Kids love having a chance to build a try new things. That’s just one of the reasons STEM activities for kids are so popular. When you mix the fun of building with the power of rubber bands, you have an exciting hands-on learning activity that kids go nuts over. This homemade rubber band shooter STEM […]
Are Essential Oils Just a Fad?
Our Oil Explorers group is having an awesome series this month: The Skeptics Guide to Essential Oils. I am so excited to be a part of it and to share a bit with you here today! If you use social media very often, chance are you have stumbled upon several posts about essential oils […]
Family Day Festival
Yesterday we took the kids to our electric coop’s family day festival. It was the first festival we’ve gone to this year, and the kids had a blast! First our preschooler got to have her hair colored purple. I was worried that it might freak her out afterwards, but she loved it. Then they enjoyed […]
Our Cardboard Play Area Gets an Update
If you have read my blog for any length of time, you might remember my answer to having a downstairs play area for the kids to romp in. I actually made the walls for that play area when my son was still crawling. Now that he is 2 and both of their interests have grown […]
Cardboard and Duct Tape…
When kids are young it’s important for them to have a space of their own to play in. Our kids have taken over the living room… But when one of my very generous family members noticed what a climber my daughter is (she seriously would climb the walls if she could…) and gave […]