Month: August 2012
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Rough days
Preface: When looking for an image to go with this post, since obviously I was not in the “lets take a picture of my screaming child for my blog” mood I came across this website… weird but funny and bound to make you feel better if you’re having a bad day too, at least for…
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Simple Science: Baking Soda and Vinegar
Sometimes the most excitement can be found in the simple things. Todays Landon and I experimented with baking soda and vinegar. It’s very inexpensive and fun to watch the reaction take place. I sprinkled a light later of baking soda on the bottom of a plastic tub and put some vinegar in a bowl. Using…
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Goop
I love how many of my posts recently really don’t have real words as their title. All are some form of a sticky, slimey or gooy substance that is just tons of fun for 3 year old boys (and their mom) to play in. We recently (ish) made soom Oobleck to play with. I even…
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The Toddler Who Wanders in the Night
Landon has been waking up in the night more and more lately, it’s been about once a night. He usually wanders into our room and I go and tuck him back in and pat him for one song (he has music that plays while he sleeps) and he’s good for the rest of the night.…
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How to blog while raising 2 young children
I’ve had several people ask me how I have the time to blog on top of all of the other chores of cooking and cleaning and the time that raising two small boys takes up. I do have to say that it is a balancing act but there are a few tips and tricks that…
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Footprints
We came to the park in the early morning, before anyone else arrived. They had just cleaned the sand box and the only imprints in the smooth surface was Landon’s tiny footprints. Well, maybe not tiny… I don’t know what about it just made me feel all mushy.
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Bubble Snakes
One of the activities we did for Landon’s birthday party was bubble snakes. As I was typing the post about his party, I realized I never posted about making bubble snakes! How could I forget that! This is, quick, easy, free and fun! How can you go wrong with that! Bubble Snakes Empty water bottle…
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Swimming lessons
You might remember how Landon was afraid of the water? It wasn’t until about 2 months ago that we actually got him to get into the water. Before that he was just too afraid. We also now have a gym membership so we are able to go swim in their heated pools really regularly. We…
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Lacing Letters
One of the beauties about teaching Kindergarten for several years before deciding to be a stay at home mom is the masses of stuff I had accumulated that is now at my disposal to use with Landon. Some of the things are way beyond where he is academically but a lot of my alphabet and phonics stuff…
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How to Make Colored Rice
Yesterday it was sooo hot I had to plan activities to do inside. Colored rice… it’s a neat sensory tub activity and the coloring process can be just as fun. I have some other things in mind for the rest of the week to do with this rice. Colored Rice Ziploc bag of rice (a…