Category: Parenthood
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Cardboard Rocket Ships & Outerspace Tunnel
When my daughter asked for an “Astronaut Princess” party for her fourth birthday, we were a little stumped. What does an astronaut princess do? What sort of party would she have? When the internet wasn’t helping me come up with a lot of princess-like astronauts (let alone “girly” ones), I went to the mastermind herself. […]
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Easy and Lasting Play-Doh
What I Used: 1 cup flour 1/2 cup salt 2 tsp cream of tartar 1 cup water 1 Tbsp vegetable oil Coloring (8-10 drops of liquid food coloring or gel coloring) Optional: glitter (1) Combine all of the ingredients (except the optional glitter) in a medium saucepan. (2) Stir over medium heat. When the ingredients […]
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Busy Bags and Boxes
Here is a round-up of my favorite busy bags and boxes. They were extremely easy to put together and very inexpensive (all hail, Dollar Store). They have also bought me countless hours of independent play from my toddler-preschooler. I’ve included links to tutorials and printables where applicable. Basically, I bought 90% of my materials at […]
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In a word
I was recently asked to describe myself in as simple terms as possible, namely one word. It was a table discussion topic at a Christian moms group, and the instructions encouraged us to avoid more obvious words such as labels or titles and to think of ourselves in our most basic sense. This proved difficult […]
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Caught in the Logic Web of a Three-Year Old
I like to think of myself as a decently logical person. All other barometers of assessment aside, I was a lawyer in my former life and relatively skilled at the art of logical persuasion. I knew that these genes might get passed down, but I never believed that they might be amplified and turned against […]
