connecting

high-interest reading: the skylanders book series

My boy loves his Skylanders. So much so that if given the chance, his recipe for a life of pure happiness would be: Skylanders …

I remember a time, not so long ago, when Maddy, Owen, and Cora would talk to me for (what seemed to be) hours upon end about things. Just anything. …

This post, which rolls in at #9, continues to surprise me with the amount of hits it gets. Maybe it's the title: word building, name building (and …

Today I sent the big O-man off to Kindergarten and Maddy off to second grade, and I absolutely cannot believe it. If I think about it too much, I …

We have been putting in a lot of pool time lately, but we've also been spending a boatload of time indoors--staying cool in …

Ka-CHOW! Have plans to see Cars 2 anytime this summer? Want to know how you can throw in a little bit of learning--and I mean a little bit--before …

My kiddos are huge fans of popping pop beads, stringing beads, connecting nuts and bolts, and just sticking things together. Not only are these …

Between the insane weather we've been experiencing over here (tornadoes! wind gusts! rain, rain, and more rain--and then the next second--sun!?), …

September 8th is International Literacy Day (hooray!), and although we've been busy re-arranging our house (believe it) and …

I have always been intrigued by Norman Rockwell's artwork. When I was young, his Girl at Mirror (1954) spoke to me so personally about the battle …

Lately, we've been so busy. May flew by, like it always does for us--a blur of end-of-school activities, yard work, picnics, park …