Coloring Night
We had a color-in this evening after we got back from camp. We needed a mellow evening.
Lunch Bags for Tomorrow
We’re off on a big school adventure tomorrow – overnight camp with all the grades, plus younger siblings. Vivi and I decorated the brown paper bags for lunch.
Everyone Here Is Getting Excited
I helped the kiddo make a countdown calendar to mark off the days until our trip. It’s installed in our bedroom (so one little frequent visitor doesn’t mess with it) and the first day is marked off!
Sight Word Memory Match
My daughter’s kindergarten teacher sent us home from Curriculum Night with a list of sight words for the kids to memorize, with the suggestion to “make flash cards or something”. Sight word flash cards sounds extra boring to me, so I decided to make…
Approaching Fall
Even as we enjoy the warm sunny weather, its impossible to ignore the feel of fall in the air.
Drawing on Driftwood
We took advantage of the beautiful late summer day today and headed to the beach for what will probably be one of our last beach outings of the season. While the kids played in the sand I picked up a small smooth piece of…
More Travel Journals for Kids
I got these sweet blank journals at an event this summer and set them aside to use for the kids’ travel journals this fall. I’m starting to add some activity pages and the nameplate pages.
Travel Maps for Travel Journals
I’ve come up for air for a minute from the hectic pace of back-to-school to work on the kids’ travel journals for our upcoming trip. Today I drew the route maps for our flights out and back; not the actual map but an approximation…
More Blackberry Jam
I made the second batch of blackberry jam today. I did a few things differently – I used a bit less sugar and added two diced apples to try and give the jam more body. I haven’t opened a jar of this batch yet…
Blackberry Jam
Today the eight cups of wild blackberries in my fridge became 6 pints of blackberry jam (although it might be a wee bit closer to blackberry sauce than jam; no matter). First the well-washed berries went into the bowl (actually they were already washed…
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