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CRAFTS AND DIY

Dried Orange and Lavender Star Garland

If you are like me, you keep seeing gorgeous dried orange garland and salt dough garland EVERYWHERE. We had a lazy Saturday to ourselves last weekend and I thought it might be the perfect day to try out this slow, but fun activity. Thankfully I had a few oranges on hand and lots of dried ...

CRAFTS AND DIY

Pretty Paper Roll Snowflakes -- a wonderful way to recycle!

There is something special about staying warm indoors when it is cold outside. Although for little ones, an extended period of time in doors can be difficult. I have found that for my daughter, anything involving glue and glitter makes her quite happy! Thanks to quarantine we have lots and lots of paper rolls so ...

COOK BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

What's Cooking at 10 Garden Street - A delightful cookbook for kids that also tells a story!

As a child growing up, I was privileged enough to be raised by a village. My mother was intentional about raising me among diverse groups of people. This also meant that I was exposed to diverse foods. To this day, a good dal or pancit is comfort food to me. I learned from an early ...

CELEBRATIONS

Thanksgiving Traditions: How our family celebrates today.

In my family, Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday. For many Americans it is a time to spend with family, but also a time to reminisce about "Pilgrims and Indians" and the story of the "first Thanksgiving feast". However, for other families, like mine, it is a reminder of the genocide and atrocities that soon followed ...

HALLOWEEN CRAFTS

Perforated Pumpkin Luminaries - A Fun Halloween Cardboard Craft

This year I did not have the energy to go collect a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch and carve it with a toddler, so we tried something new! We "carved", painted and decorated cardboard pumpkins and made them into perforated pumpkin luminaries. This method is 'less mess and no stress', using materials you already have on ...

RECIPES

Simple "No Waste" Honey Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Last week we got 3 "pumpkin pie" pumpkins in our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) allotment, which meant we had a LOT of pumpkin seeds. The fall weather and the surplus of seeds gave us the perfect opportunity to make roasted pumpkin seeds! If you don't like waste and love a quick project that creates ...

CRAFTS AND DIY

Nature Soup - A DIY game for little ones learning to count

My daughter loves to cook and can count to 20, but she is just now learning how to count out items. Often when we prepare a recipe at home, I will help her measure and count out ingredients. I made this game for her after seeing a similar mainstream game and thought that it might ...

RECIPES

Overnight Refrigerator Pickles

Just last week I received a large amount of small cucumbers in my weekly CSA (community supported agriculture) allotment. I decided to make pickles because I knew that we would never be able to eat 20 cucumbers before they went bad. Everyone in my family loves pickles. My husband particularly loves dill. I knew we ...

BOOKS

My Hair is a Garden, written and illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera - A lovely book to celebrate beauty in diversity!

I discovered this beautifully illustrated book when trying to find a book to help my daughter appreciate her hair. I'm very intentional about curating my daughters toys and books. I want her to learn from every experience and I want every experience to give her tools to see herself in the most positive light. This ...

CRAFTS AND DIY

DIY "ABC" Letter Tracing Chalkboard

My daughter is nearly three and lately she has shown an increased interest in writing. She has been holding a pencil and pretending to write for ages, but now she she is able to identify letters and attempts to draw them. I wanted to find a way to help her practice writing letters. I prefer ...

RECIPES

Blueberry Crumble Muffins. One of my favorite recipes to make!

Hello friends! I had planned a post for you about the issues happening in the States right now. I wrote it and rewrote it, but I couldn’t find the words to express what is on my mind. It is all so overwhelming. So now that will be another post for another day… This weekend I ...

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