It’s spring cleaning season and the blogosphere is inundated with posts about people trying to get more organized, cleaning out their homes, sharing tips, etc. Just reading about all that work can be overwhelming! But this week I did get motivated in a small way, thanks to Project Simplify over at Simple Mom. It’s a […]
Dots and Stickers: The Girl Makes a “Project”
Last Tuesday when my girl was home sick, we spent a lot of time doing art. They’ll be more on exactly what all we did later this week, but I wanted to mention separately something that she did all on her own that I though was pretty cool. First, she asked for the dot markers […]
Bathing Frogs and Water Beads
Last Monday when the Bit was home with me I followed her around with a notebook and a camera. I thought it would be funny to document all the different things we did to compile into one big play-by-play post, both as a chronicle of what a day with a kid at home (even a […]
Sensory for St. Patrick’s Day
While the Bit was home sick last week and busy playing with something else (I think at this point she was drawing on her white board) I decided it was time to finally dismantle the Valentine’s sensory box and put together one for St. Patrick’s Day. I hadn’t really intended to make this box specifically […]
Toddler Busy Bag Swap, Part Five
We’ve now reached the lightning round, because most of these busy bag ideas are super fast, easy and don’t require attribution or even much explanation. To see all the previous busy bag swap ideas posts, check out the links at the bottom of this post. Make Cupcakes These really cute little craft foam cupcakes are […]
Toddler Busy Bag Swap, Part Four
Here we go again! This post should be a lot briefer than the others so far because it’s almost just a list of some great busy bag options that were shared at the swap. Pompom Patterns Here’s a cute and easy one (well, easy if your color printer is working; our sweet mom had to […]