This past Christmas, I had a lot of fun using the boys’ artwork to make gifts. This particular mug was a big hit. Click through to see its magic surprise.
Continue readingMorning Monster Mug!
Waste Less Wednesday: DIY Travel Wipes
If you’ve started making your own home cleaners, then you may already have all of the ingredients that you need to make these handy dandy wipes.
Continue readingSeasonal Eats : Spring Foraging
A sampling of some of our favorite previously-published spring recipes.
Stinging Nettle Pesto (perfect with homemade gnocchi)
Radler or Shandy?
Good Stuff: Podcasts for Kids (and adults!)
Interested in some podcasts for adults? Sarah shared her master list here.
Do you listen to podcasts with your kids? I love it as both a form of entertainment (screen-free entertainment!) and as another medium for learning. For all of the podcasts on this list, the kids think of these as purely entertainment, and I just love that the learning is a by-product.
This is a round-up of our absolute favorites after years of listening. We definitely can’t rank them, because that list would change daily. Over that time, our interest in the different shows ebbs and flows depending upon the boys’ interests, but we always come back to the podcasts on this list.
The episode length for these podcasts may be anywhere from 7 to 30 minutes long, which is great for listening when we’re running errands around town. When we’re going on longer road trips, I like to put on an audiobook because the playtimes are much longer. We’ll share some of our favorite audio books in another post.
Myths and Folktales
Nature and Environmental Science
General Science
Debate w/ a Variety of Topics
Historical Figures
Music
Butter Walnut Snacking Cake
Today we’re sharing another recipe from this fantastic book. We also made a powdered donut cake and, well, no one sneak bites of that one without powdered sugar down their shirt!
Signs that you may have found a keeper of a recipe:
Continue readingCrafting with Kids: Sewing a Scarf
If you’re looking for more kid-friendly craft projects, we’ve written about using knitting looms and making rolled beeswax candles.
Last year (2020) the boys got a sewing machine for Christmas. It may not be the typical gift for a 5 & 7 year old, but know how much they love tools and making things, this was the perfect addition to their arsenal. It goes well with a Viking helmet, don’t you think?
During their first year of having the machine, we did a few things.
Continue readingTiny Post about Tiny Tents!
This is such a silly post, because we are in love with this silly little thing.
It’s a Tiny Tent for our cat!
Continue readingFat Tuesday Donut Cake
We know that there’s an “official” Donut Day, no, wait, there are actually TWO donut days! But when we were growing up, Fat Tuesday was celebrated with donuts and called Donut Day. We like to keep that tradition going. Sometimes we make fried or baked donuts, but this year, we’re celebrating with a donut cake.
Continue reading2022 New Year Resolutions
Happy New Year! It’s 2022 or maybe 2020. Who knows. What is time? Anyway, we love a good calendar flip and tend to create goals and resolutions around it. Here’s a reminder of my New Year resolutions from 2021 and Katie’s resolutions. Just to be clear, I typically don’t accomplish all of my goals, but I enjoy making them! I even enjoy admitting defeat, so here are a plethora of 2022 New Year resolutions.
