The stories I had told had captivated them - and now they couldn't get enough. The kids were begging me for their own peg doll Christmas elves and gnomes. Wooden Peg Doll Gnomes and Christmas Elves His eyes were big as saucers as we sat down in his bed and I continued with his good night View Post
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The summer is coming to an end, rather quickly. We checked most of the things off our summer bucket list, and we had a blast doing so. The kids are slowly, ever so slowly starting to climb the walls. Now even the toddler has learned to say: “what are we going to do today? I am bored!” I smile and View Post
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“Mama, what does L-O-P-K spell? Is that my name? Jansen.” “Mama, how about O-Q-P-W? Does THAT spell my name, Jansen?” After about 27 minutes of continued spelling-inquiries, I came to the realization that this poor kid needs to learn how to spell his own name - and he needs to learn View Post
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I promised the boys, that I would make not-so-spooky wooden Halloween peg dolls, and suddenly I had a stroller full of compliant and happy boys. It’s early August and I am shopping for craft supplies with a stroller full of impatient little boys, as it usually happens. I turn the corner of an View Post
How to Make a Classic Ghostbusters LEGO Mosaic Pixel Art
Family movie night is a great idea - in theory only. Once you actually sit down with all the kids, it becomes a management and logistical nightmare trying to please every age group and interest represented. Which is exactly the situation we were in last weekend. I was in the kitchen making the View Post
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“Honey, you keep getting our family pictures printed… what are you going to use THESE for? The drawer in your desk, like the other 263 pictures in there?” My husband has a point, a rather valid one. Ugh, I hate when he’s right. I have this compulsive need to get pictures printed of our family View Post
50 Awesome Ways To Have Fun This Summer
The late afternoon sun is beating down on my face. I am soaking up the warmth, taking in the sounds all around me. The kids are playing nicely (not quietly) in the backyard, while I am relaxing after a full day of memory-making fun. This is my first summer as a stay-at-home mom. The magnitude of View Post
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How to DIY a Miniature Dinosaur Garden the Kids Will Love
“But Mama, you cannot have a dinosaur from the Jurassic period living with one from the Cretaceous period - It just can’t be done!” His forehead was wrinkled and his eyes expressed sadness and confusion. Jacob (9) threw his hands in the air with an exasperated sigh. I was about to commit the View Post
How to Upcycle an Old Glass Into an Awesome LEGO Vase
“What is THIS? The things hanging from this plant?” Jansen was holding up a yellow DUPLO brick with a picture of a potato plant. His little forehead wrinkled, with an inquisitive look in his brown eyes. He titled his head to the side and looked at the brick, then at me and then back to the brick… View Post
10 Tips to Enjoying the Most Important Time With Your Child
“Mama, do you know what I love the most about you?” The words were big, coming from a four year old and what was to follow was even bigger. I braced myself for the impact of his words. “When you play with me. That’s it! That what I love!” His words, so honest, real and raw! He is only four, View Post
DIY Indoor Spring Tree
I have to take four of my little-girl footsteps to one of his grandpa steps. Keeping up with him can be really hard, even though he is 71 and I just turned 7 a few short months ago. But I don’t want to miss out on his stories about nature, as we walk along the tree-lined path in the forest. The View Post