Growing Great Kids

This is one I grew up with, so when I had to decide which books I wanted to make into felt story sets for our 3-year-old, Caps for Sale was...

I made our "Banner of the Month" for the mantle this week using snowflakes from the dollar store (packs of 6/$1) and felt. Januar...

Can you believe I still have most of my books on tape from my own childhood? Our kids love having a box full of books on tape to sit and ...

This is the Advent calendar I made over the weekend using dollar store finds. I think it turned out pretty cute! Find out more over at Mo...

I've posted some of my Advent calendar activities over at Motley Moms. Go check it out! In the meantime, I've seen some really c...

We love edible math around here...I mean, who doesn't, right? So I gave my just-turned-3-year-old a bowl of fruity-O's and some plas...

Happy November! I'm sharing my super-secret recipe for Pumpkin Pie Playdough to celebrate (okay, it's probably not that secret, but ...

Little Red Riding Hood, The Wolf, Woodcutter, and Grandmother The kids loved that we dressed up with them. They were fascinated by the wa...

Bring in the pumpkins

Found these leaf doilies at the dollar store and just knew I'd find a way to use them... This is KID 1's placemat: He was s...

KID 2 was hungry before school, so we broke out the cute fall cupcake liners and filled one with raisins for her to nibble. They make gre...

Now that KID 1 is spending his days in his Kindergarten classroom, it's up to KID 2 and me to keep the alphabet soup bubblin'! This ...

We're spending some time in the woods this summer, looking for some good, clean fun. Remember the days when your mama sent you outside a...

We recently took a kid-free vacation to Seattle, our first-ever time away from the kids! It was exhausting, but totally worth it! Check out ...

We read The Lorax by Dr. Suess this week, enjoyed an ongoing discussion about the importance of trees, and followed up with this art activ...

Toby surveys his territory while posing for a picture in the garden Then he gets distracted by luscious, leafy lettuce...see the pink tong...

Contact paper, colored tissue and a permanent marker were all we needed to make these beautiful stained-glass creations: Even without the su...

Our back yard was the perfect setting for a casual, low-key breakfast on Easter morn. KID 2 enjoys a bit of coffee cake while the dog enjoys...

My mom raised four kids all by herself for most of our growing up years. I love finding little ways to honor her dedication (blood, sweat an...

We got this nest idea from montessori mama's post today and decided to get right to work building our own nests. We just read The Best ...