So, my latest DIY is a little crazy. I made a crayon organizer out of a tree! Yes…a tree! According to my daughter, I’m always “taking the hard way around” so I guess this project is fitting. Why make a crayon organizer out of something “normal” when I could just make it out of a …
1. Dream Big, Draw Bigger Open Ended Art Book Dream Big, Draw Bigger My daughter loves this book! I actually cut the binding off of this book, hole punched the entire thing, and put it in a 3-ring binder. That way she can pick a page she wants, put it in a clear plastic sleeve, …
Have you read the ingredients of some of the sports drinks on the market? Modified food starch, Red 40, Glycerol Ester of Rosin, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose Acetate Isobutyrate. What?! Livestrong.com says the Center for Science in the Public Interest states “artificial food colors have been found to cause damage to DNA” as well …
When was the last time all of the stuffed animals at your house had a decent check up? It had been a while at our house since our stuffed animals had a check up so yesterday I set up a homemade vet clinic! The kids had so much fun with it! They were occupied for …
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With proper training and instruction, children can be capable of so much. I think sometimes parents underestimate what their children can do. We say they are “just kids” or “they should just play.” You’re only little once, right? So, they should be allowed to live it up? However, if we don’t teach them to work, …
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My Little Man loves to play with cars. He sleeps with his cars. He takes his cars in the bathroom with him and puts them on the vanity. He even lines cars up on the kitchen table so they can watch him eat his breakfast… and lunch. He’s a car man. Well, we have an …
How do you create an awesome homeschool room? All you need is a large space and a lot of money. I’m just kidding. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I have seen many beautiful homeschool rooms on Pinterest. I looked them up when I was planning mine. Some people have large, gorgeous homeschool rooms …
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Let’s talk toys. Lately, I’ve been seriously working on downsizing everything in my house. This includes the kids’ rooms. I usually don’t get worked up about their room being messy as long as it stays IN their room. I like them to play, and sometimes playing is just messy. However, I draw the line when …
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