Category Archive for 'Outings,Activities, and games'

Creative Idea for Your Broken Crayons!

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

I got this great idea from BeBestages, which is an adorable moms site. Finally a way to use all of those broken crayon pieces! Using your broken crayons you can create these round crayons pictured. I find that they are really great for small toddlers, like my 20 month old, because they can grip them [...]

Pumpkin Patch, a Fall Tradition.

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

While it is Anna’s first memory of going to the mountains on a pumpkin patch hunt, Emily has several years of this memory. We go to the mountains every year, stop at an Apple house, and pick up some Apple Fritters. We then find our way to a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and/or [...]

Visit The Zoo!

Friday, October 6th, 2006

I was reminded today by Rookie Mom’s to check out the zoo. I know, I know, nothing new right? But, how long has it been since you checked it out? I realized my daughter is 19 months old and never been! When Emily was 2 (she is 5 now), we had a 1 year membership [...]

Ireland’s Craftworker has great children’s games!

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

This week, I have found a very beautiful site. It is a blog about the life of an Irish craft worker. She is obviously very talented in her crafts, and very creative. I loved her one post about taking her children to the shores to witness a sperm whale who had washed ashore. The pictures [...]

Visit the Library!

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Today I took Emily, my soon-to-be five year old, to the library. Ok, I must confess that I have never done this with her. We are avid readers, and she has so many books that we have to keep buying bigger bookshelves. We have always gone to Barne’s and Noble for reading time and, as [...]