Sunday, October 17, 2021

Teenage Scavenger Hunt birthday party game

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    Now that I have a teenager, birthday parties are a bit easier. Just get them all together and provide pizza. What more do you need? We...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

"C-O-O-K-I-E-S" (video!) and The Best Cookie Ever (recipe!)

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Hello again... My kids are older, but the need to be silly in order to stay sane remains strong. That's true even as my oldest has now...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

perfect activity for "Perfect Square"

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by Melissa a good lesson for the future mathematician and artist -- and perhaps a skill-building antidote for a trending perfectionist...
Monday, February 29, 2016

whiskey tango... from adult stocking stuffer to travel story toy

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by Melissa my husband appreciates a good whiskey, and happened to mention it once. so inevitably at Christmas time an in-law gets him a b...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Dinovember 2015

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the dinosaurs come alive every November. it's a mystery... we never know what they're going to get into. follow along with this ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

cardboard forts are recyclable, remake-able, remarkable FUN!

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in a certain sense, we are still on a fort hunt .  that is, there's no permanent fort happening at the not-so-new house like there was a...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

our not-so-frozen "Frozen" birthday party, with a gelatin ice castle recipe!

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by Melissa after going through several theme ideas since the conclusion of her last birthday (kites, rainbows, princesses), Sweet One ...