holidays

we’re counting–hats, cats, and pumpkins: halloween grid games

My kiddos are Halloween nutty. They love our scarecrows out front, our pumpkins around the house, and the little plastic spider that hangs from a …

The day before Maddy’s first day of Kindergarten, we spent some time sprucing up her new backpack and lunchbox. Sure, flowers are spring-timey, …

Happy, happy 4th of July!! An American flag cake for July 4th is a tradition in our family. If our crowd that day is large, we do a double-layer, …

. . . so we spent the morning at Brookeside Gardens‘ Butterfly Exhibit, Wings of Fancy. (Thanks to a recommendation from my pal, Jessica,who …

We have been working hard this week to prepare for our El Cinco de Mayo fiesta on Saturday, so my poor blog has been neglected. Our Relay for Life …

Yesterday morning, we made our decorations for St. Patrick’s Day, and because I don’t love to bring out paints other than watercolors very …

Today I brought out another awesome resource from Bear’s Words Their Way. . . (2004), but it can be replicated very easily in a number of ways. …

Okay, so here’s what’s on tap for our little Valentine’s Day Family Extravaganza, depending on weather, attitudes, amount of sleep, …

With preschool Valentine’s Day parties fast approaching, we continued work on our homemade cards for our friends and family today. I have …

Snow! Snow! Snow! Today was our first official Snow Day of the year, so our house was abuzz with energy! Mom was home! Woo-hoo! (But what’s …

This just in! Nothing like a last-minute mama running around, trying to find some good activities for her little ones on this historic day, …