We are keeping things simple around here right now. Sammy is adjusting to school (sort of). Madeline is adjusting to having a little brother at school (sort of). Benjamin is adjusting to being the only little one at home with Mama (sort of). And me? Well, I’m adjusting to nothing. Change is just so hard…
Learn about Shapes with Snowman Crafts!
I was looking for some winter crafts yesterday, and guess what I found? A post I did last year that I had forgotten all about – oodles of snowman crafts! Perhaps it is just what you were looking after as well? Here is my original post friends: We have had our first snow flurries. We…
A Snowflake Printmaking Art Project
For those of you lovely folks who have asked or wondered, we are well. We are settling into our new routine. The kids adore their new little sister and we are taking things slow and easy. It’s a very nice time of year to welcome a new babe into our family as we are naturally…
Christmas Sensory Bin and a Sticky Tree
Too soon for a Christmas post? Nah … it’s November! This was one of the boys’ favourite activities last season—a sticky Christmas tree to decorate! Super simple, and lots of learning can be added. Counting, colour or size sorting, and patterning can all easily come into play (Ha! Play—I didn’t even do it on…
The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs!
A photo on Friday, because sometimes all you need is the picture! We LOVE the Jillian Jiggs books. All of them! We have made wonderful, marvelous pigs out of cardboard tubes, socks, nylons – and most recently paper bags. And no matter which way we make them, they turn out CUTE. Craft pigs are simply…
Chalk Ghosts
I bought these neat Halloween cookie cutters last year when they were on sale after Halloween for maybe a dollar. And the most incredible thing happened … I remembered I bought them! Well, I actually just stumbled upon them when cleaning out the junk drawer (which is actually another incredible thing – me cleaning out…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving friends! I have so very much to be thankful for, including of course you visiting with me in this space. I am forever grateful to you for reading my zany ideas and especially for the fact that you often like them! I just have a quick post for you today as it has…
5 Little Pumpkins
I have said it many a time, but I will say it again – I just love celebrating holidays. And there is nothing quite like celebrating holidays with little ones. So we really live it up. And we start super early. October 1st saw our very first Halloween craft this year, and we have been…
A Tiger Chased a Dog…
Have you met Tundra yet? She is a complete sweetheart. Calm, friendly, fabulous with kids … pretty much the perfect dog. But when she was a puppy she was wild. Wild. That was her past though. We try to not focus on that and instead focus on the sweetie she has become. I think of…
Paper Plate Apples, and Apples on a Plate!
Have you ever met someone, in real life or online, and think …”Wow. This person has some awesome ideas! I kind of want to be adopted by them so I can do those crafts too!”? Well, let me introduce you to my new friend Morgan. I know Morgan from a homeschooling Facebook group. She shares…
