We eat a lot of salad at our house but the only thing our $5 salad spinner is used for is art. These fall art project is super simple to make. As a treat we made ours with acrylic paint known as ” Mama’s adult paint” at our house. It worked well but in my […]
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I don’t think of my "bucket list" as something I want to do before I die. Because that’s a really long list. There’s a lot to do in the world, and less time to do it than we think. But I do have a sort of bucket list for our family. It’s a list of […]
Even though we don’t see many acorns around here we still love creating fun acorn crafts like this simple fine motor acorn craft. We love mixing colors and I wanted to incorporate making the color brown into our lesson. While you and I know that the simplest way to make brown is to mix two […]
If you haven’t heard, Kate Middleton and Prince William are expecting their second Royal Baby, which makes Prince George a soon-to-be big brother! Here’s a look at other famous siblings, and here’s how to prevent sibling rivarly from being an issue in your very own palace. Related: Fun Ideas for Naming Siblings
I’m in a hotel in Washington DC, about to get a couple hours of sleep before I fly to Ethiopia in the morning with Help One Now. I should be sleeping but I’m not . . . kept awake by a heady mix of excitement and nerves. Tonight our team assembled in the hotel lobby […]
My finals during my last semester of college were kind of weird–I had a whole bunch all at the beginning of the testing period, then I had a few days where I didn’t have anything, then I had one last final during the last block of time on the last day of testing. My on-campus […]
The school year has started and that means that some of our longer activities get shortened into smaller bite sized pieces of hands on learning that won’t compete with homework or my son’s need to just chill out after a long day at school. Our whole Learning After School series is all about how to […]
I was going to take today off of posting but then I noticed how well the apples crafts and activities I have been posting on my Pinterest boards have been doing. I decided to bring together my favorite apple crafts and activities as well as some of the coolest ones I have pinned from other […]
Our Pinterest is on fire because everyone LOVES fall crafts. I need more to pin and would love to see what you have to share. Link up right now. If you are one of those readers who have been searching for fall crafts check out the links below and then our Fall Lessons & Activities […]
Now that you’re pregnant, you know all about the foods you should be eating and the vitamins you should be taking. But we bet there are some fun facts you haven’t heard of. Watch this Buzzfeed video and see for yourself.
Those were the (highly questionable) days, kids. Back then, family road trips meant stuffed-full station wagons and playing the license plate game on long, empty stretches of highway. If you got bored, you had two options: 1) Stare out the window, or 2) Sleep. Good times. Today, family road trips have gotten way easier. Cup […]
September brings cooler weather, changing leaves, and for many fans, the return of America’s favorite sport: Football! Gather ’round, invite over a crowd, and enjoy some of our most favorite recipes for entertaining on game days. These nachos. Oh these nachos. Smoked pork, savory bacon, tangy pepperoncini. They have everything and they will be gone […]