Number 7 and I made this super easy popsicle stick ornament today. We used popsicle sticks, bows, glitter glue, paint, twine, and pom poms. Most of the stuff I had from the Dollar Store. You could use Elmer’s glue to glue the sticks together, but I used a hot glue gun because I didn’t want to […]
Kids' Corner
25 Christmas Picture Books Your Kids Will Love ( I know Cause Mine Do)
It’s almost that time of year. If you are looking for some great books to read to your kids, here you go (we have them all so they have the Not Your Average Kids stamp of approval)! Reserve them at the library now, see if your friends have them, or order your own copies (links provided) […]
Bit by bit, the mornings are becoming less out of control. Here’s what I did for breakfast this week.
We are heading into the second week of school. Our first week was great. Last weekend I had all the kids pick out their clothes for the week on Sunday. We have already taken care of that for this week. Next, we focused on the lunch system. That is still working well. After that, I […]
How I Keep On Top Of The Kids’ School Papers
With one kid in preschool, one in kindergarten, one in first grade, one in fourth, one in fifth, and one in eleventh, the amount of papers coming home each day from school is a little bit crazy. I have sucked in paper organization department every single school year since becoming a parent. But this year, […]
The afternoons just got a whole lot easier.
The next item of business in my quest to cut down on before and after school chaos is for the kids to become a well oiled machine and function on autopilot when they walk in the door from the bus. I was thinking back to my teaching days. You spend the first couple weeks nailing […]
20 Fun and Easy Ways to Celebrate New Year’s Eve With Your Kids!
We typically haven’t done too much to celebrate New Year’s Eve with the kids in the past. But now that they are getting a little older, I wanted to do something fun with them. I put out a call on the Facebook page for suggestions from readers asking what you all do with your kids, […]