It’s New Year’s Eve and I want to do some fun activities with my kids. So I looked around the internet this morning and came up with a list of the top ten New Year’s Eve kid activities I found just in case you too were looking for some festive kid fun tonight.
1. Paper Plate [...]

We love watching birds out of our kitchen window. The other day at breakfast, we all stopped eating to figure out which bird was perched on the tree outside. My oldest daughter grabbed her Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds while my other daughter ran to get the binoculars. My job was to watch the bird to [...]

Now that Christmas is over, but the kids’ winter vacation isn’t, I’m looking for activities to keep my girls busy. However, I’m also looking to get rid of Christmas clutter! That’s why I love making crafts out of leftover Christmas cards. I accomplish both goals at the same time! Multi-tasking once again.
This year my girls [...]

Christmas Day has come and gone. The presents are being played with, being worn or being returned! What’s left is the clutter. Tons of it! The worst clutter for me though are those little packing peanuts that came in all the boxes sent to us. While I really appreciate the gifts, those little styrofoam [...]

Christmas Eve is such a fun-filled day in our home! We make Christmas cookies for Santa, have a family concert, read ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and find out exactly where Santa is before I tuck my girls into bed.
This year we’re doing one more thing to get ready for Santa’s arrival. We’re spinkling magical [...]

I love decorating my house for Christmas with decorations made by my girls. So I’m extra careful every year when I pack their Christmas decorations away because I want to make sure their handprint reindeer, paper plate wreaths and gingerbread man decorations are around for years to come. However, I’m particularly fond of my daughter’s [...]