Once your kids get started making gifts for others, they often find that they just don’t want to stop. My kids love to be creative and they have such big hearts. That’s why I love making the gifts we give instead of buying them — they really get into...
I love kids’ art. It’s a good thing. I have bins, boxes, folders, and stacks full of it. My kids like to draw and paint me pictures and I have a really hard time letting them go. Now what’s nice is when kids’ art can also be something really...
I think the placement of Christmas at the beginning of the long winter is a bit serendipitous. Right about the time it is getting really cold and yucky out, parents have a perfect gift-giving opportunity. While a book or a movie are a wonderful way to spend a winter...
Our fabulous spring poetry tea had not even ended last May when I looked at the other moms and said, “We have got to do this again!” Once again, we dressed up the back porch, cooked up some good food, found poems to read and recite, and had a wonderful...
I am blessed to know so many kids with huge hearts and a love for others. Because of that love, they are some of the most generous people at holiday time. They love to give gifts. Even more than giving gifts, though, kids have a heart for making their gifts. Maybe it...
I’ve written before about how much we love our All About Reading and Spelling programs. (We must — we are currently doing four different programs!) . I have also written about how much we love playing games around here. So in an effort to add a little...
