It’s back to school time, and the time of the year when parents are most prone to worrying about what their kids can and cannot do. If reading is a skill on your child’s horizon (or just a fairly new skill), here’s some fun ways to help make it easier. Cut some paper into strips…
Fairies Galore!
The Crafty Crow has a round-up of fairy crafts today and some are simply too sweet to pass up! I especially love the plastic bottle fairy houses. They’re darling! Her ideas to make little dolls into fairies are brilliant too. What a fun site! I can’t wait to explore them all.
New Friends
We’re back from our camping party and made some lovely new friends. We also made a smaller friend… Do you like her? She seems to like us so far. She needed a home and we had a little extra love to give since losing Josie. Possible names so far… JinxGracieMouse Votes?
What are Your Favorite Ways to Make the Day Magical?
We are off for a 3 day camping party that we’re hosting for some family friends from all over. We’ll be meeting one family for the first time but I’ve known the mom online since our kids were small. It should be a really fun trip. I thought I’d mix things up and ask you…
A Few Good Quotes
"Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?" ~ Jane Nelson"Children have never been very good at listening to their…
A New Twist on Recycled Crayons
We’ve been making recycled crayons for years with mini muffin tins (ours is heart shaped) and I’ve seen them made in little candy molds but I had never thought of doing it this way from Danny Seo. What fun! They’re so pretty and we have so many cookie cutters in the playdough drawer…. These would…
Gush Your House?
Here’s some silly fun with a bit of a geography lesson and more than a bit of product placement. 🙂 Type in an address at Gush My House and see a satellite image of it. Push a button to "gush" the area! You can also pick from some of their suggested places to see the…
The Bad, the Good and the Magical
Today was one of those days. Good grief. I made up a giant list of things to accomplish around the house (cleaning jobs, laundry, paperwork, homeschooling, fun with each child, exercise, baking…). I started at 7 in the morning and by 5 my house was messier than it was to begin with and the kids…
Swat the Light!
Here’s an easy activity we made up to keep little ones happy today. Give one person a laser pen and give your little one a clean flyswatter (we have a couple just for games). Have your little one try to swat the light! We had a very cranky toddler who happily cheered up to try…
Remembering Josie
We lost our fabulous cat Josie today. She lived a very long, very good life where she was well loved. We got Josie when she was a kitten, about 15 years ago. The kids knew her all of their lives. She was the most loving, tolerant cat I ever met. A friend of the…