Children’s Crafts

I cleaned out a section of my pantry this weekend where I keep supplies for the kids’ crafts.  It was a crazy mess.  While I was cleaning it out I found these foam visors I had picked up on clearance somewhere.  I let the boys decorate them and my 2 year old loved it.  He [...]

Tuesday’s Challenge: Have a tea party or picnic this week

How about throwing a fun tea party or indoor picnic this week?  I have 3 boys and my dear hubby thinks tea parties sound girly so you can call it whatever you want, but the point is to have fun planning a little snack/lunch party with your kiddos.  You can let the kids make their [...]

Great $1 Finds

Do you have a Dollar Tree near you?  We have a small one and sometimes I find things in there, but often there’s not much of interest. Well, this week I hit the jackpot there.  You have to check it out, especially if you have young children.  I bought these cute little craft aprons for [...]

Great birthday planning resource

My youngest is celebrating his first birthday this weekend and my oldest is turning 4 in a few weeks.  I found this great site full of resources, party games, theme ideas, links to party supplies and so on that I wanted to pass along, Amazing Moms – Birthday Ideas.  Be sure to check it out [...]

Tuesday’s Challenge – Make up a rainy day box

Having a rainy day box of fun stuff is something I always say I’m going to do, but never take the time to actually make one up.  So, today I’m going to get it done.  I challenge you to make one as well for that next rainy day or day that mommy has tons to [...]

One tired mommy

I’ve had three children, so that means 3 newborn babies home from the hospital not sleeping well at night, BUT I don’t ever remember being as tired as I am after this past week.  I helped with Vacation Bible School at our church each day, had committments most evenings, and then we had an incredibly [...]

Tuesday’s Activity Challenge – Water fun

Now that it’s getting hot around here, my boys are playing in the water almost everyday.  They love to play in the sprinkler or get their pool out.  So, my challenge for you today is get out there with them.  It seems that us moms often stand back and watch, not wanting to get wet, [...]

Encouragement for Today

Well, I don’t know about your day, but this morning was one of those where everything seemed to be going the opposite way of where I was headed.  You know what I mean?  I woke up this morning in great mood, determined to have a good day with the kids, finish cleaning the house for [...]

Have you seen this site? Awesome!!!!

Have you heard of Storynory?  This site has free audio stories for kids.  I told my kids we would make some crowns today and read some stories about kings and queens.  Then, after searching our enormous selection of books realized we only own one book that fits this category.  So, I googled “stories of kings [...]

Tuesday’s Activity Challenge – Bake with your kids

I’m sorry for being quiet for a few days.  I’ve got a sick 2 year old and didn’t get online yesterday.
Today’s challenge is fun, easy, but messy.  Make some cookies with your kids today.  We limit sweets in our house and rarely offer dessert, but I like to keep things on hand in the kitchen [...]