Earth-friendly Sibling Fun

Lisa and I hosted a siblings workshop at Easton Children’s Museum last week. I’ve attached the Earth-friendly activities – try them out at home! Here one of our attendees shares her Family Tree Project. Family Tree – use twigs and clay to make a decorative family tree Portable Sea- recycle water bottles and craft supplies [...]

Sibling Fun at Easton Children’s Museum

Come to the Easton Children’s Museum tomorrow (Friday, April 24) anytime between 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. to try out some of our Earth-friendly activities for kids ages 6 months to 9 years old. We’ve got all the material you’ll need – just bring the kids and you’ll get to leave with a portable sea (in [...]

Celebrating Earth Day!

Adopt a Family Tree (World Family pg. 265) Have your children adopt a special tree in your yard or neighborhood. They’ll learn a valuable lesson about the beauty of nature! Together to select a tree to “adopt.” Sit by the tree and observe its beauty. Ask your children to describe the bark, trunk, leaves, height [...]

Hello? Anybody home?

Happy Belated Siblings’ Day everyone! Thanks for the note, Heather. I am going to send you one on Brother and Sister Day which is May 2nd! Bet you can’t wait! Tonite I have something more pressing on my mind. I just had a wonderful 3 day weekend with my family but during that time I [...]

Happy Siblings Day, Lisa

Dear Lisa, We’ve redefined the theory on siblings.  The one that reads that siblings are the only people that  “truly qualify as a partner for life.” I think we’ve hammered and reshaped that whole idea into a certain level of absurdity. We hit the ultimate, can’t turn back when we decided to live next door [...]

Easter Eggs & Sibling Fun

I know I see them in every store that I am in these days. Plastic eggs of all shapes and sizes. These eggs can be used for more than just a hunt on the big day – try these ideas out with your children and have a Happy Easter!