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water painting
Today was gorgeous outside, so after the kids had played for a while, helped their dad with yardwork, and played some more, I brought out some paintbrushes and water. We ...
backyard number boxes
It was beautiful out today, so after of lots of playing and exploring in our own backyard, I gave Maddy and Owen the challenge of introducing our ole pals the ...
squirrel sticks
We have crazy squirrels in our backyard, ones who have tried repeatedly and failed repeatedly to make a nest in our now-infamous swing tree. Each time their nest fails, a ...
m-u-d & b-o-o-t-s– boots!
Mud. It was everywhere today, thanks to the generous amount of rain we’ve had for the last few days. And my smart little Maddy remembered me telling her a story ...
creepy crawly backyard friends
Yesterday, being St. Patrick’s Day, was busy for us. After we discovered that the troublesome leprechauns turned our milk and yogurt green and we finished our Lucky Charms cereal, we ...
moving snow, building dudes
It snowed today! Woo-hoo!! Yippppeeee!!! Six glorious inches of fluffy, packable, movable, sled-able, wonderful snow. We were due. My little ones needed a good snow like this so they could ...
totally terrarium, batman
Ever since I read Adrian Higgins’ article in The Washington Post a few weeks back (actually 2/19/09) about the crazy comeback that terrariums are making, I’ve been a woman driven. ...
all about beans friday
My plan today was to spend some time solo with Cora, but we got lucky, and Owen ended up being with us for the morning, too. I wanted Cora to ...
