Coloring in My Meditative Mandala
I got a bit of time to add some color to my meditative mandala after dinner (btw Instant Pot chicken and potatoes was A+++). Careful coloring takes time, at least for me, so I’ve got another night or two after this to finish this…
TV Tokens: Teach Your Kids to Limit Their TV Time On Their Own
Sometimes I feel like I’m locked in a never-ending battle with the TV. My kids will whine and whine constantly to try and break me down and get me to let them watch another show. I try to limit their screen time to two…
20 Things To Do With Your Kids This Summer
Summer’s almost here, and it’s about this time that I start thinking about what to do with the kids during those long summer weekdays. Of course there are always the basics – go to a park, or the beach or play in the yard…
Homemade Easy Reader Books and a Free Sight Words Memory Match Game: Fun Ways to Support Literacy Learning
My daughter is a kindergartener working so hard on learning to read at school, and I wanted to come up with some ways to support her learning at home in addition to the suggestions from school. Since I’m sure there are others of you…
Turn Ordinary Takeout Chopsticks Into Easy-to-use Kids’ Chopsticks
This past weekend we had a family get-together where we celebrated the Lunar New Year with a Chinese takeout feast. We had two sets of kids’ chopsticks (the kind that are joined at the top to make it easier for kids to use them)…
Tips for Surviving Airplane Travel with Kids
Traveling by plane with kids is stressful – there’s no way around it. You’re all trapped in a little metal tube for hours on end with hundreds of strangers and no way to escape. There are a few major differences between traveling by air…
Tooth Fairy Pouch
My little girl lost her first tooth last night, and I sewed up a little pouch that she could put her tooth in and stick under her pillow. I didn’t want the teeny tiny tooth to get lost under the pillow, and risk the…
Tips For Surviving Car Travel with Kids
As the veteran of various long road trips with kids, starting when my 4 1/2 year-old daughter was 18 months old (we also have a 2 1/2 year-old), I’ve managed to come up with a few tips, tricks and activities to help keep my…
Activity Cube for Little Kids
We worked on a kiddo craft today – an activity cube to use for an active indoor game – perfect for a day like today when it was completely pouring outside (yay summer). This was a fun, easy craft to work on with the…
Crafting Remote Control Instructions
My mom is babysitting tonight, and since it’s movie night for the kids I’ve got to come up with some instructions for the tv/blu ray/stereo. Its not as easy as it might seem – I think I might have too many pages of instruction…
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