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Homemade Oatmeal Packets- A Success!
Here's the little taste tester giving her smile of approval!My two year old LOVES instant oatmeal packets. She could probably eat two or three for breakfast. Every morning. Now oatmeal has a lot of...
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Giveaway! Cleaning House: A Mom's 12-Month Experiment to Rid Her House of...
Like I mentioned in my book review of Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement, I loved this book so much that I contacted the author and she sent me two...
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Book Review: Cleaning House: A Mom's 12 Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of...
My latest parenting book read has been: Cleaning House: A Mom's Twelve-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlementby Kay Wills Wyma and I loved it! Seriously LOVED it! I enjoyed it so much...
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Thanks for the great advice!
I loved reading the tips and tricks you left when entering the Cleaning House giveaway! (PS: congrats to Danielle and Wendy, the two winners. Your copies of the book are on their way.)Here are a few...
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Microwave Puffy Paint
We tried the fun and super easy microwaveable puffy paint recipe from the June/July issue of Family Fun. It was a huge hit with my kids who were mesmerized at the puffiness of their paintings when...
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Great Books for Early Readers
As my son is beginning to read we've both been a bit disappointed in some of the emergent reading books available. The limited word choice and lack of exciting plots doesn't help inspire him with the...
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T-Shirt to Infant Dress Refashion
I recently took a t-shirt (one of those free for participating in something shirts) and made it into a summer dress for Joanna. This was a fun project! Somethings I learned about sewing with t-shirt...
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Easy Fireworks in the Kitchen Science Activity
This is a super easy and very interesting activity for young children. My children for so long, and have asked to do this several times since!Materials:-container (we used a shallow plate)-baking...
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We Give Books
I recently came across a great free reading website that helps others as well. Wegivebooks.org is a website that donates a book to charity for every free digital book you read on their site. Here's a...
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Elephant Walk Game
Have you heard of the game show Minute to Win It? I hadn't until we held our family Olympics at a recent family reunion using many of the activities from the game show as well as the board game.One...
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Sink Your Fingers Into This...
Cornstarch and water make a super fun, simple goo. It acts as a solid and as a liquid! It's a bit messy, but easy to clean and doesn't stain (unless you add food coloring). My kids were entertained...
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Safees Reflectors: Review and Giveaway!
***Giveaway closed! Congrats to Terri for winning the Safee Reflectors!***Did you know that wearing a reflector as a pedestrian can increase your visibility in traffic by up to 500 percent?! I...
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Free Papercraft Alphabet Templates
Digitprop has created an adorable collection of papercraft letters that are avaialbe for free! You can check them out here and print and fold to your hearts content. How cute would it be to spell out...
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Free Religious File Folder Games
A friend at church recently asked me about the file folder games my kids use during meetings. We got them from my sister in law as a present a few years ago and she got them from Finch Family...
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Incredibed Review
I'm a mom reviewer for Washington Family Magazine and have reviewed (with the help of my children) some fun things, including this large, cozy bear bed...an Incredibed:When I first showed my four year...
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Free silly sentences game for early readers
Here's a fun game for beginning and advanced readers: the silly sentences game. Simply print out the sentence parts on different colors of paper (we used white, yellow and pink), cut them apart, and...
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Thred Up- free $10 credit and 20% off code!
If you don't have a thredup account you can sign up for one through this link and you'll automatically get a $10 credit toward your next purchase (not minimum purchase.) You can use coupon code...
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Water Beads- Cheap!
You've probably seen water beads on blog or pinterest. I've noticed them all over and have been wanting to try them, but not wanting to spend a lot of money. I recently found these Purple Water...
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Fancy Nancy Manners Dinner
We checked out Fancy Nancy (by Jane O Connor)from the library and after a few read throughs my children were enthralled by the idea of dressing up to have a fancy dinner just like the characters in the...
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It's Baby Food Making Time!
My baby is 7 months old! How did the past half a year (plus a month) fly by?! I am now in the midst of baby-food making, a stage that I enjoy and dislike at the same time. I enjoy making my baby's...
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