Author Archives: Angela
Nasal polyp surgery – diary of a kid’s day at the hospital
At the beginning of the week, Victoria was scheduled for a nasal polyp surgery. A common surgery to remove the polyps when they block too much of the airway and therefore cause snoring (and bad sleep) and frequent colds. As this … Continue reading
How to Make Cardboard Castles for Kids – Crafts With Cardboard
We did some crafts with cardboard lately, so here you can see how to make cardboard castles for kids, which they’ll love to make and play with. Some time ago we did some crafts with cardboard and had lots of … Continue reading
How to Teach Patience to Children
How to teach patience to children and how to handle difficult situations. This is our ‘count to 30’ approach that help us teach our kids about patience and sharing. In my post on patience and sharing, I touched quickly on 5 ideas … Continue reading
Preschool Activities – Playing with Wet Colored Chalk
I was looking for some easy preschool activities to entertain two little girls for an afternoon, and I did not expect they’d have so much fun playing with plain old colored chalk. Did it ever happen to you that forgotten … Continue reading
Positive Parenting Tips: Teaching Kids about Patience and Sharing
If you’re looking for some positive positive-parenting-tips tips, try teaching your kids about patience and sharing. Patience and sharing are two wonderful skills which I believe each parent wants their kids to have. However at what age do they really … Continue reading
Make an Egg Carton Car and Paper Roll Driver – Easy Egg Carton Crafts for Kids
Have fun with some paper rolls and egg carton crafts for kids: Make an egg carton car and driver. If you’re looking for some easy egg carton crafts for kids and you happen to also have some toilet paper rolls, … Continue reading
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Tagged coloring and drawing, craft ideas, crafts for kids, crafts with cardboard, crafts with toilet paper rolls, crafts with toilet rolls, Creative play, Easter activities, easter crafts for kids, egg carton crafts for kids, ideas for craft activity with kids, kids crafts, painting, paper crafts
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The fun about raising kids … is being taught new kiddy logic!
… is being taught new logic by your kids! And so while in the car with my daughter today, I learned that I need to get stronger in order to be able to whistle. I’ve never been able to whistle … Continue reading
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A perfect mothers day present
My daughter’s mothers day present turned out different than planned. Tomorrow it’s mothers day and -as most kids her age-Victoria made a mothers day present for me and learned a poem. During the week we’ve heard the poem a couple … Continue reading
Small surprises can make your day
Sometimes playgrounds for kids are hidden just behind your house Some days come with nice surprises. And so it was last Sunday. At first there was the clear blue sky which came unexpectedly after lunch time. The day before we … Continue reading
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Crafts with Cardboard – How to Make a Castle out of Cardboard
If you have some cardboard boxes, keep them for some future crafts with cardboard. See how my kids managed to make a castle out of cardboard. Last weekend was one of those rainy and chilly spring days. While being stranded … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardboard boxes, castle crafts, crafts for kids, crafts with cardboard, Creative play
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