How many of you remember the award-winning, children’s classic Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney? In this now famous story of the Lupine Lady, a young Alice promises her grandfather that she will do three things in life: go to faraway places, live beside the sea in her old age, and…
Preteen: 10-13 years
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While pizza as we commonly know it may have first been invented in Naples, Italy in the late 18th century, it has become an American staple. And with a strong base of Italian immigrants here in our home state, and family-run establishments dating back to the early 1900’s, New Haven-style…
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This Spring, a group of my fellow kids activity bloggers and I worked together to bring you a Tour of the World by Flower, featuring flower crafts representative of our home states, provinces and countries from around the world. We all had so much fun, this summer we’ve teamed together…
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Happy Friday, y’all… and welcome to another edition of We Love Weekends! Sadly, this is also my last installment – but not to worry, the rest of my co-hosts will continue to carry on this great weekly link-up for all your family fun. I have loved getting to know many…
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Back to School with Quaker Instant Oatmeal Muffins
by MeghanThis shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #QuakerTime #CollectiveBias I can’t believe summer is nearly over, and it’s already time to start preparing the kids to head back to school! We’ve started by stocking our pantry with the Ms’ breakfast,…
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An Inside Look at the Real Daily Life of this Stay At Home Mom
by MeghanBefore I was a Stay at Home Mom, I never thought I would be… what could those moms possibly be so busy doing all day long? How hard could it really be? These were the thoughts that ran through my head as I sat in the cool, relative quiet of…
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If you have ever seen Lil’ M wield a paintbrush, you will understand why we take many of our crafting activities outdoors when weather permits. At almost 2, she has a fierce independent streak, wants to do it herself, and when I try to help, she gets mad and paint…
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A summer road trip to Bar Harbor used to be the hubby and my annual summer tradition. It is one of the few places I have been more times than I can count on one hand. And we keep going back because there is so much to enjoy – from…
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I am super excited to join in Study at Home Mama’s 31 Days of Kids Kitchen Activities this month. The girls LOVE to help in the kitchen and run to pull in chairs as soon as I start putting ingredients on the counter. I love to encourage them given all…
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Last week, the Ms and I upheld one of our favorite summer traditions: strawberry picking! We went with a group of Big M’s friends from preschool. If you are local to Connecticut, Jones Family Farms has a great, family-friendly set-up, and if you go this week, you’ll just catch the…
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Last week, we went strawberry picking with a group of Big M’s preschool friends. It was a productive outing, and we came home with over 8 pounds of freshly picked strawberries! Tomorrow, I’ll be sharing over 50 different ways to put all those strawberries to use, but one looked so…
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You know the aisle at the grocery store that always has all the seasonal specials? Like pumpkin puree in the Fall, baking supplies at Christmas, and marshmallows and Hershey bars in the summer? I am a sucker for that aisle. And as much as I love S’mores, when marshmallows are…
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How many of you love Instagram as much as I do? I will admit to being late to the Instagram game… until I started Playground Parkbench last Fall, I never used it. And now I am hooked. Scroll through beautiful images, no ads, easily scan and search by fun hashtags,…
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The Importance of Play for Early Childhood Development
by MeghanWhen your mom is a kindergarten teacher, you hear a lot about the massive changes sweeping public education, impacting even the youngest of students. You start to pay a lot more attention to these changes when your own children near the age of entering kindergarten. And while research has documented…
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I’m a gift giver… I love everything about it. I love brainstorming for the perfect idea, going out shopping to find it, and especially love putting it all together in the perfect package (back in my broke college days, I was known to spend more on wrapping than the gift…
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Happy Friday! It’s that time of the week again – where I share all about my weekend and bloggers from around the web link up their best family-friendly content to make you and your family love the weekends too! Last Weekend Here in the US, last weekend was a long,…
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Growing up in Texas, there’s a lot of state pride ingrained in you from an early age. Come every March and April, there are fields upon fields of blue bonnets as far as the eye can see – so many, and all left to flourish, untouched! The blue bonnet is…
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Happy Friday! That means it’s time for our favorite weekly link-up, and more importantly, time for the weekend… hopefully all the content shared by our fellow kids’ activity bloggers will give you some inspiration to make the most of your weekend! Last Weekend Along with the rest of America, we…
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Happy Friday! And into the second week of May, it seems our Spring has ended and Summer has arrived… but after our interminable Winter this year, I’m not complaining. Instead, we’ve been making the most of the beautiful weather and enjoying lots of fresh air and sunshine. We Love Weekends…
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Last week, I realized both Big M and Lil’ M were about to outgrow their current car seat settings. The same morning, another mom at preschool drop-off asked me how long our girls had to stay in their 5-point harnesses. The world of car seat safety has changed dramatically since…