wooden thank you trays: recycled toy love This year, because I know just how much time, effort, and energy goes into preparing a meal for tons of family members, I wanted to do something a …Read morewooden thank you trays: recycled toy love
digital wellness: keeping your whole family tech-healthy Flu season is right around the corner. Spend five minutes in any elementary or preschool, and you’ll hear a chorus of coughs, sneezes, and …Read moredigital wellness: keeping your whole family tech-healthy
pretzel patterns: learning during snacktime It’s been crazy over here for the past few weeks, with nutty, awful weather, with colds and stomach bugs, lots of late meetings, and lots of …Read morepretzel patterns: learning during snacktime
no-sew, not-so-spooky, totally cute halloween scarf Most of my friends and family know that I’m not a huge fan of anything even a little bit scary, so I work hard to make Halloween especially fun …Read moreno-sew, not-so-spooky, totally cute halloween scarf
how to play ‘mary had a little lamb’ on the recorder (or try to, at least) We tried. Maybe a bit too hard–or maybe not hard enough–depending on how you look at it. But we have been rockin’ the ole recorder …Read morehow to play ‘mary had a little lamb’ on the recorder (or try to, at least)
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 …Read morebeautiful backpack butterflies
sea shell craft: simple, sea shell salt dough pretties Every time we go to the beach, we end up coming home with a boatload of shells. And why wouldn’t we? It’s one of our favorite things to …Read moresea shell craft: simple, sea shell salt dough pretties
getting kids to stop, observe and write Our Everyday Journal cards have proven to be a really incredible—and sneaky—way of getting the kids focused and thinking in a way that I’m not sure …Read moregetting kids to stop, observe and write
creative writing for kids: photo conversations Getting kids to write–especially in the summertime–is not an easy task. Granted, for some kiddos, writing is their thing. They journal, …Read morecreative writing for kids: photo conversations
new for us friday: fine motor FUN with stamp markers Ever since Owen was teeny and couldn’t manage to figure out the tripod grip (the fancy name for the proper way to hold a pencil or pen), …Read morenew for us friday: fine motor FUN with stamp markers
words 3 ways: learning sight words for kindergarten Cora is totally into learning how to read, so I am seriously running with it. She wants to practice the sight words that were included in her …Read morewords 3 ways: learning sight words for kindergarten
disney word searches: getting kids ready for the trip! We were on a major word search kick a while back, but we’ve taken a good long rest from them. So in honor of our upcoming Disney Social Media …Read moredisney word searches: getting kids ready for the trip!
homemade disney autograph books We are so very, very, very, very excited that we’re heading to the Happiest Place on earth in just a few days! As part of the …Read morehomemade disney autograph books
homemade alphabet book: get personal with the abc’s There’s been a ton of little things that we’ve done over here to help Maddy, Owen, and Cora learn the letters of the alphabet, but I have …Read morehomemade alphabet book: get personal with the abc’s
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 …Read moremore secrets to an awesome fairy party: flower napkin rings
how to make a doll cake (& other sweet fairy party treats!) Cora’s Fairy Princess Spa Birthday Party was such a blast to plan and host–not necessarily because of the beautiful fairy …Read morehow to make a doll cake (& other sweet fairy party treats!)
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 …Read morequick trick: keep. those. LIDS!
how to make beautiful, no-sew fairy skirts Cora just turned five, and what better way to ring in this big and exciting year than with a Fairy Princess Spa Party? For months, my tiny one has …Read morehow to make beautiful, no-sew fairy skirts
beautiful butterfly tote bag We’ve had two dancers in our family this year–Cora, who has been rockin her Hip, Tap, Toe class each week, and Maddy, who started out as a …Read morebeautiful butterfly tote bag
leafy, outdoor alphabet letter hunt It’s very leafy over here. With tons of huge trees dropping leaves at about a million per minute, our yard and house is covered. But before I …Read moreleafy, outdoor alphabet letter hunt