Our DGT-Style Holiday
Here is a repost from a couple of year’s ago. The girls and I decorated potholders for Meals-on-Wheels. We did this activity before delivering meals ourselves, and now that we’ve made deliveries...
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Acting Squirrelly with Sticks & Stones
Hibernation season is upon us. Can’t you feel it in the air? You fellow northerners anyway. Even in the frigid months when snow blankets the ground, I still want Little Miss to be able to indulge in...
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Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Enjoy this re-post form MLK Day 2011. My family will be revisiting the crafts and conversations described here. Let me know if you find them helpful too! Today our nation stands still just long enough...
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Reduce, Reuse…& Recycle Like a Ninja in the Dark of Night
Little Miss Four and Miss First Grader have turned my recycle bins into toy bins. Maybe you saw the genesis of this transformation here in my old post Do Good One Box at a Time. Last year I began...
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Happy May Day!
This morning, in the words of Little Miss, we turned May Day into a verb. “I love May Daying!” She told me as she raced her sister to our neighbors front doors. We may not be changing the world or...
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Handmade Gifts: Handprint Inspirations
We’re always on the lookout for great homemade, kid-made gift ideas. Hand-made gift-giving fills kids with a sense of pride and accomplishment and magnanimous generosity, feelings not usually included...
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Smile! School’s Out
The end of a school year is such a milestone. In my house, this time of transition puts everyone (not just mom, honestly) in a contemplative mood. This is a great time to take a look back at how far...
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Sweet Nothings To Brighten the Day
The quotes pictured above, with the obvious errors corrected, say “You can juggle basket balls” and “You are smart.” They were written, of course, by Miss Second Grader (can’t believe I had to upgrade...
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Summer Bag of Tricks: Magic Wand Kindness
In my ongoing search for rewarding and FUN ways to share kindness this summer, Kindness Girl, Patience Selgado, and her Magic Wand Project for Kids is one I just have to share. This was such a great...
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Collecting for a Cause
The start of the school year is the perfect time to establish or re-establish a habit of charitable giving. Here is a re-post from September 2010 to get you started! My family gave the change collected...
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