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These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

September 27, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

These Luminaria Make Great Halloween Decorations

For a long time, we didn’t really decorate out front for Halloween. By the time I figured out everyone’s costumes, and got all the candy, and helped with school parties — Halloween decorations sort of got lost in the shuffle. But these luminaria are something I can set the kids making, and end up with some […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, halloween, kids, kids activities

Make These Autumn Suncatchers With Kids This Fall

August 22, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make These Autumn Suncatchers With Kids This Fall

I don’t want to brag or anything, but we’re about a week or so away from this: I love this time of year. I never get tired of watching the leaves turn all these different colors. And the aspens! They’re my favorite. This time of year is also so much fun with kids. We read […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: autumn, fall, kid, kids, kids activities, kids and nature, kids play

6 Steps to End Homework Battles

August 20, 2018 By Laura 11 Comments

6 Steps to End Homework Battles

This is going to come as a shock to you, but sometimes? I fight have spirited discussions with my kids. Mostly about things they don’t wanna do…that I want them to do. For a long time, we’d have these “discussions” about homework, until it hit a fever pitch a few years ago. One of my children […]

Filed Under: just...living, Kids' activities Tagged With: back to school, kids, kids activities, school

A Fun Way to Display Kids Artwork

August 17, 2018 By Laura 1 Comment

A Fun Way to Display Kids Artwork

So with school starting up again, we’re faced with the never-ending dilemma. What on earth do we do with all the projects and papers they bring home? How do you decide which of your kids’ projects to keep? I tend to favor the ones where I can see my kids’ creativity. Some projects come home […]

Filed Under: crafting, Kids' activities Tagged With: back to school, craft, kid, kids, kids activities

31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

August 12, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

31 Non Sandwich School Lunch Ideas

Are your kids back to school yet? We just finished our first day. I always have mixed emotions – the freedom of summer is wonderful and we love getting out and exploring. But in reality, we don’t do that every day…and the days we don’t often have plenty of bickering and too much screen time […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, recipes, seasonal Tagged With: back to school, cooking with kids, kids, lunch recipe, recipe, school

Printable lunch notes to brighten anyone’s day

August 7, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Printable lunch notes to brighten anyone’s day

I can’t believe we’re already here. I’m pretty sure every parent is saying this, or something similar to this, this week. But it feels like we just started summer and now school’s starting again. My kids actually go back next week, and we have done zero back to school shopping because I’m deep, deep in […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, seasonal Tagged With: back to school, kid, kids, kids activities, lunch

What’s in your child’s school lunch? Here’s how to find out

July 18, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

What’s in your child’s school lunch? Here’s how to find out

This post was sponsored by The School Nutrition Association. All opinions are my own. Do you remember your school lunches as a child? I didn’t get them often, so it was kind of a big deal when I got to stand in the lunch line and eat with the cool lunch kids. I got chocolate […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities, Sponsored Tagged With: back to school, kid, kids, lunch, school, sponsored

Try this peach lemonade recipe for a refreshing twist

July 13, 2018 By Laura 94 Comments

Try this peach lemonade recipe for a refreshing twist

It’s been warm here. Ok. Hot. It’s been hot here. At least…hot by Colorado standards. Anytime it gets above 85° here, my children start wailing about how they’re melting. I shudder to imagine them transplanted somewhere like Nevada…they’d think they were dying. 🙄 So along with playing in the hose and finding splash parks and fielding […]

Filed Under: recipes Tagged With: drink recipe, kids, recipe, spring

7 classic kids books no one reads anymore (but they should!)

July 9, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

7 classic kids books no one reads anymore (but they should!)

Are you doing a summer reading program with your kids? I really love our library reading program, because even babies can participate (parents track the minutes they read out loud), and adults can as well. I always sign up along with the kids because I feel like I can’t nag them to read unless I’m […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: indoor activities for kids, kids, kids activities, kids reading

Make your own bath paints for hours of fun

June 21, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make your own bath paints for hours of fun

My kids love playing with bath paints. They’ll sit in the tubby as long as I let them and paint all over the walls and the bathtub and have a great time. But the paints run out quickly, and they’re kinda pricey…so now we make our own. The paints only take 4 ingredients (and one is […]

Filed Under: Kids' activities Tagged With: indoor activities for kids, kid, kids, kids activities, kids play

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