Happy New Year! Go here for fun ways to celebrate 2010 with the kiddos. Now if you’ll excuse meI have to go cut lots and lots of confettiand make a terrible mess of my kitchen.
Month: December 2009
Color Me Katie and Coloring Snow
I’ve mentioned Color Me Katie’s blog beforebut in case you haven’t visited latelyhere’s a fun idea she posted recently. What a fun way to deal with dirty city snowor clean snow, for that matter! Happy Thursday!
Hot Vanilla Milk!
Here’s a super easy and tasty treat you can make next time the kiddos come in from the cold. Hot vanilla milk is quite a bit like hot chocolate, except (obviously!) it’s made with vanilla and it’s also way easier! To make: Heat a cup of milk in the microwave or…
Icy Science!
Here’s some cold weather ideas courtesy of All the DAZE. Some are old favorites around here and some are brand new to me. I’m going to see if we can do some this week to make use of all of the cold we have around here. 🙂 * Add food coloring to water. Freeze into…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. Make nature confetti. Let kids duplicate the fun of tossing confetti without the mess to clean up– and help birds and squirrels at the same time. In a large bowl, mix up bird seed, dried corn, crumpled leaves, small dried fruits, flower petals and/or any other natural materials you have on hand. Take the…
An Old Fashioned Christmas
Today is the day we usually dress up in our fanciest clothesand head to Great Grandma Lueck’s houseto see extended family we’ve missed all yearand eat too much wonderful foodand get a belly ache from cookies and candy. Usually, we spend the night at Grandma & Grandpa’sand come down Christmas morningfor cookies and fruit soupand…
Good Things to Make
This glitter playdough This cranberry sauce This on top of hot chocolate for the kids These 10 second ornaments with the kids This origami Santa hat for the kids to wear But mostly make… …The kids laugh. …Some special memories. .…Time to enjoy the season.…Tea or hot buttered rum or whatever makes you feel pampered….
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
1. Camp out under the Christmas tree overnight. 2. Give each child a small amount of money and go shopping for the food shelf. Let them choose what they buy, reminding them to look for stuff they’d want to eat but also that they can get a lot more by buying inexpensive items. Go together…
Latest Writing and Monkey Pictures
Just thought I’d post a few of the articles I’ve put up lately: Join the 2010 Happiness Challenge! Best for Babes looking for blogs to run its breastfeeding PSA The AAP recommends no spanking and discusses why it doesn’t work What to do instead of spanking Parenting secrets for peaceful holidays And have you heard…
Quick Christmas Fun
Here’s a sweet interactive Christmas scene from Ashland University that the kids can help make magical with a few clicks of the mouse.