The kids and I are off to Magical Mama Tiffany’s house in Nebraska to have fun with her fabulous family. We’ll be back on Wednesday night. I’ll try to check in but I’m not sure if I’ll have much time. Have a magical week! See you soon!
Author: Alicia
What You’re Doing Matters
“…And I have to love you this fiercely: So that you can feel it even after you leave for school, or even while you are asleep, or even after your childhood becomes a memory.” Have you seen this video essay about motherhood for the Mom2.0 Summit? It’s worth the 2 1/2 minutes. 🙂 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8K9s7_k3TM] The…
Pregnant With Cancer?
ChemoMama has started a blog telling her story of fighting breast cancer and continuing with her pregnancy at her new blog, Pregnant With Cancer. I had no idea that there were chemo drugs that were safe for pregnant women. Head over to read her story if you want to know more and also to see…
Little Things
I just stumbled on this old photo buried on Flickr and it made me smile. Normally, if an old van pulled up across the street and someone started taking pictures you’d probably think your cover was blown, but we know the newspaper editor of our tiny town so I kept blowing and the kids kept…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! Here’s a few ways to make some simple fun with your kidlings this week…. 1. Sign up for the Super Secret Stashbusting Challenge. Even better, put a bunch of your old art supplies and doo-dads in a box and issue a similar craft challenge for your kiddos yourself. 2. Have a technology free…
Saltdough Vases and Planters
These are brilliant! These salt dough vases are built around glass containers from the recycling bin, making them waterproof, completely customizable and virtually free. And they’re just too cute. Kids could have a ball doing this! Head on over to Alpha Mom for the instructions. Happy Sunday!
Why I Love Teacher Tom
I’ve been following Teacher Tom’s blog for a little while now. Teacher Tom is a preschool teacher who gives me all sorts of wonderful ideas, especially for making outside spaces child-friendly. He also just has a wonderful love of children that I enjoy reading. But today’s post on his blog perfectly sums up why I…
Save Our Living Earth & a Freebie
Have you seen this stop animation video by kids? This was made by four classes of fifth graders at an international school in Brussels. What an amazing project! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJoEiFKl4qs] Also, today only — Friday — this African animal math app for wireless devices is being offered for free for families. We have no wireless devices…
Yarn Eggs!
Here’s a craft we first tried when my girls were tiny and I plan to try again this week. These fun eggs make wonderful springtime decorations. Grown-up help is required and they are a little more work than they might appear and can be more than a bit messy. They’re great fun though! You’ll need:…
I Love…
Good friends… Signs of spring… Fearlessness Foolishness 😉 Dress up… Deep thoughts… Plants from friends across the country… Silliness… What’s making you smile lately? Happy Wednesday!