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Welcome Spring with Your Children!!

CELEBRATE THE CHANGING SEASONS

Welcome Spring! Make the first day of spring into a celebration! With crafts, a scavenger hunt, songs and books, the kids will be delighted to say hello to spring!!

After a long winter, there’s nothing like welcoming spring. The flowers blooming, the birds chirping, outdoor play on the horizon!! We love to mark the beginning of each new season with a celebration. It’s a wonderful learning experience for children. It brings awareness to the seasons, the calendar and the cycle of nature. [Read more…]

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SNEAKY BURGERS WITH HIDDEN VEGGIES

In these sneaky burgers with hidden veggies I pack in a whole bunch of healthy goodness. They taste so good my husband doesn’t even know they’re full of vegetables!!

Sneaky cheeseburgers with hidden veggies home cooking

There’s no doubt about it – kids are expert vegetable detectives. They can’t find a shoe sitting right in front of them, but give them a meal with a few itsy bitsy diced onions, and somehow they’re Sherlock Holmes! This burger recipe hides the veggies SO well your kids will never find them. They’ll blissfully go about eating their meal, never knowing that they are building strong, healthy bodies and immune systems.  [Read more…]

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BEST CAR TOYS FOR BABIES

Little ones sure hate sitting in their car seat, facing backward, with nothing to look at! Finding the right car toys can make all the difference!

Toys to keep baby busy and happy in their car seat

After 2 kids and lots of car time, we have our go-to car toys that keep the little ones busy and happy when she’s stuck in her car seat. Some of these car toys are more categories than specific toys. You may just already own something you haven’t thought about bringing on your next car ride!! [Read more…]

HOW TO MAKE A MONEY JAR

This easy tutorial will teach you how to make a money jar. You can use this method to create a money savings jar for any purpose. Save money for travel, your wedding, honeymoon, or anything else you’re saving towards! I made this adorable Adventure Fund jar for my mom for her birthday. This simple tutorial […]

FUN WAYS TO TEACH THE ALPHABET + NUMBERS

Want a fun way to teach the alphabet? How does running around the house whacking things with a (clean) fly swatter sound? Kids LOVE this game. You can use the same technique for numbers and sight words too. The best way for kids to learn is to learn through play. The more engaged they are, […]

HOW PLANTS DRINK | LESSON + EXPERIMENT

This Easter, color your flowers along with your Easter eggs! Learn and watch how plants drink with this experiment and FREE printable lesson to go with it. With spring on the horizon, I thought some pretty colored flowers around the house would serve us well. I planned this mini in-home lesson about How Plants Drink […]

DIY BARRETTE HOLDER

These DIY barrette holders will organize and display all your bows and bobbles. Ah, little girls. All the bows, dresses and pretty little things are so much fun!I LOVE decking my babes out in girly things. But man-oh-man is it hard to store all those little odds and ends for their hair! Enter the DIY […]