What Do You Want to Make Today?
A friend of the girl’s was having a fairy-themed birthday party over the weekend, and I thought it would be fun to make her a fairy garden kit for her present. As I was thinking about it, I knew I needed to make one for the girl, too, because I was sure she would love […]
One of my most popular posts ever is the 64 Sick Day, Rainy Day, Any Day Activities to Do with a Toddler list. I wrote this in March of 2012 for my own amusement. It started out as me keeping track of all the things we did when the girl, who would have been two […]
Sacred is not really a word I throw around, being as I’m not religious at all. But lately it seems like more of my friends and Facebook peeps have been talking about how weekends are sacred at their house, by which they mean that it’s family time and it takes a lot to get one […]
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was about glitter and sparkle, which anyone who knows me will tell you is not my thing. The girl is a little bit girlier than I am and has been known to sport some sparkle from time to time. I made her a pink and purple sensory tub in honor […]
As a web writer for a big old company, I have a lot of colleagues all over the place who happen to be really awesome at what they do. And who are really generous about sharing and helping the rest of us know a little more or do things a little better. For example, Amanda […]
Looking back at the archives, it looks like I first wrote about water beads last February. We had a package from the dollar store and they stayed in somewhat good shape for at least a few months. (They tend to get broken, dried out and lost over time.) The Bit loved them back then, and […]
This isn’t really a project, or even an activity that you can necessarily do with your kids, but it’s something you might want to look out for or try and observe what your kid does. The Bit is almost 4, and she’s obsessed with putting things in containers. Not putting things away, exactly, but moving […]