summer Archive

I’m over a week late to the MeMeTales Readathon 2012 party … but I didn’t want to miss out.  It’s another great opportunity to get kids READING this summer.  I have already enrolled my kids in the local library’s summer reading

I was going through old photos of the kids playing during the summer and found 40 Wonderful Ways to Enjoy Summer with Your Kids.  Happy Summer Solstice to all!        

It’s been awhile since we did a sticker resist painting project, but I figured with the 4th of July approaching it was time!  We tried something a bit different with this project … watercolor spray paint! We used a canvas, star

Thanks to Pinterest (see paragraph at the end of the post!) I found a playful, yummy, and useful way to thank my kids’ teachers for being such a important part of their lives this year.  Here’s the gift we put together

I first heard of Nature Bracelets from my aunt whom had taken my cousin’s daughter (my aunt’s grandchild) to a kid’s event at their local library.  That was about a year ago, before my Pinterest addiction had begun.  Since then I

The kids still have a couple weeks of school left.  Summer solstice isn’t until June 20.  But this weekend, this long holiday weekend … I believe to be the START OF SUMMER! Last summer was the first summer our family had

Yesterday we participated in breaking a Guinness World Record … the longest lemonade stand ever!  We were there as part of St. James Preschool … where Henry graduated from, where Honor attends, and where my mom is the director of!  It

I started out with some washable Crayola paint that I poured into our Mickey Mouse ice cube tray and stuck some craft sticks in the paint.  We then put it in our freezer and waited for a good day for some

One of my all-time favorite childhood memories of summer is going to get soft serve ice cream after we were already in our pjs.  I’m not sure if we did it every summer, but the memory certainly sticks out in my

Last year I made Sponge Splash balls with my kids after I saw the idea in Family Fun magazine.  They were a big hit at the beach all summer long … so much so they met their well-loved (stinky, dirty) demise

My cousin had an awesome Hawaiian themed party for her daughter last weekend.  In preparation, we thought that since all the kids had cool tropical outfits … maybe their dolls and stuffed friends should too.  So, I came up with an

So, how does one mom lug 2 young kids … and all the stuff they need/want … for a day at the beach? Well, this is how I do it … I found that my double stroller (Baby Trend, Sit-N-Stand Plus)