, so if you do, ignore this.) Whenever…
Kids Can Earn Books by Reading Books!
Here’s a neat program if you have a store in your area. Half Price Books is offering kids a $3 shopping card for every week they read for at least 15 minutes through June and July for their Feed Your Brain summer reading program. The store, which sells used books and has lots of locations…
Quick and Easy Felt Purses
Just Tutes has instructions for the most delightful little felt purses up on her blog! Aren’t they fabulous? This would make a great gift for your little one or even a craft for your little one to make for him/herself or a gift! She says they’re the perfect size for library cards, which I think…
Baby Foxes
We had the most delightful fun today. We were driving on a small highway to a nearby town and spotted these baby foxes happily playing just feet from the road! We stopped and watched them for several minutes and got lots of pictures, but I didn’t think of videotaping them until we’d taken off again….
Sound Advice
Rules for Living: "Do not worry, eat three square meals a day, say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good, steer clear of biliousness, exercise, go slow and go easy. Maybe there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but, my friend, these, I reckon, will…
Quick & Easy Fun — Ramps!
Here’s a quick and inexpensive way to rig up some fun for your little guys, courtesy of the Southern Minnesota Children’s Museum. Rig up an easy ramp with a length of gutter and then use it to roll balls, cars and other toys down. You can change the slant to see if the objects go…
Bread Making for Four Year-Olds (and Over!)
A four year-old made this bread! Head on over to Steamy Kitchen for the directions for her delicious looking no-knead bread. Magical Mama Claire tried it and proclaimed: "You guys, this is so totally easy and fun and YUM! Ya gotta try it!" My girls and I are headed to a children’s writing workshop in…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
We’re on our way to a nearby town to meet some wonderful friends for a playdate in the park. In light of that, I’m swiping this list of ways to make the day magical from an old newsletter! Oh, like you remember what I said in June of 2002! 😉 10 Ways to Make Today…
6 Things I’d Like for Mother’s Day
This post reminds me of a story my mother told me when I was a little girl. Supposedly, a magazine asked a bunch of world leaders what they wanted most for Christmas. The leaders all gave very noble answers like world peace and an end to poverty, except for President Reagan, who said that he’d…