"Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart." ~Marcel Morin (I love this quote and try to remember it during especially noisy, crazy-making times!) (Are there any…
Month: November 2009
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. Fill the bathtub half full of water balloons and let your child take a bath with them. 2. Grab some leftover Halloween face paints (or makeup!) and do face painting with the kids. 3. Make banana bread in a bag together. 4. Gather up some handfuls of smooth rocks, acorns or other natural materials…
Thought for the Day
Don’t forget, every single day, to take the time to make the day mean something. We only have so many days to enjoy this magical planet and these beautiful kids. For goodness sakes, don’t waste them. Look at the stars. Dance with your sweetie in the driveway. Smell everything. Feel everything. Savor life or you’ll…
Sunday is Shichi-Go-San
Have a child who’s 3, 5 or 7? Take part in this fun Japanese tradition! In Japan, children who are three, five, or seven years old are thought to be especially lucky. On November 15, families who have children of these ages take part in a very old festival called Shichi-Go-San, or "Seven-Five-Three." Technically, the…
Happy Friday the 13th!
Happy Friday the 13th! In honor of the day we’re doing a little fun thing every hour. First hour — cake for breakfast! 🙂 Have a magical day!
Cake or Death?
Victoria baked her first cake tonight.She decorated it, toowith one of our favorite sayingsthat will make no sense to most peoplebut makes us grin like fools. Tee hee hee.Anybody know the reference???? Alex approves. (We are completely out of the running for "normal" at this point, aren’t we?)(Like we were ever in the running.) 🙂…
Art Jumping!
Ever hear of Art Jumping?Magical Mama Lucy recommended this blogwhere people send in pictures of themselvesjumping for joyin front of art. The pictures make me smileand I know four little kids who would loveto go jumping.Anybody else UP for it? 😉 Happy Thursday!
Things That Make Me Happy
1. Homemade pumpkin spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting 2. Watching my kids delight at getting to blow out candles on cupcakes again and againwhile we sing "Happy Tuesday to you!"as much as they want(even the big kids) 3. Doing color changing pH experiments with purple cabbage water 4. Doing the toddler version and watching…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. Enlist the kids in painting a secret corner. It could be the inside of dresser drawers, a broom closet or the back of the wood shed. Give them a variety of bright colors and brushes. Encourage them to paint pictures, stars, words, flowers, anything that will make that space feel powerful, fun or…
Miss Me?
I’m terribly sorry for my unplanned absence!A certain two year-old pushed some buttons on Saturdayand the internet was no longer.His powers are good.No amount of tech support all weekend could helpand they had to fix things this morning on their end. The good news is I finally have the internet again.The better news is that…