Category: Creative Kids

Since moving, it feels like our house is overflowing with toys.  We gave up our glorious playroom in our old house and thought it would somehow work out.  It hasn’t.  The toys have moved from …

Earlier this week, I shared what I’m thankful for this year so today I thought I’d share a holiday essay Honeybun has been working on this week about her favorite things about Thanksgiving.  It was …

This morning with a mountain of laundry to do, and a ravenous newborn, I decided to let the kids manage the blog.  Here’s what they have to say about their new baby brother: Honeybun: Pipsqueak is very …

When I was pregnant with Sugarplum, I had another friend pregnant with her second as well.  Her eldest is now in middle school but I vividly remember my dear friend’s profile picture from that time …

Last week we dove head first into our European Learning Adventure, starting with France (per Honeybun’s request..she thinks she’s French because she attended a French preschool in Dublin and learned two whole French words!).  I …

I think most parents have heard at some point that exposure to music is important for a child’s developing brain.  And whether you were the type of mommy that played Mozart for your fetus or …

I’ll admit I don’t do arts and crafts at home with my kids as much as I really should.  But I do keep a good stash of supplies around and I recommend every parent (especially …

If you didn’t know, it’s National Haiku Poetry Day.  I’m sure we all remember poetry writing in class and painstakingly trying write the perfect Haiku with 5, 7 and 5 syllables.  But as agitating as it …

This is a bulletin board I made with m toddler class just before I quit working when I was pregnant with Honeybun.  It was one of my favorite cumulative projects I did with any of …

If your kids are anything like mine, you’re probably constantly bombarded with pictures and drawings and pieces or art work that they painstakingly work on all day.  And as exhausting as it can get to …