Happy Halloween! It’s finally here! The pumpkins are painted, the decorations are up, the treats are made for the class parties, the candy is bought, and the Halloween costumes are ready to go. That means there’s just one thing left to do. Remind your kids how to be safe while trick or treating. Unless of [...]

One of our favorite family time activities is “movie night.” We curl up under blankets, dim the lights, and eat popcorn. On chilly evenings, we light a fire. To me, it doesn’t get any better than this. I love the movies and my girls have inherited my passion for them as well!
I don’t love scary [...]

Is it Halloween yet? Nope! That means I’m still writing about different ways to have fun this Halloween season. They don’t call this the Seasonal Kids Activities blog for nothin’! So where were we? You can’t remember either? Then let’s recap what Halloween treats, contests and crafts I’ve covered so far! I don’t want to [...]

My daughter’s second grade class is studying bats right now. Each day she comes home with some new fact I didn’t want to know about bats. For example, I learned that there really are bats that suck blood, which of course are aptly named vampire bats. Ick. She also taught me that some bats have [...]

Considering I hate spiders, I’m kind of surprised I keep posting about them! But then again handprint spiders and Ritz cracker spiders are a far cry from those I keep having to kill by my sliding glass door! Of course, my seven-year-old keeps telling me not to kill the spiders because they eat the other [...]

One of my favorite parts of autumn is the fact that “Sweater Weather” is upon us. And even though it kills my budget every year, I love buying my daughters beautiful sweaters for back-to-school. (Nevermind that I usually sneak in a few sweaters for mom, too!).
Getting an indulgent new fall-colored jewelry line is usually beyond [...]