Can you believe the stores are decorated for Christmas already? I don't really want to think about it yet, but the grandparents have been asking...
What will you give?
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Carnival of the Animals – Lion Mane craft
Listening to the music and hearing the roar of a lion, meow of a cat, or the almost irritatingly slow melody of the can-can, as if a tortoise were...
Five ways to practice letters
We are enjoying a lot of snow this week and it's reminding me of all the days when I had my boys home with me. There were so many days where it was...
Willy, nilly, silly
It caught my eye that Monday, January 18th is Winnie the Pooh day (and the birthday of A. A. Milne, the author of the Pooh books), a character...
Got a train lover?
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What’s in the box? – a sense of hearing {Christmas} game
When my boys were smaller we used to play a sense of hearing game called 'What's in the cup' or some other derivative I would come up with when we...
Cardinal Bird Craft
Yesterday I shared the love my family has for the book Stranger in the Woods: a Photographic Fantasy, by Carl R. Sams and Jean Stoick, and a picture...
Thankful garland
Just a quick idea to share with you as you contemplate Thanksgiving. A few years ago we made what we call Thankful Garland. Every day in the month...
Rainy Day Puddle Play
As the weather gets cooler and its just too cold to play in the puddles outdoors (like we talked about last week!), we stay indoors to play a puddle...
Our 5 favorite rainy day fun things
Its no secret that I have two boys who love to be outside. So when it rains, like it's doing here all day today, what do we do? At least our five...
BIG Play at The Toy Hall of Fame
Its no secret my boys absolutely love The Strong National Museum of Play! If we ask the boys what they want to do on any given Saturday we hear...
Simple Spider Cookies
Sweet Pea's kindergarten teacher had some great ideas for Halloween last year. I admittedly am not that into Halloween, so to search out ideas for...