Sweet Duplo Lego Engineering
I was going through some old pics and came across this one from long ago when the kiddos still used Duplo-sized Legos. I was (and still am) impressed by their engineering skills at such a young Read More
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Homemade Vanilla Extract, and a Lesson in Patience (=
The kiddo and I are making homemade Vanilla Extract. (= Super simple recipe: Add 25 whole vanilla beans (cut into 1/2″ pieces) to a bottle of vodka. Put an adorable label on it. Shake once Read More
No Mess Indoor Snow Play
Flashback to our old trick for when it was too cold to go outside, but our kiddos really wanted to play in the snow… Just fill the tub with snow (we used 5 gallon buckets to transport) and Read More
Bowtruckle for Character Day at school
Cabot(10) is going to be Newt Scamander for Character Day at school. There’s not a lot of Newt costume stuff available at a day’s notice — but, we were able to make a quick Read More
Reindeer IPad Art
The Ipad can never replace the control you get with an actual pencil, but it’s fun to play with nonetheless. (= Read More
How we make our Reading Pillows
I gotten a lot of questions about how we do our pillows, so I thought I’d share our process & some in-progress pics. (= First I sketch out a rough pattern design of the character on Read More