Travel Scavenger Hunt
When we go on road trips my kids like it when I give them things to search for on the road – sometimes I draw them a scavenger hunt which they like even better. In advance of our trip, I drew a few sheets…
Find It Jars
My daughter’s class made find it bottles in school last week. I collected some small items to add to the bottles but spaced it on the due date so they didn’t get used at school – but I thought they’d be a great addition…
Preschool Car Bingo
Recently we came up with a fun game to play with the kids in the car: Find a car for each color of the rainbow, with the optional difficulty of doing it in rainbow order. We played it by just saying the color of…
I’ve got an idea for a travel game for the kids, and I need to draw cars for it. I messed around with a vector graphics program tonight for a bit, but I’ve still got a lot of work to do – think of…
Pre Cinco Dinner Party
It was our night to host our parents’ group, and since its so close to Cinco de Mayo I thought it would be fun to have a Mexican themed dinner. We had tacos, rice, beans, chips and salsa and guacamole, and cupcakes for dessert….
Potting Plants on the Patio
Today was a garden work day – I had a number of pots that needed annuals added and some clean-up to do from last summer. As I was checking things out and deciding what to plant where, I noticed that a few of the…
Planting in the Vegetable Garden
Today we got started on our vegetable garden. We pulled up the weeds from the winter, added three bags of compost and turned the soil. I didn’t think to take a ‘before’ picture of the raised bed, but it was looking pretty shabby. I…
Kids Route Map
As part of my kids road trip prep, I made a route map they can color in as we go. What I envision is that I’ll mark the map at each stop we make and they can color up to that point – that…
License Plate Hunt
We are going on a road trip this summer, and while I am so excited for it I also know it will be a lot of driving for the kids, which means I need to stock up on distractions to make the trip more…
A Baby Bunny House
Today was a collaboration between me and my baby girl. She was the architect and I was the engineer on a baby bunny house, and we both did the decorating. What a fun hour we spent while little brother napped.
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