health.

Who knew strep throat could have you in bed for 4 days?
Let me just say I now appreciate my good health.
The to-do list is long.
After I'm done with everything on my list,
I want to make some of these for my bed.

the dad.

We are thinking about Father's day at our house.
We want to make it a great day for the DAD.
We found these labels at marthastewart.com,
they would be great to use on all the DAD's favortie snacks
or to just print out for a card.
Here's the pdf file.
There's an on going debate at our house on what is better
No. 1 Dad or Worlds Greatest Dad.
You Decide.

friendship bracelets.

Today we are making friendship bracelets.

Here's a beginner how-to.

teacher appreciation.

My two school age kids have had a great year thanks to their teachers.

Here are a couple of ways we found to say thanks.
I love that both these ideas involve the kids making something.
Not only does it encourage creativity, it teaches kids gratitude.
So, this year instead of the mom doing the gift, leave it to the kids.

summer crafts.

Our summer will be filled with glitter, glue, markers, crayons, and lots of paper.

Here's a sampling of what we want to make.

This is perfect for all the kids' collections.

We love this one enough to keep it on display all year round.

And finally we'll have something to do with all those rocks my kids bring home.

Happy weekend!