As a busy mom watching her kids grow up waaaaay too fast, you probably do everything in your power to photograph your little ones. We take photos to try and bottle up their smallness. We hope to remember the moments of their lives as they go whizzing by. But if you’re anything like me, sometimes [...]Continue Reading
Printable Images of Fall Activities
This collage of nine images can be used to illustrate many different Fall Activities. It is sized to fit on a standard 8.5x11 piece of paper so you can download it, print it and cut it out however you like (trim the edges to make leaf shapes?).The Fall pictures I've included are:Fall [...]Continue Reading
Fall Fun Activity Tree
Fall is a great time for making memories with your kids. You can feel the change in the air as season change. The falling leaves bring us a whole world of autumnal sensory experience. We also got all the lovely flavors of Fall - soups, apple cider, pumpkin pie!What fun fall activities do you [...]Continue Reading
10 Terrific Birthday Traditions That Will Delight Your Kids – make a simple birthday celebration spectacular
When I think about birthday traditions I think of a humorous conversation with my then 5 year old daughter. She asked: "Mama - why do we have birthday parties?""Well, we love you so much and we're so very glad you were born and so we celebrate that day.""Oh... and so we can have [...]Continue Reading
Connection Not Perfection – easing into less stressful holidays
The holidays can be busy and exhausting, but what if they don't have to be that way? In Bounceback Parenting, A Field Guide for Creating Connection Not Perfection, I talk about ways to get out of a perfectionism rut, be more kind to ourselves and find more connection with our kids. The holidays [...]Continue Reading
Best Gifts for Kid Bakers
Do you have a kid who can’t get enough of the Great British Bakeoff, Cupcake Wars, and other baking shows and dreams of opening up their open pastry shop or bakery someday? This is the gift list for them.Most pastry chefs say they’ve known they wanted to be a baker since they were children [...]Continue Reading