You know that box of baking soda that's been sitting in the back of your pantry doing absolutely nothing? Mine too, apparently...
Continue ReadingEvery January my house goes through that weird letdown — the tree comes down, the lights go in a bin, and suddenly...
Continue ReadingIf you're a mom, you own approximately four hundred broken crayons. They live in the bottom of the art bin, they turn...
Continue ReadingConfession: I bought a giant pack of clear plastic ornaments three years ago for a craft I never did, and they've been...
Continue ReadingLast winter my daughter came home from school with a pocket full of pinecones — because apparently pockets are for nature treasures...
Continue ReadingI am not a "bring nature inside" kind of mom by default — I'm more of a "let's color at the kitchen...
Continue ReadingIf your house is like mine, you have a sleeve of coffee filters that nobody's touched since you got the fancy coffee...
Continue ReadingThere's a particular kind of magic that happens in late spring when the first flowers start showing up and the kids start...
Continue ReadingMy kids are obsessed with space — like, can-name-all-the-planets-and-will-correct-you obsessed. So when I found a craft that combines baking soda volcanoes with...
Continue ReadingEvery year I tell myself our porch will be the cute one on the street — not the inflatable-dragon one (no shade,...
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