
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...

What did you write about today?
Cutie Pie had a wonderful teacher for second grade and developed his imagination from the get-go. Mrs. P. had a very structured day in school, so...

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...

Start Big…get small ~ everyday calendar items
On Monday I shared about an easier way to achieve the goal and hinted at a couple of methods I'm using to get organized planning-wise this year. On...

Start Big
This week we're talking about how to plan for this coming year. I mean after all, moms need to be organized so we don't miss an appointment, right?...

An easier way to achieve the goal
How many out there have made resolutions or goals for 2016 or have chosen a word for the year? I used to make resolutions, but wasn't good at...

Merry Christmas!
Since writing my last post I have finished up Christmas shopping for my loved ones, finished my course final project (yeah! I accomplished a major...

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...

The Mystery Box
It was like Christmas.... A mystery box was found in our garage. When Hubby opened this mystery box, he discovered his favorite books from...

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...