Growing Great Kids

One Little, Two Little Budding Artists The Hands of an Artiste! Her Marvelous Mix-Up! Just a little window into our creative mornin...

My kids love these because they make the usual spaghetti meal unusual . I twist some cooked spaghetti into the oiled cups of my jumbo muffin...

As I packed up the Christmas decorations, I decided to leave my snowman collection out for our unit on "Winter." I put fresh batte...

This is the apron I made for my niece (age 9 1/2) for Christmas. She is very fashionable and loves to do cooking projects, so I knew she nee...

The Wild Things were out in full force last night for our son's 5th birthday party, lakeside. We built a bonfire on the beach and gave ...

I love the imaginative element of this classic storybook by Maurice Sendak. Max is sent to his room without supper after acting like a ...

I'm taking a little bloggy break while I reassess how and why I am writing. I've always intended to write a book and do freelance ar...

I tried another recipe from Jennifer Carden's Toddler Cafe , but I changed it up a bit. Going off of the "Toddler Truffles" re...

Here is our new practical life activity for November: We painted these wooden beads this morning with cranberry-colored tempera paint. Both ...

Take me to the polls! Can I vote, too, Daddy? Sure...in 14 years.

KID 2 turned 2 a couple of weeks ago, and after postponing this party TWICE due to illness, we finally celebrated her birthday in Very Hungr...

Don'tcha just love play scarves? Our little SuperKIDs sure do!

We love Frog and Toad around here! In fact, the minute I heard that a local shop was selling miniature plush Frogs and Toads, I went right o...

So it's actually 39 degrees outside this morning! We can't believe it! I don't remember it getting this cold this early in my li...

My friend Rachel recently loaned me a great cookbook titled Toddler Cafe , by Jennifer Carden, and I have to tell you, it's been fun t...

The Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday bash is coming up! Here's how our little party favor experiment is going: KID 1 filled each sect...

Remember all my great ideas for the Very Hungry Caterpillar party for KID 2's 2nd birthday bash? And this cute little concoction for th...

Did you know you can microwave your toothbrush to sanitize it? And you should throw it away after you've been sick? I wash mine pretty o...

I took a new perspective on blogging recently: I only do it when I am not completely stressed, or sick, or have a sick child...you get the ...

These little guys are hungry for a fun birthday party! KID 1 and KID 2 helped decorate these little egg carton caterpillars with permanen...