

Another Mother's Son
This week, to write about anything else seems trite. And yet I feel completely unequipped to enter the conversations regarding gun...


The Beat Goes On
I read recently that parenting is simultaneously celebrating accomplishments and milestones, while grieving each stage that is left...


Hatching Bug Eggs
We did it! Three weeks of bug centered activities. If you recall, we started here...a bug nightmare resulting in a (pretty ambitious)...


Baby Bumblebee Song and Movement
Some ideas are so good, you have to copy them just the way they are. This is one of those ideas. Squishy, smooshy baby bumblebees made...


Is it a Bug? Practicing Simple Sorting Skills
This simple sorting activity was a low-maintenance addition to "Bug Camp"...our week(ish) of bug-focused learning and play. I combined...


Bug Finders and Mountain Climbers
The day before we drove to Spokane, I sat down with the girls to make our "Bug Finder Binoculars". Jason cut to size a leftover gift wrap...


Play Dough Bugs
This activity kicked off our unofficial Pink Door House Summer Bug Camp. Hopefully after a few weeks of projects, songs, and games about...


Bug Camp
Ah, summer....Flats of raspberries and boxes of fuzzy, juicy peaches from the Farmers' Market. Backyard water parks constructed of wading...