My sister taught me everything I really need to know, and she was only in sixth grade at the time. – Linda Sunshine A sister smiles when one tells one’s stories – for she knows where the decoration has been added. -Chris Montaigne A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be…
Author: Alicia
On Brothers
A brother is a friend given by Nature. ~Legouve We are not only our brother’s keeper; in countless large and small ways, we are our brother’s maker. ~Bonaro Overstreet Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. ~Marc Brown
Ten Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! Here’s a few ways to have a bit of fun with your sweeties this week…. 1. Take some stale bread and feed the ducks, seagulls, pigeons or whatever feathered creatures you have in your neighborhood. 2. Tour someplace interesting. 3. Make monster feet. 4. Head to a beach, river bank or even a…
Dealing With Icks
We’re back from our fabulous trip to Duluth. I’m still getting back in the swing of things, but I just saw someone talking online about feeling down because of a nasty mother-in-law and thought I’d dig this up from the old Magical Childhood newsletter archives. This is for all those magical mamas (and papas and…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! We’re off to Duluth this week but before I go here’s a few ways to make some memories this week…. 1. Buy some inexpensive wine glasses for the kids to use at dinner. We bought a four-pack of sturdy, inexpensive wine glasses just for the kids a year ago and it’s amazing how…
Positively Orphaned
It’s hard to imagine what it must be like to be an orphaned child, but add an HIV diagnosis to that and things get even gloomier. Enter Positively Orphaned. This inspirational blog gives readers opportunities to help these children, from small (children post what they’d love to have, such as roller skates or a guitar)…
Today’s Assignments…
Yes, assignments! Bet you didn’t know there would be homework when you wandered in! 🙂 Please do at least one of the following: Get down on the floor to play. Build something, paint something or otherwise create something. Give your child at least 10 hugs and/or kisses. Do something nice for somebody else’s child. Do…
What Should a 4 Year Old Know?
It’s back to school time and children all over are starting preschool. Many parents are frantically searching the internet to find out if their little ones are “on track” and know everything they should. I wrote this article about what a four-year-old should know many years ago but it continues to be the most popular…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! How can it be the start of another week already? The end of summer is flying by! Here’s ten ways to make the most of it before it’s gone! 1. Hand out permanent markers and plain white socks, and let the kids make some fun feet! Check out these cuties that Victoria made…
Lessons Learned While Camping
We’re back from our camping trip, and once again so happy to have such wonderful friends to do this with every year. Here’s a few lessons learned this go-round… If you precook your potatoes before camping, you can slice them and layer them with goodies in foil pouches and they’ll be perfectly cooked, tender and…