Pizza Dough and Lunch at Our House
by Midday meals are my favorite! What better time to teach little cooks about cooking? The fare is on the easy-side, we’re all still fresh and …
Category: Family Ties
Making Kolaches
What do you get when you have 6 females, a lot of time on your hands and a variety of pie fillings? A party and …
Enjoy Read Alouds With All Five Senses
I’ve blogged before about the series we’re reading written by Ralph Moody in the 1950’s about his own boyhood. The first book, “Little Britches”, hooked …
Summer’s End
Technically the first day of Fall is on September 23, but for me Fall is all about going back to school… I love this time …
Charter Schools and Hacky Sacks
Want to read my latest at MInTheGap? Find it here: Charter Schools? Count the Cost. We have my niece here today and besides playing with puppies and …
Candle Dipping
What fun! While toddler napped, we girls made candles! Here’s how: We melted shaved slivers of candle wax and bee’s wax in a glass quart …
My Birthday
“You have to sleep in till 8 o’clock!” my daughters insisted the night before, as my dh set their alarm for 6 A.M. per their …
Heart Story
Heart, 8yo’s black and white border collie, had her pups this afternoon! What a bonding experience! When fil’s dog had pups 3 years ago, my daughter begged …
Ad-Libbing Read Alouds
We’re reading “Little Britches” by Ralph Moody…written in 1950…it’s like a Little House on the Prairie for boys…except my 8 yo loves horses so much …
Spinning
Sometimes my girls beg me to play the Spinning Song by Ellmenreich on the piano…as I play, I go progressively faster and faster and they spin …