Last year we actually decorated for Halloween. It's my least favorite 'holiday' of the year, but my kids absolutely love pretending to be something...
Oh those eyes…
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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...
What’s metallic and edgy?
Sweet Pea brought home a sculpture last year and I just realized I didn't share it with you all! (I was looking over past posts, trying to find...
Summer Reading
Summer break begins for us this coming Tuesday. I know many of you are already well into your summer breaks and I hope you are having fun! If you're...
15 Great Dinosaur Books – needs pic
Cutie Pie loves his dinosaur books still, even though he's really into dragons. With so many books about dinosaurs on our shelves, I thought...
Bubble Print Easter Egg Decorations
Friday I shared a simple Marbled Easter Egg Decoration how to. Today it's all about bubbles! Its the middle of Spring Break for us, so I decided on...
Marbled Easter Egg Decorations
Have you decorated for Easter? (Do you even do that? I only ask because we never really decorate for any holiday other than Christmas - and of...
Playing in a new space
I posted a little while ago about playing a game by other rules. What if we extend this idea to playing with other things in different ways? What...
What I tell myself
"One way to open your eyes is to ask yourself, "What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?" ~ Rachel...
Does it add up? (experiment)
This is a fun experiment that's almost like a magic trick. I came upon this when we were having fun with the materials for the Sky Blue...
Puffy Painting
Do your kiddos like painting? Have they tried puffy painting yet? This is another activity we did a while back and brought out again when it was...
Chalkboard Fun
A few weeks ago during our bitterly cold spell I pulled out an activity we haven't done in a while...using masking tape, a chalkboard and some...