2015

Georges Seurat is famous for creating his own painting technique.  Using hundreds of tiny spots of color, he created great masterpieces, with a technique now known as pointillism.  While applying spots of paint to create an image may be a bit advanced for preschoolers, painting a picture with spots provides great…

 This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PotPiePlease #CollectiveBias I knew my husband was the one the first time I came home with him for Thanksgiving.  It was my first major holiday away from home.  For a taste of home, I had committed…

I never talked about sleep more than when I first had a newborn.  And with my third newborn, nothing has changed.  These tiny little people befuddle us with their sleep: are they sleeping too much? not sleeping enough? sleeping all day, but up all night?  My experiences with my first…

My preschooler and toddler suddenly find themselves with a lot of free time on their hands.  Breastfeeding a newborn leaves them to play independently multiple times a day.  I could park them in front of screens each time, or I can prepare amusing busy box entertainment they can access and…

The Peanuts Holiday movies are one of my favorite holiday traditions.  I remember watching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas each October, November and December for as long as I can remember.  And I have loved passing this tradition on to my kids… albeit when…

Henri Rousseau got his start painting professionally late in life.  He once said he had “no teacher other than nature”.  Taking a page from his book and the beauty that is New England fall, Big M (age 4), Lil’ M (age 2), and I decided to engage in a little…

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BeHealthyForEveryPartofLife #CollectiveBias As mom to three kids, age 4 and under, including a 4 week old newborn, my diaper bag is like an appendage to my body.  With my first, I filled it with…

Happy November, y’all!  Did you miss me last month?  On the first Monday of October, I was busy in Labor and Delivery, so missed my monthly Mom’s Book Nook post.  But fortunately my co-host Laura at Sunny Day Family got the word out to everyone!  If this is your first…

More than two decades ago, my mom settled the annual holiday battle between two local sets of grandparents by hosting a Holiday Brunch at our house Christmas morning.  To make the morning preparation super easy, she would make an Egg Strata every year.  Egg Strata is a breakfast casserole consisting…

Big M is on her journey to reading!  It is so exciting to watch and her enthusiasm for letters, sounds and recognizing words is contagious.  At preschool, they have a letter of the week each week – last week was ‘C week’.  She has to bring in a picture that…

Who else loves paging through the Pottery Barn catalog?  I certainly do.  However, the hubby definitely doesn’t care for the price tags associated with it.  So I limit myself to using it as inspiration, and love it when I can create something, with help from the kids, for a fraction…

We have another great round-up of kids activities for you today on Instagram, courtesy of #KidBloggersofIG.  This week features 12 awesome Halloween activities, crafts, and snacks just in time for Halloween week!  The girls loved our contribution, and have played with it every afternoon for the last 4 days: Halloween…

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #YesYouCAN #CollectiveBias With 3 kids 4 and under, including a 2 week old newborn, the ONLY way I am serving up dinner these days is with my slow cooker.  We would be starving…

I participated in an Ambassador Activation on behalf of Influence Central for WaterWipes. I received product samples to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. #WaterWipes #IC #ad With your first baby, all the grandmas, aunts and girlfriends can’t wait to throw…

Sometimes our projects are invented out of the need for distraction!  This weekend we made one of my favorite family outings – to the pumpkin patch.  And of course the girls immediately wanted to carve our pumpkins as soon as we got home.  To buy us another week before turning…

Confession.  I am not a big believer in birth plans.  There are certain things in life that are not entirely within our control, and childbirth is one of them.  My birth plan generally consists of avoiding induction, patiently waiting 41+ weeks for my baby to decide to make an appearance…

Do you have a farm set laying around that your kids don’t play with much anymore?  Breathe fresh life and inspire an afternoon or more worth of activity by adding the elements to a sensory bin!  With a newborn at home, I am on a quest for quick, easy and…

 I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for the TB Blood Test. I received a promotional item to thank me for my participation. #TBBloodTest Are you a teacher or do you volunteer in your child’s school?  While regulations and requirements vary by school and state, if…

Looking for a little spooky, learning fun this Halloween?  The girls and I had lots of fun this week with this Spider Web Jumble.  It is a great fine motor skills challenge, and the simple set up makes for easy holiday STEM games for kids too. Spider Web Jumble Ever…