Every holiday season, we have a tradition of dressing all the kids up in some fancy clothes and taking them someplace suitably festive to take holiday pictures. Sometimes it’s a nearby casino resort that puts up an indoor sleigh for photos. We take pictures and then go to their buffet restaurant for dinner. Sometimes it’s…
Month: December 2010
Thanks John
This gem of a quote has been circulating friends’ Facebook statuses the past couple of days and it made me smile so much I had to pass it on… “When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me…
Today’s Assignment
Wednesday’s Assignment: Do 10 silly things with your kids. Extra credit if you post some of them here. 🙂
Free Christmas Songs and Art
From now through Christmas, Amazon is giving away free Christmas songs to download every day. A new song is unveiled each day, and you can also download all of the songs that have been posted up till that day… all free! So far there have been songs like Chris Isaak’s “Auld Lang Syne,” The Indigo…
What We Can Learn From Swedish Preschools
I received a rather snarky comment on my “What Should a 4 Year-Old Know?” post today. While I’ve been contacted by teachers, librarians, principals, doctors and early childhood education experts who have said they wished more parents realized these things, this surly individual called me “blase” and “touchy feely” and said, “C****, we’re all screwed.”…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
How can it be the start of another week already? The days are flying by! Here’s a few ways to make them memorable along the way. 🙂 1. Start saving a bunch of seeds and end bits from fruits and veggies you eat and plant them. Use this list to find out all the fabulous…
30 holiday crafts, activities and goodies for December
What fun! ParentMap Magazine has this assortment of fun things to do this month…. 30 holiday crafts, activities and goodies for December Including our giant ice suncatcher. Head on over and see what strikes your fancy. Weekend assignment Should you choose to accept it… Find a few minutes to do something really nice for yourself. …
Meet Felicity from Thin Air
Have you heard of this sweet month-long online activity? Hello! We’d like you to meet Felicity. She is six and three quarters and has a big imagination. She loves magic tricks and making things with her hands. Felicity comes from a city high up in the clouds called Thin Air. This December, we’re taking her…
Make Some Homemade Do-a-Dot Markers!
I love this idea for homemade do-a-dot markers from Counting Coconuts! I think I’ve seen it before but my brain is a bit like a collander these days and things are constantly new to me again. 😉 These work a little differently than the store-bought kind, but I’m guessing that kids will have at least…