March 2012, I took my first sewing machine class. Sewing was something I wanted to learn to do since I was a little girl — and finally I did it! Over the last year, I’ve made a ton of projects, mostly for Lydia, but also for Bryce and our friends and family. I’m not going to post them all, but…
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I’d like to preface this by saying: I know very little about canning. I’ve done some water-bath canning successfully, and I recently purchased a pressure canner. This was my first attempt at making sauce, and I just want to share the process with you, mostly in pictures. It’s not meant to be a tutorial, but perhaps an inspiration! We began…
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As I have written about recently, and will probably continue to write about, I had my 17-month old son evaluated for physical therapy. In the process, they also look at several other areas of development, including fine motor skills. I realized that there were a lot of fine motor tasks/skills I had never introduced to him, so I decided to…
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As a teacher and parent, I have learned to take advantage of teachable moments that naturally occur in our lives. This may be pointing out different locations on a car ride, counting money at the grocery store, locating specific animals at a park, or finding words that start with a particular letter at a book store. Lydia has been really…
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This project was inspired by this Hand and Foot Print Flowers idea I found on Pinterest, but we personalized our flowers. I love to make hand/foot print projects and save them so that I can compare them from year to year. Materials: Washable paint Construction paper (or canvas) Paint brush Cute little hands Cute little feet Directions: The flower on…
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