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our easy, affordable new year family traditions
My husband and I have never really been fans of New Year’s Eve. We’re the furthest thing from night owls, so staying up late is not easy–or that much fun ...
family playing cards: take ‘em, make ‘em, then play!
A few years ago, I burned the midnight oil way too close to the finish line, in an attempt to create Family Playing Cards for Maddy, Owen, and Cora. And ...
last minute treats: fancy, festive chocolate pretzels
Last week, the kids and I celebrated our annual Cookie Baking Day–something we all look forward to in the month of December. On the morning of our Cookie Baking Day, ...
new for us friday: homemade scratch-off tickets (fun stocking stuffers!)
It’s been a busy few days–weeks!–with our December birthday and work and school and holiday festivities, but I’m totally over the moon excited to share something fun and completely new-for-me. ...
holiday time fun-fact lunchbox notes
I said yesterday, my kids have taken to the Christmas around the World, and I am so totally over the moon about it. They’re batty over a non-fiction text! They ...
learning during read-alouds: non-fiction that WORKS
The first few times Owen had media at school this year, he came home with the most random books. His first book was an Arthur book that we already have ...
quick and easy math game: strike it out!
I’m always on the hunt for ways to make math more fun over here, especially since math is not my forte. So when Maddy came home with ‘play game with ...
magazine activities: creative, crafty, sneaky-learning fun
We are huge magazine fans over here. We love finding them in the mailbox, reading them, playing detective with them, crafting with them, and learning with them. When they arrive ...
build your own bingo games: uppercase and lowercase letter match
Cora and I have been rockin’ the bingo games lately, with a new spin on bingo games that she really seems to love. And I’m sure the Smartie bingo markers ...
advent activity calendar 2011
It’s that time of year again, when everyone’s scrambling to do a million trillion things in 24 days. Christmas music’s been playing on our radio stations for weeks now, and ...
family names: reading and writing the ones we love
Homework time is still a really important part of our day, especially now that Owen’s in Kindergarten and Maddy’s second grade work is picking up. And I really try my ...
