Blog Archives
how to get your kids to try new foods (and like it!)
It’s hard to get kids to try anything new, especially when it comes to food. A lot of parents, myself included, aren’t always sure how to get their kids to ...
geocaching: what it is & why we’re hooked
Right now, we’re 2 for 6. That’s right–2/6. 2:6? And today we totally thought we had one, but we didn’t. We’ll masters by wintertime, after a fall of not worrying ...
mad monday: discounts on educational products for parents and teachers
We’ve got a lot going on over at we teach lately, so I thought I’d take a minute to let you in on what’s totally new and totally awesome over ...
wordless riddles: silly lunchbox notes
When I asked Maddy, Owen, and Cora what they liked best for their lunchbox notes, I got three different answers. From Maddy: I want more jokes–not joke, jokes like knock-knocks ...
beautiful backpack butterflies
One of the things we love to do as a Back-to-School tradition is to find some cool way of blinging out the kids’ backpacks. Especially before the big Kindergarten year, ...
homemade light table and the wonder of water beads
For quite some time now, I have seen posts about the wonder of water beads. But I couldn’t find the beads, or I’d forget about them. And then I’d see ...
new for us friday: the red apple taste test
This New For Us Friday we’re sharing a simple—but fun!—experiment of sorts. It’s a little ‘learning-in-the-kitchen’ meets ‘science experiment’ meets ‘problem-solver’, all in the name of those round and juicy ...
new for us friday: the grapple
We were totally due for some new-for-us foods around here, after our handful of awesome, new-for-us games, thanks to Toy Fair, Easter, and the kids’ new allowance. Which (eeeee!) I ...
more secrets to an awesome fairy party: flower napkin rings
I promise that I’m not turning into a fairy party junkie–this is my last fairy princess spa party-related post, and it’s a quickie. It’s just that I so don’t believe ...
quick trick: keep. those. LIDS!
How many of you have recycle bins that are nearly overflowing by the end of the week? I know ours is, despite all of the recyclables that I ‘rescue’ for ...
easy, super-silly april fool’s tricks
April Fool’s Day is another holiday where I’ve leaned more toward the silly than the really tricky. I love thinking about my ‘big’ April Fool’s Day tricks and hearing my ...
