10 Ways to Make Today Magical… 1. Let the kids arrange some 2×4 boards on the lawn in a funky pattern or their initials. Wait a week and let the sun “brand” your lawn. The covered area will be brown in the shape the kids made. Don’t worry, it’s temporary. The grass will green up…
The Closest Thing to Angels
(Annalee at age 2, playing in the dirt in her favorite fairy dress) “Children, as persons, are entitled to the greatest respect. Children are given to us as free-flying souls, but then we clip their wings like we domesticate the wild mallard. Children should become the role-models for us, their parents, for they are coated…
Parenting and Puddle Jumping
“I love my daughter’s fierce, irrational puddle jumping. Every day she teaches me a little more about being authentically alive. Sometimes it means hurrying us along before the rain starts, sometimes it means hurling our favorite shiny, black shoes in the grass and returning to the puddle for another round.” Here, go visit Eros-Allegra Clarke to read the…
Magical Decorating Tip #2
“My father had some very good quality glow in the dark paint and using an old pool cue (!) applied it to the ceiling making various sized dots. The bigger the blob, the “closer” the star seemed. You have to really put lots on. During the day it can’t be seen at all, but at…
Got Dust?
Magical Mama Nancy shared this poem and I had to pass it on. It speaks to me! Anybody who’s seen my living room will understand why. 😉 DUST IF YOU MUST (Author unknown) Dust if you must but wouldn’t it be better To paint a picture or write a letter, Bake a cake or plant…
Veggie Match Cards, Mama Mojo and Perfume From Flowers
Katherine Marie Photography has the most adorable little veggie cards for you to print out and use for games like Concentration or Go Fish! Click here to get your set. In other news… Nine ways to get your mama mojo back and Making flowers into perfume Happy Tuesday!
10 Ways to Make Today Magical
Hello magical people! It’s the start of a fabulous new week and here’s some ways to make the most of it… 1. Buy a pack of toilet paper for the sole purpose of goofy fun. Wrap your kids up into mummies, make toilet paper streamers and run through the yard, toss it and see how…
Magical Decorating Tip #1
Start collecting prisms to hang from windows. Kids are enchanted by these “diamonds” and the way they fill the room with rainbows whenever the sun hits them. Hang them by sturdy embroidery floss, high out of the reach of babies. An eastern window will catch the first light of the day.
A Door to Anywhere
Daryl has been on the lookout for an old fashioned screen door for a play he’s putting on in September. Last week, he spotted one by the street for trash pick-up and snagged it. When he got it home, he realized it seemed to be made for very tiny people (!) and would not work…
Five Fun Crafts to Try Soon!
We’re back from Nebraska and I’m slowly catching up writing, laundry, gardening and mess making (ahem, I mean cleaning!). While I’m doing that, here’s a bit of what’s on my crafty radar this week…. Homemade Puffy Paint An oldie but goodie… Melted Crayon Art Not a craft but a recipe we made last weekend… Monkey…