Do you read to your children? Do they read to you? Oh the little’ens for sure, right? What about your older kids? Do you read to them aloud? Do they read to you aloud? Why am I asking these questions? It’s not to be nosy or to make anyone feel bad. Honestly, I ask because…… Continue reading Summer of Fun 2016 – Activity 2: 13 Reasons We Should Be Reading Aloud To & With Teens
We’ve pulled anchor and are under way to sailing through a great Summer of Fun 2016… it has begun!! But first, a quick tip. When we first started our lists I would write each activity on a post-it-note and hang them on the wall. Then, we created a jar and placed each activity in the jar and…… Continue reading Summer of Fun: Activity 1- A Great Tip & A Writing Contest
Today’s the day! The day I look forward to for most of the winter months. I’m so excited I can hardly sit still long enough to get this written!! If you’ve been with me for awhile then you know that every summer my family completes a list of summer activities together we call Summer of…… Continue reading Summer of Fun 2016: Ideas for Teens
Doesn’t seem possible, but I guess title’s don’t lie. So, activity 25 was full of stuff, fun stuff, learning stuff, and well just stuff. It’s sort of a nonsense sort of activity but wow, does it produce the laughter (I really seem to be on this whole laughter kick as of late. What’s that about?)…… Continue reading ☼Summer of Fun☼ Activity 25
I’m going to get straight to it today as we have several things we need to take care. Hope you don’t mind 🙂 Activity Number 24 – Origami Some of us liked it, others didn’t have the patience for it. If you’re going to do origami, you’re going to need some patience and you’re going…… Continue reading ☼Summer of Fun☼ Activity 24
You wanna know something? Something I love? I love hearing my kids laugh! It really doesn’t matter why they are laughing, there’s just something about that sound. Their laughter can bring a smile to my heart and typically gets me giggling too. Like today, I was standing in the kitchen doing some prep work for dinner,…… Continue reading Laughter – Is It Disappearing
Howdy! Welcome back! Are you enjoying your summer? I know we’ve had an action packed summer and I’m looking forward to more fun as we blow full steam ahead into July. Ah July! Time for celebrating the 4th with fireworks and food, going to the pool, lounging around the house…YEP, we’ve definitely hit the lazy…… Continue reading ☼ Summer of Fun☼ Activity 23
Just Bits and Pieces 