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Enjoy Your Home During Advent

Advent is my favorite time of the year. It’s not because I am particularly religious. I just like anticipation, coziness, and snow. I’m also a fan of warm food. Having family around is good too. For a few years, I started to dislike advent. Sure, I would plan all year to buy my Christmas gifts before the end of November, since I really don’t like going to stores when it is busy. But that is not why I disliked the season. I disliked it because even though coziness, family, and warm food are supposed to be a part of the … Continue reading →

No Food Like Snow Food

Eating snow? Don’t dogs and babies do that? Yes, and you and your preschooler can too! Winter is just around the corner, and it’s a great time to start planning activities for those snowed-in days. Why not relish the snow with some snow recipes? One word of caution: avoid the yellow snow. Clean snow only for these recipes, please. Snow cones, anyone? Get some fresh snow and stir it together with syrups to make a snow cone. Maple syrup is wonderful, but golden syrup and even a light molasses taste good too! Experiment with different syrup flavors. How about snow … Continue reading →

Tire Out Your Preschooler In the Snow!

As the snow line creeps closer down the mountains where we live, we’re anticipating the first snow of winter. I like the snow because it blankets everything, making the whole world silent. It also tires out my preschooler, which leads to some beautifully silent nights! What large motor activities can you do in the snow with your preschooler? Go for a snow stomp. For fun, put on snow shoes or create some yourself using thick cardboard. Make monster feet that slip over your real shoes and stomp around. Make a snow tunnel. If the snow is deep enough, move your … Continue reading →

Another Reason to Encourage Your Kids to WRITE a Letter to Santa

In a previous blog I vented… rather, shared my feelings regarding the influx of websites encouraging kids to go high-tech and email their letters to Santa instead of writing them by hand and shipping them off via snail mail. Frankly, I find the whole Santa email idea a bit insulting. It’s a slap in the face of parents and teachers who work tirelessly to encourage children to practice their penmanship. Think about it; what better incentive to get your kindergartener to master spelling, printing and word order than actually putting pen (or pencil or crayon) to paper and jotting down … Continue reading →

Surviving Snow Days

Who doesn’t love snow days? (Actually I do know some people, but they don’t live at my house!) We actually don’t get a lot of snow days here in Colorado. It’s not that we don’t get snow, but that people here have chains and snow tires and four-wheel drive. We don’t let the snow slow us down too much. I love when we do have a snow day, when I don’t have to drive, when we can stay all day in our sweats and pajamas. I like to sprinkle a tiny bit of powdered sugar over the kids’ waffles or … Continue reading →

But It’s My Birthday!

Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday dear me! Happy birthday to me! Yep, you guessed it: It’s my birthday. Another year gone, another year older. Birthdays used to be so exciting. I remember looking at the calendar in anticipation when I was younger, counting down the days until I got to eat cake and open presents. It was nearly impossible to go to sleep the night before. I’d wake up early, go into my parents’ bedroom, and the entire family would gather around for gift opening. I would be freed of my morning duty of making … Continue reading →

Fun Handprint Art Projects for Kids

How many of you still have the very first handprint art project your child ever made? My preschooler’s handprint turkey is still attached to my bulletin board, despite the fact that she made it nearly two years ago. The nice part of saving handprint art projects is that you can compare the new masterpieces with the old ones to see how much your child has grown. The following handprint art projects are ideal for preschoolers, although they could be tailored to toddlers and older children as well. HANDPRINT WREATH Materials: Construction paper (yellow, orange, and red, or you could use … Continue reading →