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
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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
The Great Pumpkin Took Our Candy…
...and left toys! Sugar is a major disruptive force for one of my children, making the week after Halloween miserable for everyone, and this post is about the year we tried out a new tradition to get rid of that candy. This was the year, for the first time, The Great Pumpkin came to our [...]Continue Reading
A Good Enough Holiday
Why I’m aiming for a good enough holiday… By Lorien Van Ness I love the holidays: special foods, special friends, special projects. I love making the magic happen for my family, but I have a love-hate relationship with all the expectation. On the one hand the anticipation of the holidays is fun, [...]Continue Reading
3 Simple Ways to Make Family Celebrations Special for Kids
Holidays can have a way of causing stress instead of the joy we hope for from these family traditions. We want our children to have wonderful memories of childhood and we put a lot of pressure on holidays and celebrations to provide those memories. What are some low stress ways to make these [...]Continue Reading
10 Ways to Celebrate Small Victories with Kids
Celebrate Those Small Victories We day dream about the victories of our life, especially the big ones. How exciting it will be! We know we'll be so happy, and maybe we'll have a special dinner! But how does it really play out? Graduations, birthdays and weddings tend to come with their own [...]Continue Reading
