Grateful Flowers A Family Inspired Gratitude Activity My friends it has been a crazy week. Monday, my mother had a surgery that was more involved than anticipated. Yesterday, my husband showed up in the drive way covered in vomit. Both toddlers have been in rare form and the baby is entering a don't put me down or I will scream my head off stage. To say this week has … [Read more...] about Grateful Flowers – A Family Inspired Gratitude Activity
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10 Yummy Ways to Encourage Kids in the Kitchen With Bananas
“I WANNA DO IT MYSELF!!!!!” doesn’t often end well in kid world. This can be especially true in the kitchen. Enter bananas. Bananas, wonderful bananas make it possible for kids to “Do It Myself” in the kitchen. Ready? Let's do this! 10 Yummy Ways to Encourage Kids in the Kitchen With Bananas Simple 1. Make Baby Food Our youngest, little Guppy is turning 6 … [Read more...] about 10 Yummy Ways to Encourage Kids in the Kitchen With Bananas
Banana Oatmeal Cookies – Baking with Kids
When baking cookies with my mom as a kid, I used to love to lick the batter off the spoon. I enjoyed that raw batter possibly even more than eating the finished product. Concern of exposing my kids to Salmonella from raw eggs has pretty much squelched that fabulous experience for my kids. This Banana Oatmeal Cookie recipe with no raw eggs and no added sugar lets raw batter … [Read more...] about Banana Oatmeal Cookies – Baking with Kids
Submarine Day Preschool Fun with Foam
Toddlers and preschoolers love to celebrate. So does this Mommy! One of the silliest, but best holidays around is Submarine Day (March 17th)! We've been reading about Curious George's adventures in "Curious George Discovers the Ocean." We got our copy through Scholastic Books, but you can also find it on Amazon. I'm an affiliate, so if you order it through this link I … [Read more...] about Submarine Day Preschool Fun with Foam
Father’s Day Footprint – Toddler Craft
Looking for a craft that I could use as a Father's Day Gift or as Owl calls it, "Daddy's Day" was quite the undertaking. I found two crafts that we were actually successful in completing with minimal angst. The first is a Father's Day Footprint. I found this idea listed in a variety of locations on Pinterest, but typically the craft was completed with one shoe print … [Read more...] about Father’s Day Footprint – Toddler Craft