Five plain green tees, $1/each at Walmart. Five swatches of $1 fabric. An instant plan for five lucky cousins. An easy craft to squeeze into one nap time. I LOVE when that happens.

Let’s see, in the past week, I’ve glued the beard back on a nutcracker and a crown on the king from the manger (which has incidentally now been relocated to the china cabinet), repaired a wooden snowflake from the countdown calendar, and watched three Santas rapidly wear out. But all these “Kissmas” things are helping [...]

We’ve got this little tradition going on, the kids and I. Well for now, it’s mostly my project, though Bastien did show interest this year in making a board book for his dad on Father’s Day. I promptly squashed his enthusiasm with my “no scissors” and “glue stick is NOT Chapstick” rules. But that’s not [...]