Pool noodles are cheap and kids need something fun, right? We did all of this with just 3 pool noodles (and we didn’t even use all of them…). Pool noodle sculptures saved the day! Now, I’m not a mom that feels I need to entertain my kids all the time. Boredom is incredibly helpful to…
I feel like a broken record telling you how hot it is…but it is so hot! Cooling off this summer is becoming something we must do constantly. I can barely walk to the car. As such, we are not in the kitchen cooking. We make snacks and salads, but cooking it limited. So I wanted…
I kind of have a love/hate relationship with holidays but I really enjoy getting in a holiday mood. And the Fourth of July is a pretty tame holiday. There just aren’t as many expectations as other holidays. Have a BBQ, see the fireworks, curse at your neighbors still celebrating at 11 p.m. (even though it’s…
We have just started really using week 1 and I have to say, it’s going better than I thought. None of them like to write and there is a good amount of writing in the program. But they don’t mind this writing!! Baloo, the one most adverse to writing, actually asked me to print out…
Kids naturally love learning but I’ve found, at least with the younger ages, nonfiction books can be a bit overwhelming. The information often doesn’t read like a normal book and kind of just has little blurbs randomly spread over the page. My kids don’t often pick up nonfiction books, and I think that has something…
Road trips sound like a lot of fun until you are facing one with a toddler. Even a young child. But I promise you, road trips with kids can be fun. Even with toddlers. I come to this topic with a good bit of experience. We made the drive from Alabama to Arizona (27 hours…)…
The first thing I heard when I woke up Friday was “Finding Dory comes out today!!”. I honestly don’t know how they knew. We don’t really watch TV. Or YouTube. Or anything with commercials. I suspect it was my mother (who is way more excited for Finding Dory than anyone else in existence). Still, surprised…
It’s getting to that part of summer – too hot to be outside during the day but not enough to do inside. Well here it’s like that, at least! We live in the desert and it’s been 108+ that past week. Insanely hot. But at least it’s a dry heat. I don’t do well with…
Swing In To Summer Learning: A Free 5 week summer learning program for kids from 2-10! Ahhh it’s here! It’s here!! I am so incredibly excited about this year’s summer learning program. Most years at this point I’m like “Seriously, are we done yet?” (These programs take months and months of planning and working! We…
I’ve spent way way way too much time trying to decide on curriculum for next year. Part of me just wants to get a box set and be done with it, but we really like All About Reading/All About Spelling. So I decided to do everything separate which meant like 80 different choices had to…
Frog Emergent Reader: All About Frogs. Royal loves non-fiction writing, especially when it comes to animals. I knew he’d love a little book with a few facts about frogs. Even better, I knew I could throw in a bit of vocabulary. So I put this together with him in mind. Its got a lot…
One day, shortly before Christmas, the hubs, Logi-Bear and I were shopping at Target. I don’t know know what happened, but when we got home Logi-Bear had a hexbug. We weren’t into Hexbugs before that. I kind of knew what they were but we just didn’t have them. Let’s just say, the boys LOVE the…