Tag: DIY

This weekend was so slow and nice and easy. Andrew was out of town for a few days at the end of last week, so when he returned late Friday night all he wanted to do was relax and enjoy some down time — which was fine by me! Having the boys home for winter … Continue reading “(Holiday) Weekend Shenanigans”

My good friend Elisha helped me out with a haircut tutorial a while back for St. Louis Family Magazine. If you’re curious, head over to check it out! Thanks to the ever-talented Elisha, Emil’s haircut is growing out so nicely!

Hammering. Using real tools, tools that work, tools that are the same as an adult’s but fit to the hand of a child. This is the kind of thing that is so controversial these days (after all, I was chastised for letting my boys use a plastic hammer to break up an ice block without … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”

Magnetic experiments are some of my boys’ favorite activities. This time, I decided to hide a bunch of items in some sand, make some magnetic wands, and let them try to fish out the magnetic objects. So they knew how many items to retrieve, I placed squares on a piece of paper (one paper was … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”

On a bright and sunny day, Oliver wanted to trace shadows. This time he built structures nice and early in the morning, when the shadows are long, then he traced them. He made some pretty cool things!  We left the structures in the same position all day and enjoyed checking on them to see how … Continue reading “Montessori-Inspired”