I saw this fun idea in Disney’s Family Fun magazine several months ago. I haven’t tried it with my youngest yet; I still cut his hot dog up into tiny pieces… But for toddlers and preschoolers, it’s a fun lunch idea. Squid Dogs! First, cut a hot dog into 1 inch pieces. […]
Sticky Situation
It’s time for another Manic Monday… Dirty dishes overflow the sink and clean laundry is piled up in a basket in the kitchen, waiting to be folded. The dog is whining at the door, hoping to go for a romp in the melting snow. And there are two sticky kids at the table, both wanting […]
Leap Frog Tag and Tag Jr.
My kids love reading. Since I taught language arts/reading for a number of years, I’m glad they share this interest with me. It’s one of the reasons that for my daughter’s third birthday we got her the LeapFrog TAG Reading System. She spent most of her birthday using it to read the books we had […]
One Magical Moment
I feel like my daughter has had the spotlight on here when it comes to my kids, and since she is three and is much more capable of climbing and talking than her younger brother, that probably makes sense. But today’s Thankful Thursday post is about my son. Every day for the past week Monkey […]
Making a Memory (game, that is)
Three year olds love craft projects, so this is a “two for one”: make a craft, have a game to play. You will need scissors, card stock and stickers. Simple. It was a snowy day when we made this game, and I didn’t have card stock at home, so I used a file […]