Parenting, Kids Activities & Lifestyle Blog
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As I mentioned earlier this week we have been going completely buggy around these parts. It's spring after all, and it seems like when springs finally springs, all those bugs start coming out of the w...
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Glitter, food coloring & water in a ziplock freezer bag. Pretty basic. (Affiliate links provided for your convenience. Full disclosure policy here) You know what? I debated about posting this activity...
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Needless to say it's busy around here and sometimes (and I'm just gonna be honest here), the only way to keep my no-longer-napping-somedays 3 year old sitting in one spot and quiet long enough for me ...
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Summer Reading. Those two things go hand in hand don't they? That's why when the Love Books Summer Book Exchange showed up on my radar I couldn't help but want to participate. What is the Love Books S...
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I love new books don't you? The only thing I love more than new books for myself are new books for my kids. We have So.Many.Books. I thought it might be fun to start a little series and share our favo...
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Quite some time ago I saw this Pattern Game from Thrive 360 Living and knew I wanted to make something like it for C. He was a little young at the time for patterning but was just getting into color s...
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C likes to move. I mean this kid is happiest when running, jumping, climbing or bouncing. I've tried numerous times to do various counting activities with him but to be honest he just doesn't have all...
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We have had apples on the brain around here. I knew that we'd be going to pick apples this past weekend so in preparation Mister C and I did a few apple activities throughout the week. We continued to...
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School is back in session and I am putting forth an honest effort to try to reorganize our days after a very lazy & lax summer. In doing so I have been trying to incorporate some kind of invitation to...
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Quite awhile ago I set out to make Mister C a matching game inspired by this post from one of my favorite blogs, Thrive 360 Living (more on that later). I had some felt number stickers lying around th...
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Lets make one thing clear. I never sew. I don't own a sewing machine and my sewing kit well... lets just say I'm too embarrassed to take a picture of it. In fact, I think this is the first time in wel...
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I am absolutely giddy about this latest find. I can't stop looking through all the beautifully colored handmade wooden toys that make up the online shop Mama May I. The whole store is eye candy. I wro...
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I told you I was obsessed with all things colored didn't I? I guess I should have started a mini-series on color focused activities. Here's another simple, quick & fun activity I threw together for th...
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Ok, my latest obsessions... color activities, rainbow colors, using unfinished wood pieces to make homemade toys, & taking pictures of all of the above. I think C is getting his basic colors down pret...
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You may have seen in a previous post that I've been focusing on a color of the week with our little Mr. C who is 20 months old. As we start out every color week, we go on a little scavenger hunt aroun...
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I have to say I am pretty excited about this one. (Not to mention these colorful little fake fruits were fun to photograph). I just think you can't beat a two dollar color sorting activity. Which is e...
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Last week was yellowweek at our house. For the last couple of weeks I've been trying something new with Mister C. (now 20months). We have started having a "color of the week" theme. Nothing overly ext...
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These days I can not walk out of the room without getting scolded by my nine month old. Don't get me wrong. I'm completely thrilled that I'm his favorite person to be around and he wants to be with Mo...
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Today I thought I would share with you a fun little math game that the oldest Mister and I created based on an activity I had originally done with the babycakes. For the big kids it became Muffin Tin ...
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled Sweet Sundays to bring you a "sweet" summer reading program! Sorry folks, this one was too good I couldn't wait to share it with you! Do your kids participate in ...
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