10 Eco Friendly Easter Basket Gift Ideas for Kids
Many gifts and toys for kids are mass-produced in inefficient factories, which can end up releasing plastics and other toxins into the environment during production. However, you can still be friendly to the environment while the kids have fun. These 10 eco-friendly Easter basket gift ideas are perfect for your kids this Easter! Easter Basket […]
Kids Create Art! Playful Pet Portraits!
I am art challenged. I need step by step instructions (and video is even better) to help my kids complete art projects. One of the resources I have been using are the Mixed Media Art Courses from Flourish. I am happy to say she is putting out a new one this month – Kids Create […]
Belated 2010 Resolutions
I have recently been catching up on my blog post reading, and came across multiple writings on resolutions for the New Year. Resolutions are not really my thing as I always have this image of dusty treadmills and weight benches used as clothing hangers! Anyone who knows me realizes I could stand to loose about […]
Funny Kid Stories
Chloe: So Chloe came home from gymnastics on Thursday night telling her usual tales. She rides home most nights with one of her coaches, Alicia. Chloe and Alicia we apparently talking about dinner. We had veal and periogies for dinner on Thursday night. So Chloe tells Alicia that we had veal and “ferogies” for dinner. […]
Flashback Friday-Matching Edition
I can’t help but notice certain “matching” tendencies throughout the countless folders of photos that I have stored in my computer. So I just had to dig a few out and put them together here!
Chloe’s New Winter Hobby
The winter weather has kicked itself into high gear here over the past couple of weeks. We have the pleasure of living in a snow belt where we get extra snow due to the lake effect. This year Chloe has taken a particular liking to being out in the snow. Every chance she gets she […]
Flashback Friday-New Year’s Edition
For New Year’s Eve 2008 we were given the opportunity to do something different. Rochester was celebrating it’s 175th Anniversary with a big kickoff bash on New Year’s Eve. The Bach Children’s Chorus was going to be singing downtown and a special ball full of wishes was to be set on fire downtown. The chorus […]
The Schwa Sound
Apparently I am NOT smarter than a third grader! Today I stumbled upon something that not only had I not heard of it before, but I thought it must have been a typo by the program creator. Jayden has been doing a grade 2 spelling program, but the words are too easy. I did not […]