Category: Activities
60 creative indoor activities for March Break
March Break is a time for day camps, movies, swimming, skating, lunch dates and fun afternoons with friends. But it can also be a week of whining, squabbling, boredom and feeling like you’re on house arrest. If you’re having trouble filling those longggg hours… Continue Reading “60 creative indoor activities for March Break”
Parenting through secondhand FOMO
On the list of things I feel guilty about at this exact moment, one of them is swimming lessons. Namely, that our kids are not currently enrolled. You’ve heard of secondhand smoke, right? Well, I suffer from secondhand FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). They… Continue Reading “Parenting through secondhand FOMO”
Here Wii Go! Introducing your kids to video games
“I have a surprise!” I told the kids mysteriously as I dug out our dusty Wii console and basket of games. “I’m going to let you play … a video game!” They squealed happily. They’d only ever played once or twice, about a year… Continue Reading “Here Wii Go! Introducing your kids to video games”
The importance of teaching your child restaurant manners
The woman leans over and smiles expectantly. I take a deep breath and wait. This is the moment. We’ve trained for this. We’ve run the drill again and again, and now we’ll see if it’s paid off. “I will have a cheeseburger wif ketchup,… Continue Reading “The importance of teaching your child restaurant manners”
DIY cardboard playhouses (that fold flat!)
It’s almost that time. And by “that time,” I don’t mean Christmas specifically — I mean the time when your entire living room is a mess of empty cardboard boxes, wrapping paper, and those annoying styrofoam pieces. Don’t despair, because I found a reeeeally… Continue Reading “DIY cardboard playhouses (that fold flat!)”
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