When cleaning out drawers I found three bags of dried up marshmallows. I don’t know why I even buy them…I must buy them for decorating cupcakes and completely forget about them. So since it was, you know, SNOWING again this week we stayed in and thought up things to do with the dried up marshmallows. […]
They have THE BEST website for teaching fire safety to children. Take time to go through it one night and take the time to teach your family for your weekly family activity. www.firesaftey.gov They have lesson plans you can download for free on escape planning, home fire safety and smoke alarms. They even have down-loadable […]
Easy Outside Games to Do For Your Weekly Family Activity My parents were the king and queen of cheap/free family activities. Well most of the time free 🙂 They had five children on a one income family but still wanted to do fun things together. They had to get very creative. My mother had a […]
I am 25 years old and I still love sidewalk chalk as much as I did when I was 5. When I was a nanny the kids and I did the best thing with our side walk chalk. I would draw them a bike trail, a long one, it took a good hour to make. […]
Outlet Mall Bookstores I had two great finds when I went to Park City’s Outlet Mall to Barnes and Noble. Baby Einstein’s ABC Art Cards and ABC Alpha Books. I got them at a killer price, but I would have payed full price for them happily, we use them every single day in my house. […]
Picnic Game I found this game last summer through the Land of Nod catalog, we didn’t bring it out until a couple of months ago. My daughter was not old enough for the age requirement on the game but I thought she might enjoy. She caught on quick and it is her new favorite thing to ask […]
Teaching Colors This was the first thing I felt like I really sat down and taught my daughter and it was very exciting when she learned them all. I felt very proud 🙂 I used pipe cleaners, I would spread them out like a deck of cards and she got to tell me what color […]
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