My daughter came home from school last week telling me that one of her friends had been trying to make a dog out of a piece of paper but it didn’t quite look right. I remembered making a dog face with floppy ears back when I was a kid, so we did what all intelligent…
Kids know how to have fun! They see a hill: they know they are supposed to roll down it! They see a creek: they throw rocks and make a splash. Kids see a field: they take off running. We need to learn from their example. So here’s some pictures to help get you remembering how…
This should take a few of you back to grade school. When’s the last time you made a fortune teller? 2nd grade? 5th grade? I had to sheeplishly admit that I didn’t actually know how. But, of course, I knew where to find out. I headed straight to my good friend Google and found out…
A few weeks ago, my daughter came home from school ‘over the moon’ excited about a book she had read at school. It was all about why the moon looks in your window at night. Have you ever wondered? It’s because the moon is listening to the nighttime stories that parents share with their kids…
Do your kids love Build a Bear? Over the past 5 years, we have taken our kids to Build a Bear several times and never have we ever spent more than $21! My kids always end up leaving the store with a treasured animal friend, clothes on the furry friend and huge smiles and memories….
My son wanted to be Captain America for Halloween a few years ago. But I really hated spending $20 on a plastic costume that he would wear one time for Trick or Treating, a few times for fun around the house and then it would be done. Instead, we decided to make the costume. We’ve…
One of the highlights of the Fall season is going to the pumpkin patch and letting the kids pick out their own pumpkin. Pumpkin Patches have been around forever but in the last few years, they have really upped the cool factor for the whole family. You can enjoy feed tube slides, hayrides, bounce trampolines,…
Do you believe that you should let kids tinker? My 10 year old son is fascinated with how things work. He was thrilled when we gave him permission to take his broken CD player apart piece by piece. We gave him the basic ground rules and set him loose. This was a fun adventure for…
i’m not the world’s best cook, but the kids and I have always had a great time trying out new recipes. I grew up helping my Mom use the hand beater to make cakes and cookies. It was always the best reward to get to lick the beaters or help clean out the bowl! I…