Teacher's appreciation week is quickly approaching. Over on my other blog Vegas Family Guide I have a list of 5 ways for all 5 days of teacher's appreciation that you can celebrate your child's teacher! I thought here that I would share a saying that I personally love because I think it is so true. If you get a good teacher, like my sons have both been lucky enough to have, you really feel … [Read more...]
Using Food to Make Natural Easter Egg Dye
There is something really creative and cool about using food to make natural Easter Egg dye. It’s a great way to work in your very own science experiment at home with the kids too. If I’m going to be using food to naturally dye Easter Eggs, I like to pick an organic, cage-free and GMO free egg. We generally buy these anyway as we much prefer the taste of cage free organic eggs. Finding white … [Read more...]
20 Fun Kid Activities for St. Patrick’s Day!
Wow! Is it just me or are we whizzing through 2016? Can you believe it's almost March? This year one of my goals was to be more conscious about how I spend my money, and for me that translates into not doing as much on the weekends, or rather doing free stuff instead. With my husband always traveling I used to fill the weekends with lots of adventures, but that not only exhausts us all, it tend to … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Word Search Puzzle for Kids!
So with Valentine's Day right around the corner I thought it would be fun to have a Valentine's Day word search puzzle made and offer it as a free printable! I know based on my boards on Pinterest I can't be the only one searching for these word search puzzles for kids! One of my 1st graders favorite things at school is when he gets word search puzzles. In fact I've … [Read more...]
Teacher Gift Idea: Printable Target Gift Card Holders
Eek! Did the holidays sneak up on you too? I swear I was just hanging cobwebs for Halloween yesterday, and here we are less than 10 days until Christmas! Don't worry, I have the perfect teacher gift idea: Printable Target Gift Card holders! I love Target. I know my friends love Target. In fact I've never met anyone who doesn't love Target!! I read a few articles recently that … [Read more...]