It’s that time of year again. For like 20 years (yes, I am getting old!) I’ve been telling you to do pumpkin pounding! Here’s what I told you back in 2009. I swear I was 20 at the time. 😉 It’s that time of year again, and few things are as fun as pounding pumpkins. …
Category: happy stuff
50 Ways to Make Today Magical (Coronavirus Edition)
Hello, magical people! I know that many of us will be at home with our kiddos for quite a long time with the Coronavirus quarantines around the world and I thought a list of ways to make the day magical might help. I have a master list of 100 ways to make today magical, but…
Exciting News
I have happy news for our family. Rhiannon Lee (Annalee or Anna to old time readers, Rhia nowadays) and I have published a children’s poetry book! It all started when Rhia showed me her mushroom doodles in her journal last year. I fell in love with them and told her they should be in a…
March 2020 Wild Kids Magazine
The March 2020 issue of Wild Kids Magazine is up! For those who are new to the magazine, Wild Kids is a free monthly printable nature-based magazine that I publish as a nonprofit way to put some more good in the world. Each issue includes ways to learn and play in nature that month, foraging…
Beluga Whale Fun
I happened upon a pretty incredible video that you have to see to believe today — a beluga whale playing fetch! https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1192547789332525063?s=17 Now if that doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will. 🙂 I had to share it, and figured I might as well see if I could find some fun stuff about…
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Happy Monday! It’s been too long since I’ve popped in and I’m once again resolving to find a way to do so more regularly. So let’s start by getting back to some ways to make the day more magical. 🙂 Here are 10 ways to make a little magic this week… 1. Go on a…
Signs of Love
Here’s a sweet art project that’s perfect for the times right now. Girls to the Moon offers instructions for how to make Signs of Acceptance to show people that you care about them and are on their side. The site says: What are some words you could say to let people know they are safe with…
Random Acts of Holiday Kindness
Happy Tuesday! Sorry to be gone so long again. There has been all sorts of mayhem in our busy little house, as always. Once again, I’m working on finding a way to post here more often. We’ll see how it goes! I know that a lot of families do Random Acts of Kindness this time…
Don’t Let the Pigeon Make Some Crafts!
Do you have Mo Willems fans in your family? We are huge fans of all of his books, but especially the pigeon books. I found this adorable craft today via the Learning with Literature group Pinterest board. With lots of other adorable pigeon ideas at the lovely blog it’s from, Diary of a First Grade…
Silly Photo Shoots!
Here’s a fun and easy way to make a little magic with your kiddos. Have a zany photo shoot! We’ve done many of these over the years and it always leads to smiles. There are some free apps that let you get pretty creative, too. 🙂 Happy Wednesday!