Yesterday I shared a few tips on what I do when I need to focus and get a lot of stuff done in a day. Here in part two I have a few more things to think about and approaches to take when your life gets crazy busy. Enjoy. Write it All Down Because of […]
How to Get Everything Done (Well, Almost) Part One
I decided last Monday that I needed to get a bunch of stuff done. I needed to start exercising again, and make about 17 phone calls, do some chores, send some e-mails and actually do some work, too. So I declared it Getting Things Done Day, and though I may not have scratched off all […]
My Muffin Tin Meal, Without the Muffin Tin
I’m kind of obsessed with the idea of muffin tin meals. The concept is simple: instead of presenting your toddler’s meal on a boring old plate or in a bowl, you put the individual components in muffin tin spaces (or you can use an array of the little individual silicone muffin “tins” instead). It exposes […]
Smashing on a Small Scale: The Paper Bag Journal
Back in June I wrote about trying to do more art journaling, and at some point I ended up buying a smash journal, thinking that would be easier than building something from scratch. The only thing is, I barely use it, and certainly not for smashing (I’ve doodled a little and done some more word-filled […]
Playdough Profusion
It’s funny how kids go through cycles with things they want to play with. As any regular readers know, I’m a little obsessed with playdough, but the Bit doesn’t always feel the same way. But pretty much all this month, she’s really been into it. On the 4th of July when we had people over […]
Sidewalk Chalk Paint: A Huge Hit at My House
Before the week that the Bit had off from school, we had a few days off earlier in the month and I was looking for something fun and new to make for her to play with. I decided to go with sidewalk chalk paint, because I knew she’d used it at school, she loves both […]
“This is Fun Gak”
Last week my daughter was home from preschool for “summer break,” and I wanted to do some fun, new things with her. We went on her first trip to the museum (didn’t see any art, but that’s for another post), had her first homemade popsicles and made her first gak, among other things. I’ve been […]