Kids

Over the years I have posted several different ideas for Easter Basket fillers. While my kids continue to grow, it has become more and more challenging to fill a basket with non candy related things. At this point we own so many different toys and…

I heard of Montessori years before I became a parent, but I thought it was strictly a school type of curriculum. When I did become a parent 8 years ago, I remembered Montessori, but since I thought it was only about schooling, I put it…

Calling yourself a minimalist seems like a big deal. Our society portrays minimalists as people with bare white walls and barely any things/furniture. As I have discovered over the past year or so, minimalism doesn’t have to be anyone else’s definition, but instead can be…

Young children love helping in the kitchen and starting with simple recipes can be a really fun introduction to the kitchen. I have created a free apple sauce recipe card that is perfect for little children to follow using pictures and simple words. The goal…

A while back I purchased the Montessori stamp game to keep as a math manipulative for my children as they get older. The game basically has small wooden squares with ones places, tens place, hundreds, and thousands. Although I do not have any formal Montessori…

Over the winter, my husband and I set up a movement zone in our unfinished basement. We live in RI and our winters can get pretty cold and the weather is very unpredictable. Which means getting outside isn’t always possible or even enjoyable. This movement…

I created a simple Holiday gift guide geared towards babies through young children. Last year I also created a gift guide with our top toys, which can be found here. These are all open-ended toys that will grow with your child. Check out my video…

We have officially entered the Fall season and with that comes one of my favorite holidays, Halloween. I was born two days before so my love for Halloween started from the beginning. Whenever we enter a new holiday season, I like to give my kids…

Yes, it is almost that time of year. It feels like the summer goes by faster every year! This school year is a big one in our family, with our oldest going to kindergarten and although I am excited for her, I am feeling really…

We have been working in our garden since the moment the soil thawed out from the winter and it inspired me to create my own garden planner. This is geared towards kids, but I also have been using it for myself to help plan out…