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: Silliness
Talk Like a Pirate!
Arrr! How could I nearly let International Talk Like a Pirate Day slip by without posting about it! Tsk! Never fear. I’ve assembled a few pirate goodies for you to take part with your wee pirates with what’s left of the day. You can check out the Magical Childhood archives to help your kids choose…
Counting Sheep
Happy Thursday! We interrupt this morning to bring you the following terrible math joke, courtesy of my hubby. A farmer wants to know how many sheep he has in his field, so he asks his border collie to count them. The dog runs into the field, counts them and runs back to the farmer. The…
Happy Leap Day!
Happy Leap Day! Need a few ideas on how to make the most of our extra day today? Mother Nature Network has this fun list. 29 fun things to do on Leap Day Did you and your kiddos do anything fun to celebrate?
Newspaper Acting!
Here’s a fun little activity my girls and I made up yesterday. Newspaper acting! I grabbed a copy of our local newspaper and a few junk mail flyers and challenged them to read lines in all different types of voices. For instance, Victoria read a sentence about a basketball game as if it were an…
In Praise of Silliness
“Draw a crazy picture, Write a nutty poem, Sing a mumble-gumble song, Whistle through your comb. Do a loony-goony dance ‘Cross the kitchen floor, Put something silly in the world That ain’t been there before.” ― Shel Silverstein Here’s to a new year of silliness and fun. 🙂
What’s Your Pirate Name?
The kids and I got a fun pirate book recently and inside was a chart to help you find your pirate name. Unfortunately, their chart left us a bit flat (9 out of 10 names were for boy pirates, for instance!) so we came up with our own pirate name generator. To find your pirate…