Quinn will be starting preschool this fall. It is absolutely impossible for me to comprehend where the time has gone. He will only be going two days a week. With me being a stay-at-home-mom and him having a little sister at home I want him to connect with, this seemed like the best choice for our family. Even though it is only two days, make no mistake, it is crucial. As a teacher, I know how important attitude, both of the child and the parent, is to a child's learning and self-esteem. I ...
For the Kiddos
Summer To Do List: Fly A Kite
Slowly, but surely we are checking things off of our summer to do list. You can see our first summer to do list post here. Our latest summer to do activity: flying a kite. Did you spy the grasshopper? All in all flying the kite was a success. Next time I am getting a fabric kite, though. This one just didn't hold up the way I would have liked. So far we have completed: a trip to Chicago where we visited the Shedd Aquarium (Haven't blogged about it yet), ...
Wooden Spoon Dolls
I am a hoarder of crafty supplies (as I mentioned in yesterday's post). I should belong to a help group. Obviously when at Micheals and you see wooden cubes you buy one. Turned out to make a lovely photo cube. Who knew? You can read more on that here. Well right next to those photo cubes were wooden spoons. They were so cheap and I just had to have them. I just knew they would be good for kitchen art or a kids craft or something. Well those wooden spoons got together with my fabric scraps and my ...
Craft-tastic
That title has nothing to do with anything. Just a thing...I say...occasionally. Anyone else? Right now I should be blogging about an awesome craft I made while the kids were napping. Unfortunately, (those of you who follow me on Facebook already know this), my craft supplies became toys. They are MIA. Well, I found one in the craft closet and one under the couch. One is still missing. By the way I need to dust/vacuum bad. We have some cat-hair-tumbleweed action that I wasn't aware of. Thanks ...
Summer To Do: Swimming & Sparklers
You know how there are places that seem to be the backdrop to your childhood? Places where so many memories were made. The soccer field and grandma and grandpa's house are two of those places. My grandparents have twelve children. All, but two live within the same city and only one lives out of state. That isn't a coincidence. That is how they were raised. FAMILY. You can imagine when twelve children marry and have children and their children have children and we all stick around...it gets ...