With the Super Bowl coming near, there will be lots of Hormel appetizer trays making the rounds in American homes. We had this one left over from New Years Day and I could not bring myself to throw the tray out. It sat (empty and cleaned) on my counter for a couple…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} We have been participating in The Nurture Store’s #simpleplay photo prompt on Instagram (Check us out on Instagram while you’re there!). I love that it gives me, as a parent, a creative play prompt to provide for my boys. And following along with the other…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} We’ve been on a bit of a card-making kick lately (Toddler Thank You Cards and Handprint Birthday Cards), and we’re adding another to the list: Toddler Art Valentine Cards. I know we have more than a month until the holiday, but when inspiration strikes, I…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Yesterday was Papa’s birthday, and we had a lot of plans. We wanted to arrange a small party, give him gifts, and pamper him the most. For instance, we thought that we would gift him a candy bar that had a photo of him and “We…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} We are just now starting to explore games with my oldest son. We started by making up our own “Gone Fishing” game. It’s been a great way to practice skills such as turn-taking, social skills, and rule-following. Games also give my munchkin the opportunity to play while learning…
With Christmas over, toys opened, and clothes tried on, it’s time now to take a break and thank the ones we love who made Christmas so special for our little munchkins. Here’s a collection of 10 toddler and preschool made thank you cards to help teach gratitude to our little ones: This post contains affiliate…
Don’t you LOVE holiday traditions? Christmas is filled with family traditions like taking pictures with Santa, decorating the Christmas tree, making sugar cookies, giving gifts, and viewing holiday lights. To be honest, I think that giving gifts is one of the most loved traditions followed by families across the world. People go on a shopping…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} “Brown paper packages wrapped up in string, these are a few of my favorite things.” Brown kraft paper, as plain as it may be, provides the perfect blank slate when packaging beautiful gifts, don’t you think? I’ll admit, I’m not normally a gift-wrapping pro.…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} Yes, I may have a snowman obsession (Melted Snowman Soup, Do you want to Melt a Snowman, 10 Playful Snowman Activities). But to be fair, this activity is actually part of the snowman bucket list I made in the 10 Playful Snowman Activities post (see numbers…
{For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links} So I think I found a simple enough ornament for my kids to make (seeing as how our wreath ornaments were not quite right for them). I actually came back to a project we did in the fall- marble painting. Since marble painting was simple…
