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Metamorphosis

What fun it was to watch our tiny caterpillars grow and grow and make their debuts as butterflies. The girls were enthralled with the whole process – it is quite magical, isn’t it? The timing was just right – we were able to release three of the butterflies at our old house, on our last [...]

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Happy Arbor Day!

Arbor Day seems like a good day to share a tree identification book with you that we love! Published by the Arbor Day Foundation, What Tree Is That? offers a step-by-step question approach to identifying common North American trees. It reminds me of those Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books I read when I was young! As you answer [...]

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Ocean Air

Hi everyone! We just returned from a quick beach trip – the girls just loved dipping their toes in the super-cold ocean! Be back soon with some ocean-y crafts and projects…. Have a great day and happy playing!

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Flowerpot Wind Chime

We celebrated my husband’s birthday last week. In addition to the veggie plants we bought him for the garden, the girls and I made him this fun flowerpot wind chime. I had seen pictures of wind chimes like this – they seemed pretty simple to make, so we gathered a few things and winged it! [...]

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Ready, aim…

…BLAST! The girls received these water blaster tubes at a birthday party over the weekend. They are basically a giant syringe with great blasting power! They played with them for at least an hour, first watering all the plants and then each other. I love the simplicity – easy to use, no frustration. Fill – [...]

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Birdseed Cookies

Let me start by saying that about two minutes into this project, I was pretty sure it was going to be a flop. But, we persevered and our birdseed cookies actually turned out, so there you go! I wish I remembered where I got this recipe from – it is scribbled on a sticky note [...]

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Flower Planting Kit

We are always looking for simple, creative gifts to put together for the many birthday party invitations that arrive in the mail. Natalie and I put this flower planting kit together for two of her friends, and we just love it! Inside an inexpensive terracotta pot (6″) we put: organic potting mix, a packet of [...]

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Toddler Time – Outside Fun

A couple of you have requested some “flashback” posts about things I did with my girls when they were toddlers. It took some thinking to remember back — with little ones running around, things seem like a blur sometimes! I thought I would start with outside activities, since the weather is still so nice and [...]

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Preschool Olympics: Throwing & Catching

Happy Monday everyone! The start of the Summer Olympics in Beijing is just a few days away, so I thought it would be fun to do a variety of Mini-Olympic events with the girls. Maybe you and your little ones want to create your own Mini-Olympics too! I’m going to post some different types of [...]

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Dandelion Fun

The girls have been serious dandelion hunters lately. Whenever we are near a patch of grass, they are searching for white dandelions to blow and wish upon. Last time we were at the library, I found the book Dandelion Adventures by L. Patricia Kite over in the kids’ science book area. It tells about the [...]

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