It occurred to me today that perhaps I should’ve kicked off the launch of this new Seasonal Kids’ Activities blog with a post like this. You know, start with the basics. Well, hindsight is always 20/20. That said, there’s no time like the present. Hmmm. Let’s see how many clichés I can put in one [...]

This time of year we get a lot of apples! More than we can handle really. It’s just that every year we take the kids apple picking down the road at a local farm and every year we get carried away. It’s part of the fun though! Anyway, after we get home from our outing, [...]

I love words and I want my kids to have a good vocabulary. So I play this game with them to make learning new words fun. All you need is a dictionary, paper, pen and some creativity.
First, I look through the dictionary for some silly sounding words and pick ones that:
A) Have simple definitions.
B) Most [...]

It is such a beautiful day today that I sat with my baby in the backyard taking it all in. Definitely one of the pros of working from home! While we played on the blanket, I decided to brainstorm about today’s kid activity. I knew I wanted to write about an outdoor scavenger hunt, but [...]

If you have a daughter between the ages of 6 and 11, you probably have heard of Webkinz. I have two daughters in that age range and they are obsessed with them! Therefore, I was a bit hesitant to write about Webkinz because I thought this activity would be considered old news. Then it occurred [...]

This activity is so simple, but has given me some of my favorite parenthood memories! When I think back on some of my more elaborate efforts at orchestrating the perfect moment (i.e., when I hired a fairy godmother for my three-year-old daughter’s princess birthday party) and how they backfired miserably (my daughter was in such [...]