Merry Christmas!! Well, the cookies are baked, the menus are planned, the house is decorated inside and out, all the gifts are bought (and wrapped!) and I’ve pinned a number of tasty hot chocolate recipes for Christmas Eve. Every day, my children go about the house singing Christmas songs and gazing out windows searching for …
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There is just something about those adorable little hand prints and foot prints. I just can’t resist them! This year, I decided to make calendars for each of the day care kids to give to their parents as a Christmas gift. I scooped up some super cute calendars at Michael’s for $1 each and we’ve …
One default living where I do is the constant traveling. It seems like every weekend we are always on the road. We have to drive 15-30 minutes to go get groceries and household items. We have to drive an hour to go visit family. Believe me I am not complaining about the hour considering it use to …
If you are looking to create fun, fast and inexpensive activities during the summer months or any other vacation time, then this book is the perfect solution. We have searched and simplified the options available and present them to you in an easy and uncomplicated format so that you get going right away. As an …
There is a great collaborative board that I am a collaborative pinner of called For the Boys. I think it is my favorite board and I hope you will take some time to check it out, too! There are 38 Moms of Boys that contribute their great finds to this board – some amazing bloggers, …
The fourth of July is my husband’s all time favorite holiday. I don’t know if it’s the abundance of hamburgers or the fireworks that really take it over the top, but the guy sure does get excited about Independence Day! In honor of his enthusiasm, we decided to do a few patriotic crafts this month. …
IN addition to the two Father’s Day crafts my newest writer has done on my site, I have spent some time finding other things around the web. Get your kids busy making things for their Daddy and bombard him on the 17th with all kinds of stuff! Crafts on my site: Father’s Day Report Card …
I broke down to a Teacher yesterday. Geez, what am I, a leaky faucet? I am so embarrassed, but I cried and cried at the school yesterday over my child. Zack turned 10 on April 30th. We call him DQ (Drama Queen) around the house because he can be kind of Diva-ish. He has to …
Author: Maria Blitzer Summertime is the perfect time to do crafts with your children. These four summer crafts for kids utilize items that most people already have in their homes. So, you can have summertime fun without breaking the bank. Homemade Washable Sidewalk Paint What you need: 2 cups of water 2 cups of cornstarch …
The ways your kids can just play this summer are endless! Scavenger hunts, beach time, park time, bike riding, hiking, freeze tag, catching fireflies, anything! My suggestions to you is to do to your kids what our parents did to us! Ban them to the great outdoor from sun-up to sun down! Zack and Thomas …
Please welcome our first guest poster for the Countdown to Summer 2012! Niña Angeli Pilapil gives us some really great ideas to keep the kids busy this coming Summer! ~Kelli Summertime is again fast approaching and what better way to spend it than by taking your kids to different exciting summer activities! The incredibly modern …
I was reading a recent article on the subject of “helicopter parenting” and how cell phones and the internet have changed parents’ ability to hover over their children. The parents that supposedly hover the most are moms and dads of the “Millennials;” children of baby boomers, born between the early 1980s and 2000. As I …