Month: December 2012

  • Funny Things Kids Say {Part 1}

    Funny Things Kids Say {Part 1}

    Funny Things Kids Say Kids say the funniest things. So innocent. So new to the world of language. I can’t help but to write down all the sweet and funny things he says. Here’s the last two months worth of notable comments: December 28th, 2012 Landon’s version of football: “The other friends want my ball,…

  • Top 10 Posts for 2012

    Top 10 Posts for 2012

    What a year! Our little family has had so much change this year. I’m really looking forward to 2013 where we will have a year full of consistency! So many things about 2012 have surprised me, and when it’s all said and done, I’m thankful for the surprises – thankful for the ups and downs that…

  • Puffy Snowman Craft

    Puffy Snowman Craft

    I love using shaving cream and glue to paint. I’ve done a lot of projects with this medium and it’s great because it’s thick and puffy and stays that way when it dries. You could color it if you wanted to open endless possibilities. Puffy Snowman Craft Glue Shaving Cream Blue Construction paper Googly Eyes…

  • Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft

    Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft

    This is a fun variation on the hand print Santa using one of my favorite mediums of “paint” Puffy Hand Print Santa Craft Brown or Tan construction paper Red construction paper Glue Shaving Cream Googly Eyes Cotton balls (optional) Mix equal parts of shaving cream and glue. Once well combined, liberally paint your child’s hand…

  • Homemade Bathtub Paint

    Homemade Bathtub Paint

    On a spur of the moment activity, Landon and I made some homemade bathtub paint for his bath. He had so much fun painting himself and the walls of the bathtub. He wasn’t too sure when I first told him what we were going to be doing – as was hesitant for the first few…

  • New House Love {In progress}

    New House Love {In progress}

    The living room is FINALLY painted. After the disaster of wrong paint colors and only having small chunks at night to paint (and the shear procrastination of climbing up the extension ladder 500+ times to cut in our high ceilings), the living room is done. I settled on Behr’s Gobi Desert for the main wall color (this is…

  • Footprint Reindeer

    Footprint Reindeer

    Landon announced this morning that he wanted to do a reindeer project. I really didn’t have anything in mind on the spot other than a footprint reindeer where you do painted footprints and hand prints (very similar to the end result of this project and a great messy variation), but Riley was awake and I…

  • Our little fish

    Our little fish

    Many of you (the “old time” followers (aka my mom)) may remember me talking about how Landon had such a fear of water. We tried everything to get him in – and he finally made it near the end of the summer. We joined the local gym, where they have a heated (bathtub) pool and…

  • Christmas Tree Math {ordering by length}

    Christmas Tree Math {ordering by length}

    This is a great project that I’ve done almost every year in my classroom. It’s a great Christmas craft, but in addition your child can work on ordering objects by length and the math vocabulary and concept of longer and shorter. Christmas Tree Math 9×12 Piece of Green Construction Paper Large (18×24) Piece of White…

  • Decorating for Christmas

    Decorating for Christmas

    Christmas is a BIG thing in this house. Not really for the children, but the whole family. It really is our favorite holiday. There’s so much to love about this time of year. Brad’s loving the cooler weather (he still wears shorts to work though, even in the pouring rain), Landon is excited for all…