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 Last night we changed to daylight savings time so we “Sprang forward” one hour. Now with it being light later in the evenings we will be taking advantage of more daylight to go out with the kids. Whether it’s going to the beach, the playground, going for a walk, or just playing in the yard, we … Continue reading Daylight Savings Means More Family Outings  We went to the garden supply store a week ago and bought all kinds of seeds for the garden. The kids had fun picking them out and we tried to keep it under control, really. Since then the weather has been quite rainy and cool and all we’ve managed to do is some more yard … Continue reading Our First “Gardening” Attempt  Noodle Necklace I don’t want to sound like an old lady but, whatever happened to being creative when choosing art and craft supplies? The craft stores are full of ready packaged crafts, just empty the bag and assemble. Some days that is great, with no thought involved I can give the kids something semi-creative to do. Usually, however, … Continue reading “Found” Art Materials 
This year on February 14 we get two special days in one! What do we do with our kids for Valentines Day and Chinese New Year? We make crafts of course and since they land on the same day why not make a Chinese/heart themed craft. Cut out hearts with chinese characters was too … Continue reading Chinese Paper Lanterns with Hearts  This is a non-suet (beef fat) suet cake. We used lard (usually pig fat) from the freezer section of the supermarket. Suet can really smell up your house so if you decide to go that route you may want to melt it outside. Lard has no smell at all and next time I may try … Continue reading How to Make a Suet Cake with a Preschooler  One day just before lunch everyone was feeling a little crabby so I remembered an activity on-line from Frugal Family Fun Blog called Bubble Prints. This sounded like the perfect combination for a rainy day, bubbles and art. I had only read it a day or two before so I tried to do this from memory. To a large … Continue reading Making Bubble Prints is Not a Toddler Activity 
I am not going to document all the clinical studies that say reading to your kids at a young age is beneficial. We all know that it is a good thing to do. Reading can be hard to fit into a busy schedule but it is really worth it, not only for the kids. Seven … Continue reading Read to Your Kids Before Bed Everyday  Christmas is almost here and despite our requests for restraint from our friends and family we know our kids will get a new load of toys. Time to make room. We are not even six months into our new home and already it is cluttered with toys. Before we made the move we sold a pile … Continue reading Control Toy Clutter  |
  
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