Blog Archives
outdoor play: good for everyone’s mind, body, and soul
Thanks to Walgreens for underwriting this post. I was paid as a member of the Clever Girls Collective, but the content is all mine. Visit http://moms.dailybuzz.com/channel/style. Finally, after enough ...
homemade back-to-school lunchbox notes
I have been on a major cleaning kick lately, trying to get our family (and home) ready for the new school year. I want to begin on the right foot ...
learning during read-alouds: making predictions
When my family visited our local butterfly garden a few weeks ago, none of us could have predicted that one of the beautiful creatures would have landed on our Owen ...
how kids can–and should–help with gardening
It’s been a different kind of weekend over here; our littlest one has been under the weather for the greater part of the last four days, and the wedding shower ...
how we make st. patrick’s day fun, festive, and family-friendly
March is slipping away! St. Patrick’s Day is here!! I can’t believe it! Want some super-easy ways to make this lucky holiday even luckier (or at least more festive!) for ...
quick trick: teaching kids to stand up for themselves
It’s been a gorgeous fall week here, so one morning, Owen, Cora, and I spent a good while at the park with our buddies. Turns out there were a handful ...
st. patty’s day scavenger hunt and holiday fun
Yes!! Only one day until St. Patty’s Day! All of our favorites are on tap for tomorrow: naughty leprechauns, green milk, corned beef and cabbage, and a good excuse for ...
our love tree
I saw these Love Trees back in January, over at super-talented Jenny’s Our Nifty Notebook, and I thought that Maddy, Owen, and Cora would love to do this. And they ...
colors in a jar
It’s a rainbow of colors around here–between the end-of-summer flowers still desperately hanging on and the leaves beginning to change, it’s gorgeous. So I thought I’d put to use some ...
backyard alphabet hunt
I found these awesome rolls of paper a few weeks ago–cheap!–so I picked up a bunch, and I’m having a blast using them in fun ways with Maddy, Owen, and ...
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 ...
