I think we may go exploring with our stethescope tomorrow….Here’s a wonderful idea by Joseph Cornell, author of Sharing Nature With Children: If you listen carefully with a stethoscope, you can hear the "heartbeat" of a tree. Find a thin-barked tree more than 6 inches in diameter and place your stethoscope against its trunk. Be…
Author: Alicia
Splatter Fairies
Lapaz Home Learning has the most whimsical little art project on her blog ~ Splatter Fairies! Aren’t they wonderful? Head over to her blog for instructions. 🙂
Just a little rant….
I got my first hate mail comment today on this blog! I must admit it wasn’t the nicest way to start the day! I wanted to respond to it, though, because…. well, frankly because it annoyed me and it’s my blog so I will! 🙂 The comment was about my article "What Should a 4…
Strangers with Compliments
Once you become a parent, you get deluged with a lot of advice. Whether it’s what carseat to buy, whether to breastfeed or what kind of birth you should have, everybody has an opinion. Perhaps the most advice you get, though, is about how you should parent. This is where one of my biggest personal…
125 Happy Things
My kids and I like to take part in Unplug Your kids challenges and we’ve missed them lately. I was busy being miserably sick all last week but I saw today that the theme was happy and I thought that seemed too good of a theme to pass up! So I’ve gathered my gang and…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
It’sMonday, time for another list. I’m still sick and appreciate all the well wishes. Thanks too for the sweet comments on Victoria’s guest post! 10 Ways to Make Today Magical…. 1. Plan a slumber party with a mama friend and her kiddos. Everybody camp out on the living room floor, eat popcorn, watch movies and…
A Guest Post from Victoria
I’m still terribly sick but wanted to post something quickly for my loyal two readers! 😉 So here, a few words from my fabulous 10 year-old, Victoria (who did all the fonts and colors herself)… BOREDOM BUSTERS Here are 5 things to suggest if your kids are BORED ………….. 1. Print out a list of…
A Few Good Quotes
I’m quite sick but an advantage of having 9 years’ worth of rambling is that I can always go snitch something from a newsletter if I want to post quickly and go crawl off to bed. Here’s a little something in that spirit! A few good quotes about parenting…. "You should study not only that…
Shopping Sanity Saver: Paint Chip Hunts!
Here’s an idea we adapted from an idea in an old Girl Scout handbook. Next time you need to keep the kids happy and occupied on a shopping trip, hand out a few paint sample cards and ask them to find matches during the trip. You can pick the samples up in the paint section…
Squirt Painting!
I’m still under the weather but I pulled this craft from the Magical Childhood craft archives if you’re looking for some slightly messy fun. Squirt Painting Here’s a fun craft using stuff you probably already have in your cupboards. You need: flour water food coloring 2 or more squirt bottles such as bottles from syrup,…