Activities for Bonding with Teens: Having everyone home the past few days has been interesting. We started our second day of social distancing with everyone making a list of what they would like to do but we never have time for...the lists of my oldest two, who weren't thrilled about making the list in the first place, were the most enlightening. No one had spend more time on social media or send a lot of texts...but what they wanted to do was surprising. The following lists ... View the Post
72 Activities for Kids to do Indoors
72 Rainy Day Activities for Kids to do Indoors Today we have a list of 72 activities that kids can do indoors...with items that hopefully you already have around the house! Lego building contests (tallest building, only use red blocks, only use 4x4 pieces, strongest bridge, etc.)Invent new rules for an existing board or card gameMake a homemade tv commercials...each person needs to find an item in the house and then make a commercial for it. The best, most convincing commercial ... View the Post
Kids Easy Grab and Go Lunch Idea
Today I'm excited to share a kids easy Grab and Go lunch idea. My girls love to take sack lunches with them to school...randomly...like on pizza day (they reaaaalllly don't like the school pizza) but I swear every time they decide to pack a lunch it takes them 84 minutes...and we are running late...and they can't find the chips...or their lunch box...etc etc etc...and it turns out to be a huge hassle. So this year I decided to try something new. I kind of love those cheap ... View the Post
Stitched Episode 3: English Paper Piecing
Stitched Episode 3 is inspired by a post I wrote several years ago about the last time that Simon, my oldest, held my hand...and English paper piecing. Not sure what they have in common...then give it a listen! ... View the Post
On Raising Teenagers–“I’m Here.”
A few weeks ago I was waiting in the carpool line in the rain for one of my teenagers so I pulled out my phone to text them where I was. And then I looked back at our text chain....and it went a little something like this. ... View the Post
Great Book Choices to Read Aloud to you Kids this Summer
I love reading. I always have...and summer wouldn't be summer without having a reading books to my kids so today I have put together a list of my top 10 novels to read aloud to elementary age children during the summer. ... View the Post
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