The Accessories We Added to Our Fairy Garden This Year Earlier this season, I wowed the boys by putting together a dinosaur miniature container garden, which Sawyer promptly claimed as his own outdoor dollhouse with dirt. Every time he’s outside, he rearranges the accessories and makes “RAWR!!!” noises with the tiny plastic dinos. In short, …
Explore New Places and New Ideas This Summer with a Free Printable Treasure Map to Get You Started School is officially out for the summer as of yesterday, and the Blackwelder boys are already celebrating Water Day at their summer program today. Summer fun starts NOW! (And so does the endless cycle of sunscreening, washing …
A Prehistoric Fairy Garden for the Future Paleontologist Crowd When your three-year-old goes around telling random strangers he’s “faster than a Gallimimus” (and said strangers look at him like WTF is a Gallimimus), it’s time to plant the kid a dinosaur garden. Last year, the boys helped me with our first magical fairy garden and …
Last week, it hit me that my baby is going to kindergarten at the end of the summer. Suddenly, I’m feeling pressure to celebrate the innocence of childhood and all the fun that summer can be for a kid. I’ve got big plans for this summer, and it’s going to be sunrise, sunscreen, sunset, repeat. …
