Crafts that use glue
My grandma claims that the only thing I needed to keep me entertained when I was little was paper and tape. My daughter must follow in my footsteps. She spends a lot of her independent time (read about the benefits of independent time here) coloring on scrap paper. She is 2 1/2 now, but she […]
I love using Christmas as an excuse for my kids to make things for family and friends. I remember doing lots of fun Christmas crafts when I was growing up and I want to give my kids the same memories. This year, I needed something super easy that both my 11 month old and 2
I know, I know, I went a little overboard with all the ‘B’ words in my title. But this bee craft is made with bee-ads, is very bee-asic, and is so much fun that I guess it’s the bee-st. All joking aside, my three year old daughter did have lots of fun making her bead
I got my 2 1/2 year old daughter all ready for winter last week. We bought a snowsuit, a winter coat, and boots. My daughter was so excited. We have already had a few snows, but yesterday it snowed all day long. Today, I was excited to take her out in it and my husband
Teaching a toddler to be thankful is so difficult. My 2 1/2 year old is pretty good about saying thank you, but the meaning isn’t quite behind it yet. When we pray with her, we ask her what she wants to pray for and she almost always answers “everything”. According to this article on teaching
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Thanksgiving is in one week! I don’t know about you, but it has really snuck up on me. What traditions does your family have? My family’s Thanksgiving traditions have always been far from traditional (more on that in a later post). This doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy traditional Thanksgiving things, and what is more traditional
I enjoy looking at all the different stats on my fitness watch, but the funniest one is the cadence. On a walk or run, it will be going steady and then drop all the way off to zero. Is my watch broke? Nope, that is just me stopping because my daughter spots a leaf or
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My 2 1/2 year old loves watching birds and neighbors from our dining room table. She thinks I command them and asks me to make more of them show up. About a month ago she got to visit my husband’s work and got a plastic birdhouse. She was so excited about it that we hung
