When I look around I see so many families that are continuously on the go—never home for more than a few hours and doing just about anything and everything together. I thought that was what you were “supposed” to do for so long that I tried to do it, too. It worked for a while—almost […]
Summer is here, and that means finding things to do to keep our kids excited about learning and getting them ready for the next school year. I’ve been looking everywhere for some preschool workbooks that we can use to practice things like coloring, tracing, matching, cutting, pasting, etc… Most books I’ve found have a few […]
Let me set the scene. We are at a local farm and play attraction, Long Acre Farms. I bend over to get something out of my bag and I hear a weird tear/crack. I think “Oh dang, I must have ripped my tank top. No biggie.” Yeah, well I started feeling a poke under my boob […]
I love making things. Even though I know this, whenever I’m asked to write about myself I have a hard time describing what kind of things I like to make. I love to cook, I like playing with a sewing machine (but I’m not good at it!), and I like making messes. That’s the kind of […]
The end of the school year is fast approaching and before you come to that last day—the day you’re supposed to have a gift for the teacher and haven’t even thought about it yet… I have an idea for you! My son was in Pre-K this year, so it’s just your luck that we had […]
I’ve always wanted to hang photos of our family up in the order of a family tree. I saw it in a magazine once and fell in love with the idea. Last week, I painted our upstairs hallway in a grayish-green and bought a darker shade of green to paint a tree on the wall. As […]
Remember those folded paper fortune tellers you used to play with as a child? Guess what? They’re still awesome! My son and I were coloring the other day when I found these awesome squares of paper and remembered how much fun it was to make these when I was little. What you need: 1 square piece […]
Here at the Diedreck household we have a one-year-old, a four-year-old, a working father and a stay-at-home mother—and a lot of weekly/monthly activities to keep track of. Whether it’s Daddy’s weekly photography class, Caleb’s preschool days and swimming lessons, Claire’s play dates or massages for Mommy (ha, just kidding)… we need to have a one-stop-shop […]
We just moved into a new home—and trying to make changes and redecorate and paint and tear up carpets… well, it is not only time-consuming, but not too much fun with a toddler running around. I decided I’d give my son, aged four, a task and have him help me decorate a wall in the […]
So, I was taking the batteries out of a puzzle that Sophie got for Christmas. You know, one of those annoying, won’t-name-names brand of puzzles that are light sensitive? When every time you walk by it a monkey howls or a cow moos at you? Yeah, now you know why I removed the batteries. Real funny […]
