Four Fun Easy 4th of July Crafts

Fireworks by jeff_golden, on Flickr With the 4th of July providing me with a long weekend I’ve been thinking about doing some crafts with the kids. Here’s a selection of four easy kids crafts that I found to celebrate Independence day. Continue Reading ….

Wordless Wednesday

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Happy Father’s Day!

      The girls really planned ahead this year and have been anxiously waiting for fathers day ever since we picked up these awesome Star Wars pancake molds two weeks ago. They decided to surprise my hubby with breakfast in bed Star Wars style. (using this recipe of course). Breakfast was served on a…

Pausing to Reflect

The homeschooling resource center that my kids go to had their pausing ceremony this week. It’s a time for everyone in the community to get together, for the kids to perform something if they wish and a time to say “see ya later” to the older teens who are moving on to other things. The…

Water, Weed and Wait!

That’s what our greenhouse looked like on Friday but now our greenhouse is empty! That’s because over the weekend we moved all of our plants into the garden and finished planing any seeds that still needed to be sewn. Now we just water, weed and wait! Continue Reading ….

Wordless Wednesday – Garden Yoga

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Wordless Wednesday – Bunny Edition

Bunny, originally uploaded by HarmonicMama. Continue Reading ….

How Kids Can Help the Victims of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.

Photographer: Takashi NAKANO (?? ??) Yesterday the kids and I talked a great deal about the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. We looked at information online about how earthquakes occur etc. The discussion inevitably turned to the people of Japan and my oldest asked what she could do to help. A simple question but…

Wordless Wednesday – Party

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How to Make Simply Beautiful Decoupage Lanterns

Over the weekend I needed to entertain 9 kids under the age of 9. It needed to be something that wouldn’t make too much of a mess but hopefully something that they could use at home and something that met the approval of my youngest. Over breakfast we discussed and we agreed upon decoupage lanterns….