Everything about Easter is adorable. Little girls in frilly dresses, little boys in suits and ties, baby chicks, fluffy bunnies, pink flowers and pastels everywhere...YAY FOR SPRING! And since I'm so incredibly outnumbered around here, I have to grab on to the "cute" where I can. … [Read more...]
Easter Egg Paper Craft: Vol. 2, Day 58
This cute little Easter egg art for my mantel is the craft that almost wasn't. Have you ever had one of those days where everything just kept going wrong? I was searching Pinterest for paper crafts to do with my kids to send to their great-grandma (Mimi) in an Easter … [Read more...]
DIY Tin Can Lantern: Vol. 2, Day 55
Today in our homeschool co-op, we studied the state of Virginia. This led to a study of Jamestown, the first successful English colony. I searched and searched for something interesting to do with the kids relating to colonial life, and came up with these DIY Tin Can … [Read more...]
DIY Push Pin Art: Vol. 2, Day 54
The sun is shining, the grass has started growing again (our neighborhood smelled like freshly cut grass last Saturday) and flowers are blooming. Spring is here!!! I know that we don't really have much of a winter in Southern California, but I still love Spring. It's my … [Read more...]
Vol. 2, Day 11: How to Water Plants While on Vacation
We just got back from a quick trip up north to visit my in-laws. Of course, this was in the middle of a massive heat wave and I just knew I was going to come home to dead plants. So I looked into ways to water plants while you are on vacation. … [Read more...]
Day 340: Strawberry Jam Tutorial
These beautiful berries are in season and really inexpensive right now (I got mine at Winco for only $1 a pound), so grab a couple of pounds and make some delicious jam to put away for the future. (OK, if I'm honest, we'll have gone through all 6 jars by next week, I'm … [Read more...]
Day 328: Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt Printable
Having small children means you take many, many walks. Of course, short legs require they be short walks and they are often around the SAME street day after day after day after day...you get the idea :) So any time I see a pin with an idea to make our daily walks more … [Read more...]
Day 294: Pillsbury Jelly Bean Cookie Cups
For Spring Break, I have instituted several "no electronics" time zones throughout the day. For an hour at a time, everything goes off and the boys have to do chores, play together, go outside, etc. For Bryce, this can be very hard, but he has been surprisingly accepting of it … [Read more...]
Day 292: Easter Bark
I'm getting so close to 300! There are some weeks that I have to go digging for something to blog about and then there are other times when I have a list of things waiting to share! I made this Easter Bark for a class activity on Saturday and it was a hit (well, at least with … [Read more...]
Day 278: Flower Tower
Whew!!! I'm exhausted! We tried to cram an entire weekend's worth of yard work into one day. I didn't get everything accomplished just yet (you should see my ridiculous list), but I did get to try out this idea I saw on Pinterest. … [Read more...]
Day 275: Easter Candy Spring Centerpiece
One glance at the popular pins and boards on Pinterest will tell you that Spring is coming! I was feeling artsy/crafty this afternoon so I made a trip to the dollar store and spent about 30 minutes during Charlie's nap making this fun little centerpiece to help welcome Spring. … [Read more...]