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It’s H-O-T. Hot, hot, Hot with a capital ‘H’. I know I’ve been a total complainer, but I really don’t care. So rather than complain any more, I thought I’d just skip to some of the fun–inexpensive–things we’ve done that …
We’re almost exactly at the mid-summer point, and before we know it, the new school year will be upon us. What can families do this super-important summer before Kindergarten? How can we prep our rising Kinders for this big year? …
With summer right around the corner and kids home a lot more than usual, many of us need to keep a few tricks in our back pocket for rainy days or those occasions when we feel like we might lose …
Like so many families, we love Play-Doh over here. And whether it’s the real-deal, packed-in-yellow-containers-Play-Doh or happy homemade-on-the-stovetop-playdough, it doesn’t matter–my kids love it just the same. They’ve even been known to love a total playdough flop. But what I’ve …
remembering the importance of pretend play | teachmama.com | research-based post all about why kids need time to PLAY | imagination and learning
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 of 4’s and 5’s there, and Owen made fast …
This Quick Trick is one of those that works only when I use it only occasionally. It’s one that helps every so often to distract Maddy, Owen, and Cora from the actual task at hand–waiting in line. Whether it’s at …
Today, we hit the road a bit, to a new-for-us library to hang out with some friends and learn about 4-H and county fairs and then to (our fave!) Ikea to pass a rainy afternoon. (And the free kids’ meals …
Back in the end of May, our little familia was experiencing a rough patch. Owen finished preschool a few weeks before Maddy ended kindergarten, Cora’s playgroup was still meeting but Owen’s soccer wasn’t over. The pool was open but school …
Just for fun, just because I had two empty coffee cans, and just because I remember loving the yellow plastic-cup stilts we had as kids, we made coffee can stilts over here one recent afternoon. It was a day …
In early December, I received an invitation to attend a really awesome event this February– It’s an event created by Resourceful Mommy Media, Mom Bloggers Club, 5 Minutes for Mom, Mom Select, and–of course–the good people at Walt Disney World!The …
Woo-hoo! Woo-hooo!! Wooooo-hoooo!! (And boo-hoo!!) Posting this means that my amazing husband is finally home from his golf trip, and I couldn’t be happier to have him back. But it also means that my at-home vacation with Maddy, Owen, and …
