We enjoyed the unusually warm September and what better activity on a beautiful, warm, sunny Autumn day than to have a snowball fight! Where do you find snow on such a warm day? Behind your local hockey arena! After the boys had practice we went into the back parking lots to play in the snow. [...]
I’ve mentioned before how we believe in the team shopping technique. We all go to the grocery store together and split up. I usually have both boys with me which at first was very challenging, but we keep coming up with ideas to keep them entertained and behaved. Our latest game is spotting the bad [...]
We have been slacking with the blog the last few days (or more). I’ve been putting up some filler posts that I had prewritten and saved for when I had a busy day. BUT its all been for a good cause! WE ARE GETTING THE HOUSE ORGANIZED!!!!! It’s far from perfect right now since any [...]
Parent Hacks has a great tip that suggests using glow sticks or glow bracelets as a night light for your kids when you travel. We look for the glow bracelets at the dollar store and will stock up for the summer. They’re great to give them kids when you are out somewhere after dark. The [...]
This is a tip we’ve mentioned before, but I felt the need to put another plug in. We’ve become big believers in toy rotation. This strategy has 2 benefits. The first is putting toys away and out of sight helps keep the house clean. I installed some shelves in the messy side of the basement [...]
I made pig cupcakes for the birthday party and I thought I’d pass on the idea. At Easter I had made very similar bunny cupcakes that I saw on the Family Fun website. When I found pink marshmallows at the store I knew I needed to alter the recipe and make pigs. I used pink [...]
I already posted about the Little Bear mural and now here is what replaced it. I painted Jamie’s room in some bright but girly colors. My aim was to make it something that will grow with her and not be too babyish. So polka dots and stripes seemed like a good plan but I was [...]
Here’s a quick trick I’ve been using to get the boys to wash their hands. I have them each pick out one of their tub animals (frogs are popular this week) and tell them to give it a bath. They turn the water on and I give each animal a liberal dose of soap from [...]
When Ethan moved into his own room I wanted to do something to make it special. He loved Little Bear so I thought that would make a nice mural. Inspiration hit me one day while he was watching the show on our big TV. I bought a roll of tracing paper, paused the show, and [...]
One of my favorite parenting sites is ParentHacks.com. A hack is typically associated with computers, but in simpler terms a hack is just “a clever solution to an interesting problem.” I have yet to meet a parent who hasn’t come up with a unique and often brilliant solution to one of the dilemmas that parents [...]
