The kids have a few days off for Easter Break, so this morning Lily and I got busy with bunnies. To get started, we used the Bunny Template to trace and cut out a bunch of bunnies from the most spring-ish card stock we had around.
The first project was Bunny Cards. They were super easy to make, [...]

Can I confess something? I deeply dislike drawing. I avoid it at all costs and groan inwardly when someone asks me to draw anything other than a house plan. And I’m totally cool with that—there are plenty of other ways to be creative.
But that’s probably why I’m so fascinated that a child of mine loves [...]

Snow Day!
Lexie amused herself this morning by creating a clay version of Castiel, the trench-coat-wearing angel on Supernatural. Isn’t he sweet?
Normally I would love a snow day, but I had such a long list of things to do. Oh, well.
Seeing what the kids come up with when they have nothing else to do is helping [...]

Lily showed me her to-do list for tomorrow morning. I love getting a glimpse into the inner workings of an eight-year-old brain. I read through the list and had to laugh because this all takes place before lunch!

Happy Valentine’s Day to you! Man, it’s challenging to have Valentine’s Day the same week as Chinese New Year, but we pulled it all together last night by the skin of our teeth. Will and Lily set off this morning with valentines in hand after giving me strict instructions not to eat all their chocolate [...]

Happy New Year! And welcome to the Year of the Snake. Did you shudder a little when you read that? Snakes don’t have the best reputation, but they do help keep the rodent population under control. I think they’re cool. From a distance.
If you were born under this sign, the Chinese calendar folks consider you to be [...]

We got the call early this morning: Snow Day! Except we didn’t get snow so much as icy rain. Snowmen and skating were out, so we had to come up with other ways to fill the day. My kids are old enough now to amuse themselves for the most part, but here are a couple [...]

When I took the Christmas art down, this is what went back up in the Frame. It wasn’t particularly planned, but I like how it turned out.
I would never choose favorites, of course, but I really love Lexie’s sea turtle (in the lower left corner). And Lily’s Matisse-inspired giraffe. And Will’s 3-D project featuring a lesson [...]

{ Eldfell Volcano, Iceland, 1973 }
As I put the Little Passports suitcase back in its spot during post-Christmas clean up, Lily asked if we could do a Country of the Week (we haven’t done one since August). She and Will voted for Iceland because it came with a cool mini volcano.
We kicked off the festivities [...]

“Seriously?” said the fish. Sorry, Goldie, but it’s Gnome Week in Craft-a-Day Land.
As Tim fed the gnome into the laminator, he said, “You’d better tell us everything. Where are the underpants?”
(I haven’t really watched South Park since our children appeared on the scene, but I do love me some Underpants Gnomes. Phase 1: Collect underpants. Phase [...]