My three year old loves to use our camera. (Thank goodness for digital photography!) He clicks happily away enjoying acting like one of the adults and seeing instant results from his favorite task – button pushing. It is sweet to
Creativity
Art is messy. It is supposed to be that way. Creativity takes trial and error, time, patience, and lots of experimentation, but in all reality, art with kids can be VERY messy. This makes me honestly want to skip it
Educational WebSites
My youngest sister has asked for references to some of the educational sites that I use for my kids. Rather than enter all of the info into a e-mail, I thought it might be easier for her to access it
Highland Games
Over the past two and a half years my oldest has been developing an extraordinary affinity for anything Scottish. She loves the sound of bagpipes, adores plaid, and will often pretend to be a “highland girl” dancing around our kitchen.
Boston Public Garden
Since reading the book Make Way for Ducklings, I have been promising the kids a trip to Boston’s Public Garden. We were so excited to go there last weekend. After finally making it through the morning traffic, we enjoyed walking
End of Summer, Beginning of School
Labor day always makes me feel a bit sad – there are so many fun things that can only be done during the summer, and we never seem to get to them all. Right off the top of my head, I
Boxcar Museum
My mother in law recently read “The Boxcar Children” to my kids. It is an adorable series about four orphaned children and their innocent adventures. My kids were especially captivated by the second book in the series “Surprise Island,” because