First off, thanks for all your fabulous comments yesterday on my mothering post! Every one of them meant so much. 🙂 Today was a pretty fabulous day. It was filled with strawberry picking, playing with friends at the park, sitting in the shade on the lawn swing watching the kids play, gardening, talking, tree climbing,…
Month: June 2010
It’s Hard Work, This Mothering Business
I’ve been feeling rather raw lately. My “good mama” hat has felt knocked from my head a few too many times and I’ve been filled with self doubt. Several hundred times per day, three-year-old Alex tells me “Me MAD at you, Mama!”. Seven-year-old Jack goes back and forth between being sweetly crazy about me to…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! I hope you folks are having less rain and dreariness than we are, or that you’ve at least had lots of cookie baking and puddle stomping to make up for it. We have more rain coming so this week’s list may have some wet activities included! So let’s get on with it. Here’s…
How to Make a Rose Petal Crown
Today’s craft comes courtesy of Annalee, who created this lovely rose petal crown as a gift for a friend. She says that all you have to do is gather some fallen rose petals (or other flower petals) from the ground and then gather a handful of stiff, long grass (the type that’s going to seed…
It’s National Get Outdoors Day!
Happy Saturday! It’s now officially National Get Outdoors Day! Head here if you want some ideas of where to go (there’s sites all over with fun stuff planned) or what to do. We’re going to Devil’s Gulch in South Dakota with some friends. Supposedly, Jesse James jumped it in a famous getaway. I’m not sure…
Moose Kids Love Sprinklers Too!
Have you seen this adorable video of a mama moose and her twins playing in a family’s sprinkler? What fun! 🙂 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNy9jTeolUk]
On Boys
Boys are such amazing creatures! I am constantly amused, aggravated and enchanted by my wild, sweet, crazy male offsprings. Here, I present you with some favorite quotes about boys, illustrated by seven year old Jack in photos from the past week or two. A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has…
Six Nifties
Here’s some of what’s been filling up my browser windows lately… 1. Meet Me At Mike’s has started a fun little envelope project that anybody (child or adult) can take part in. Send in a pretty little decorated envelope with something small inside (Artist Trading Cards, a photo, candy wrappers, ribbon, anything!) and at the…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Welcome to a wonderful new week! Here’s a few ways to make some memories with your kiddos sometime soon… 1. Have a glow-in-the-dark treasure hunt after dark. 2. Take a horse drawn carriage ride. We went two weekends in a row because we happened upon them, once at a winery and once at a historic…
Driveway Graffiti
I love this idea from No Time for Flashcards! Brilliant! We’ve mixed up sidewalk paint before and it hasn’t been the biggest hit with any of us, but using balls with it? I love the sounds of it!