Friday Five – Snacks From Scratch
Instead of heading to the grocery store when snacks run low, use this opportunity of being at home to make your own snacks from scratch.
Stay Home and Stay Safe – Sanity Saving Remote Learning Resources
Free online education and enrichment resources for remote learning and entertaining your children during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Saint Patrick’s Day Shenanigans
Celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day With Your Kids Flashback to the perfect Saint Patrick’s Days of your early 20s. It probably involved hopping on a bus for a pub crawl with your friends, drinking green beer, and closing the bars down. A few years and maybe a few kids later it involves loading up the minivan with the littles, heading to McDonald’s for a Shamrock Shake, and in bed by 8 if you’re lucky! I wouldn’t trade these moments for anything. Let me start off with I love holidays. I enjoy planning and hosting big family celebrations. I love the traditions behind how we celebrate the big ones: Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving.…
Signs of Spring Scavenger Hunt
5 ways to explore the signs of spring with your family. Some of my favorite childhood moments were the changing of the seasons. I can remember that feeling when I opened the door to head out to play and every sense was aware that something had changed from the day before. The smell of the fresh spring air, the sound of the birds, the feel of the sun, and the sight of nature awakening. I love to live this feeling again through my own children. One of our favorite ways to enjoy the new season is to take a nature walk. To encourage the kids to slow down and notice…
Battle Free Bedtime
Consistency, consistency, consistency! In order to ensure a battle free bedtime, you must have a predictable sequence of events. If age appropriate, involve your child in making the schedule so they feel ownership and you increase buy-in. Post the schedule on the wall for everyone to see and refer back to when necessary. Be sure the schedule is specific as far as the order you will do things, how many books you will read and even how many hugs/kisses will be given. Sleep associations are incredibly strong. It’s not so much what you do, but how you do it. Let’s make bedtime a battle free zone! Tips & Tricks So…
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