Now that I am back to the land of the living after my battle with the Savannah Crud (yes, that is the technical name for it) I wanted to do a project with my son. I was looking back through some of my Arts & Activities Magazines and I came across a project in the … Continue reading
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Pre-K Homework Fun…
Pre-Kindergarten Homework? Well not exactly, at least for my daughter but homework for me. I guess I missed that Memo in Mom School stating “You will have school every night when your child is in Pre-K.” It is the little things such as writing the alphabet, holding your pencil correctly, your child learning and recognizing … Continue reading
Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows…
Labor Day, today is officially my son’s 1st birthday and the MDA Telethon, which means no school and no hubby today (because of the telethon). My daughter has been talking about rainbows this week, so I thought it would be a prefect opportunity to share my knowledge on color. My idea originally was to just … Continue reading
Chewbacca Cake
There aren’t too many things that make me question my sanity but this cake made me do just that. My son turned one this weekend and I wanted to do a special cake. At first I was thinking I will make a Thomas the Train Cake he loves Thomas, then I had a dream about … Continue reading
Vegan Applesauce – Oatmeal Cookies!
I really wanted to make cookies for my daughter to partake of after school. One major problem I had no butter and no shortening! So I once again Googled something: no butter or shortening cookie recipe. Low and behold I found one that I had all the ingredients too! Applesauce-Oatmeal Cookies 3 c. oatmeal1 … Continue reading
First Day of School
To make my life easier this week I spent the Sunday labeling and packing snacks for the week. I cut up carrots, measured out raisins, grapes, and olives put them in little baggies with labeled with my daughter’s name. I then packed all those snacks in two containers and wrote the contents on them with … Continue reading
Portfolio for Youngsters
My daughter loves to paint, draw and color, so much that our fridge is an over crowded art gallery. I decided to take my daughters pictures and trim them to 8 1/2″ x 11″ and put them in a spare three ringed binder with plastic sheets. Not only can she look through all of her … Continue reading
What’s for Lunch – Magnet Calendar?
I needed to think of some way to keep track of my daughter’s lunch/snack menu for the week. The only real criteria I had was that it had to be easy enough that she could do it herself because it is her lunch and she has a right to pick a healthy lunch/snack. Also needed … Continue reading
Craft Stick Puzzles
I have mentioned my giant box of Craft Sticks before and believe it or not I will have to replenish my supply shortly. My daughter starts school on Monday so she only has a couple more days of being “crafty” with mom. Today I wanted to do something simple and fun. My daughter loves puzzles. … Continue reading
Pom-pom Ladybugs…
Today’s craft project was all about Ladybugs! Before we started I looked up information on Ladybugs, so we could all learn something about Ladybugs (which aren’t really bugs they are beetles). Here are the two websites I read to my daughter about Ladybugs:National GeographicEverything About Ladybugs Once we had our fill of knowledge we made … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling Crafty? 