Chasing Cheerios

I've changed my blog settings again, so that you can comment on the blog now. I have it set so that I can publish (or not publish) the ...

I was so excited to recently find long sleeved swim shirts for my girls at a reasonable price (from Zuilly). I bought long sleeved swim sh...

We love the Laptop Buddha Board Black , but we've found out the hard way that if you use too much pressure the metal on a paintbrush wi...

I introduced the Mystery Bag to E(1) this week. (The Mystery Bag is a bag full of well known objects...a ball, an elephant, a giraffe, an ai...

I've changed the settings of this blog so that it will not accept comments. I'm really tired of ridiculous viagra spam, and I'd...

My girls had a fantastic time running in the water from the sprinkler earlier this week. They were hesitant at first because the water was...

I gave the girls a pitcher of warm soapy water (at O(4)'s request), and the girls had a FANTASTIC time washing a baby doll stroller! Th...

O(4), E, and I were sitting on my bed, and O was working on an embroidery sampler. She said "Mama, guess what?" I said "wha...

I recently made a new felt board for the girls. We have a large felt board, but it's made of plywood, so it's heavy and cumbersome ...

We planned to spend Tuesday morning on the beach since O(4) and I have Spring Break this week, but it rained all day. After hanging out in...

We had a lot of fun dyeing eggs last Friday... but we had even more fun folding and dyeing paper towels! The girls had SO much fun (and ...

My mom decoupaged these Easter eggs using Leggs pantyhose eggs, fabric, ric rac, and mod podge more than 35 years ago, and I love them! We...

O(4) and E(1) had a bag of Model Magic in their April Fun Box, and we used it to make birds' nests a few weeks ago. The girls loved squ...

My cousin, Anne, recently wrote and posted "Notes to a New Teacher" on facebook, and I found it very inspiring. Anne teaches 7th ...

The girls, my mom, and I wet felted Easter eggs about a month ago. I still haven't taken a picture of the finished eggs, which is why I...