Paul is going to be a Power Ranger (again) for Halloween. Megan on the other hand has decided to dress up as a cactus. I admit that I’m partly to blame. She and I were commenting about the varieties of cacti along the path of our 6 mile walk when I nonchalantly [...]
This past week I decided that the kids and I needed a fun fall project. Fall has always ranked the highest as my favorite season. For the past five years I was spoiled by living in the fertile apple orchard kingdom otherwise known as Romeo. Right about now I could really go a [...]
These construction paper puppets are simple to make and a great way to tackle summer boredom. For more boredom busters go to Rocks in My Dryer for the “Mom, I’m Bored” edition of Works For Me Wednesday.
I’ve been enjoying a bit of spring indoors. Last week I was riding with my friend to our book club when she announced that we were taking a detour. She pulled over to a curb in the neighborhood where the homeowner had discarded three large Forsythia shrubs. They were not yet in [...]
Today I was the mystery reader in Megan’s classroom. In celebration of national reading month family members have been invited to drop-in and read to their child’s class. I read The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown. It happens to be Megan’s favorite book. The story is about a little boy bunny [...]
This summer a friend and I will be organizing a book club for our daughters. Our is going to be a mother-daughter book club. Besides that fact that my friend and I are readers and we want to help our daughters become readers, a mother-daughter book club sounded just plain fun to do. [...]
Design Sponge has announced their top twenty finalists of the 2008 diy contest. From now until Tuesday, March 18th you can vote for your favorite top 4 projects. It’s worth a visit to check out the neat ideas. I had assumed the submissions would be complicated or expensive to achieve. I [...]
Today I’m doing a trial run for some of the crafts that we will be doing at Megan’s 1st grade Valentine’s party on Thursday.
1. Messenger of Love Dove or Love Bird
Fold a piece of construction paper in half length-wise. Trace and cut out a bird shape. Fold down the wings and you’ve got [...]
I have Detroit Public Television to thank for this project. During Christmas vacation Megan and Paul watched a PBS show instructing kids on how to build a snow fort. They were hooked on the idea. It just so happens that we have had a significant amount of snowfall this week so over [...]
