As a mom of an active Kindergartener, preschooler and baby, snacks are life. We never leave home without snacks. While we have our favorite pre-packaged snacks, I love making snack mixes because I can control the ingredients, be creative and include ingredients my kiddos and I enjoy eating. Yes, I enjoy snack mixes quite a …
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We love making cards for birthdays and holidays. Making cards is such a simple, easy, inexpensive and fun activity to do with your children. I think that making cards is a bit of a lost art, but I believe it should become a key activity to teach children how to think of others on special …
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Reading is a favorite activity in our house, especially in the winter when it’s too cold to be outside. We enjoy curling up on the couch under a warm blanket reading lots of good books together. What better way to mark our page than with a fun winter bookmark we color ourselves?! Today I am …
Daily walks is a must do activity for me. It has been an essential part of our daily routine since the newborn days. Not only does it help me reach my goal of 10,000 steps, it is a wonderful way to spend time together outside with my little ones. The exercise and fresh air a …
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There are many indoor play ideas you can do with your toddlers and preschoolers as outdoor activities. When spring arrives and the weather invites us outside, take advantage and engage in some favorite indoor play as outdoor activities. All of these outdoor activities are great for the patio, deck, driveway or on a picnic blanket …
Spring signals flowers blooming and time for gardening. This is one of my favorite themes to do with my toddler and preschooler at home. I love talking about flowers and taking walks with the kids to see all the colorful flowers blooming. I wanted to share with you the flower themed activities we’ve done while …
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This week, my 4 1/2 year old, 2 year old and myself completed our first ever painting project that wasn’t free painting, finger painting or painting with handprints. We needed a gift for the grandmother’s, who we call MomMom and Babcia, for Mother’s Day. They don’t really need more stuff so that’s when I decided …
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Happy November! I can’t believe we are in the month of November already. I feel like we were just talking about the start of fall and Halloween! But here we are, inching closer and closer to the busy holiday season. It’s so easy this day and age to get wrapped up in the hustle and …
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We started preschool with mommy last week and it’s been so much fun learning all about apples and the letter Aa right alongside of my daughter. We are following Playing Preschool Year 1 from Busy Toddler and the first two weeks are all about apples 🍎🍏🍎🍏 We are reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction …
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One of my favorite memories as a child is when my mom, brother and I took family bike rides around the block after dinner and to the local library. This is a summer memory I still treasure to this day. These family bike rides made me feel happy and I loved that it was something …
