I decided to combine snack and art recently. The kids helped make peanut butter playdough and then had a good time playing with it and eating it too. I couldn’t find the recipe I’d made in the past so I went online and tried a new one: 1 cup creamy peanut butter 1 cup honey [...]
With Halloween coming it’s time to grab some glow sticks from the dollar store. Not only do the kids love getting a few glow bracelets, but they really help keep track of your goblins when it starts getting dark. Here are two tips to get the most out of your glow sticks: Active the sticks [...]
Here is a great website I’ve discovered: Contest Blogger. This is your one stop site for finding great blog contests to enter. These contests are a great way to help promote other blogs and get a chance to win cool stuff. We’ve been brainstorming ideas for our own contest and plan on posting it soon.
We have our own apple tree in our yard and for years I thought the ugly appearance of the apples meant we shouldn’t eat them. We don’t do anything to treat the tree and the skin of the apples looks funky but a few years ago I decided to cut one open and found it [...]
I’ve started a new ritual when I put the boys to bed where I ask them what good things they did today and what their favorite part of the day was. Just questions to get them thinking about positive things from each day and also get them thinking about good things they can do the [...]
It’s pretty early in the season but we’ve been apple picking twice so far. If you’ve never done it (or you haven’t gone yet this year) you really should find a farm and go this weekend (the weather by us is supposed to be great). The kids and I met some of our friends and [...]
With all the DIY projects I’ve done I have accumulated a nice collection of tools. I often think about which tool is my favorite and I keep coming back to the same answer: The Cat’s Claw! This is not a common tool and it actually goes by many names: cat’s claw, cat’s paw, or a [...]
Thanks to everyone who took advantage of the 1 month free Netflix trial. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. For each person that signed up we got 1 free bonus rental. Woohoo! Well, we’ve used up all our free trials, but my mom has four to give away. So if you [...]
I’m a sucker for blogs with cool contests. I’ve decided to setup a separate category for these contests so I can share them with you (and get myself entered of course). Today’s contest comes from It’s Write Now and their 8 GB Red Video iPod Nano contest. The contest runs until October 31st and the [...]
Losing weight on the South Beach Diet is still a work in progress for me so I wasn’t sure when I should write about it. I decided to write a little review now and then write some follow-ups as I make progress. I had heard about this diet and the name of it really turned [...]
