She wants power tools for Christmas and she's persistent on it! When we went to a Christmas parade Aliceana saw Santa and immediately after she said, "He didn't have my power tools yet." Santa visited my Aunt's house on Thanksgiving, we heard his sleigh bells, but alas, no power tools yet. Honestly, I'm just happy she hasn't changed her mind. I can barely stick to one thing ...
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Because Science Kits. DIY Electro Dough Kit
We’ve been having so much fun with science experiments this year at home. Heck, when we perform science experiments with Aliceana even we learn a thing or two. We ask the good questions, like “How does that work?” “What do you think will happen next?” Some of our experiments bring us right back to our own days of the elementary school science lab, and by that I mean a table ...
That time our dirty door graced the New York Times.
We were thrilled to be featured in the New York Times. We had an interview on Skype, a professional photographer at our house for hours as we played with Aliceana, he probably shot a thousand photos, so many had to be adorable. When I clicked over to the live link. You might as well have heard horror music, the dirty door, not the dirty door. You see, this is the back door, ...
Best Legos for preschoolers (The difference between Duplo, Juniors, and classic Legos)
Hey there, I'm here to help you find the best Lego sets for your kids, specifically which sets we chose for our preschooler, but I'll also include the difference between Lego Duplo, Lego Juniors, and regular Legos. This post contains affiliate links, if you decide to make a purchase I would love if you used them, after all, my daughter just became Lego obsessed. Sets are ...
Top 5 Family Games for Grade School Aged Kids – Looking at you Tweens
Board games have evolved, a lot, since the days of Monopoly and LIFE. We have cooperative games that encourage working together, games that require a bit of math, and so many games that require logic and decision making. They come in all shapes and sizes, they have some of the best themes too. Whatever you're interested in, there's a board game with that theme, I almost ...
Top 3 family board games for preschoolers
Board games have come so far from Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land. You can find games with deep themes and mechanics, and the innovative kid games, well, they're fantastic for learning! Whether that means they're learning how to count, tell the difference between shapes, or hand-eye-coordination. Games are such a beneficial tool in learning. You can teach your children how ...
How to Make a Tire Swing
I remember the old hay rope we had up in the barn on our old farm, we used to use it to swing from the top of a little wooden motor shed over to the mixer. This was probably really dangerous, no it was definitely dangerous, but we wanted to be like Indiana Jones, I mean who didn't back then right? We never did get anything more than a couple bumps or bruises, which was lucky ...
How to help RMHC
As a Ronald McDonald House Charity ambassador and a parent who stayed at a Ronald McDonald House Charity, I'm a little bit passionate about this charity. If you follow me on any form of social media you probably saw me promote the Give A Hand promotion last week. We still have a couple days to donate to the Ronald McDonald House Charity at McDonald's! Go buy some fries and ...
Sheep Hand Print (Toddler Craft)
I knew I wanted to give my husband some kind of craft incorporating Aliceana for his birthday. Pinterest is just full of cute ideas for using hand prints for crafts, but almost all of them include messy paints. Making my daughter a disaster on purpose is not something I was interested in. Also, I have a wiggle worm on my hands, I know she wouldn't cooperate for anything too ...