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Creating & Engaging

Today Kaley is sharing with us a very clever (and cute) way to get the kids involved in the cleaning. [...]

I’ve been really inspired lately by a concept known as “invitations to play”.  The steps involved are about as simple [...]

A few weeks ago C finished up his first year of preschool and they had a little carnival to celebrate. [...]

Happy Monday everyone. I’m pretty thrilled to be able to announce today that Allison of All for the Boys will [...]

I can’t believe it’s already Wednesday, short weeks always seem to wreak havoc on my schedule. Plus today was C’s last [...]

If ever there was a quintessential DIY toy it’s play dough!  Parents and children have been happily cooking up this [...]

Have you ever had a day you weren’t really looking forward to, for one reason or another, but actually turned [...]

photo via Let the Children Play   I’ve written before about how much I value outdoor time for kids.  Recently [...]

It’s been a busy, busy weekend on the homefront.  Gorgeous weather led to some impromptu yardwork and spring cleaning along [...]

Now that Easter has come and gone, I wanted to remind you of this post from last year on exactly [...]

I’m at momtastic this week sharing my favorite new painting technique.  S and I picked it up at toddler group [...]

Aren’t these water bead eggs cool?  They were unbelievably easy and inexpensive to pull together and I think the kids [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of lamenting about C dropping naps over on the facebook page lately (which, by the [...]

I’ve got some exciting news to share today.  A few month’s ago the folks over at FamilyFun Magazine asked me [...]

I’m so over winter.  Seriously, I feel like we’ve done the cold and snow thing enough already – I’m jonesing [...]