Everyday fun

Currently loving….

Currently loving….

By megret | June 30, 2011 at 7:37 am | No comments

              Too-Cute-To-Eat Flip-Flop Cookies (well, almost...)               Watching our cats go crazy trying to catch a laser...

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Flashback barrettes

Flashback barrettes

By megret | June 29, 2011 at 12:30 pm | 4 comments

Anybody remember the braided/woven hair barrettes that were all the rage in the early 1980s? Boy, I sure do. The first time I ever saw them, I was six years old. My friend Meredith had them in her hair, and I was transfixed that the ribbons matched the dress she was...

Posted in: Everyday fun, mom-made crafty stuff

Water asterisks!

Water asterisks!

By megret | June 15, 2011 at 9:10 pm | No comments

I found the tutorial for these sponge water bombs and, after making them, decided they look like giant, colorful asterisks! Whatever you call them, they're super fun when added to water. Toss them, throw them, squeeze them! Who knew that several cheap packages of...

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Mo’s Note

Mo’s Note

By megret | June 14, 2011 at 9:10 pm | One comment

You might remember that, a few weeks ago, Rainey wrote and mailed a letter to Mo Willems, her favorite author/illustrator. I'd heard he wrote his fans back, but I had no idea it'd be so fast.... Monday afternoon we found a brown kraft paper envelope in our mailbox, from...

Posted in: Books & reading, Everyday fun, Learning and doing, Rainey

Door Dots! (To the calendar.)

Door Dots! (To the calendar.)

By megret | June 7, 2011 at 9:24 pm | No comments

For the third summer in a row, we've made a list of what we wanted to do and put the activities onto colored paper dots....and put those dots on the back of our coat closet door: Door Dots! But we're adding something different this year. The calendar. We found that...

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