May 14
Heading to a conference in November we decided to visit the NASA Space and Rocket Center. Entering Alabama we were able to stop at the rest area also and see one of the rockets, but the space center is an exciting place to interact with hands on activities and information about rockets and missions. The center …
Apr 12
Living in Bowling Green, we’ve been to the National Corvette Museum a few times to visit. They have a traveling exhibit every year that is a new subject, fun camps for the kids during days off from school, and family/friends that visit like to see it. Finding things that my youngest wants to do for …
Apr 02
Tomorrow is wear blue for autism day. One organization promoted it, but by wearing blue you aren’t necessarily supporting that organization. You are supporting awareness for all the kids (and adults) that have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in their lifetime. Currently that number is listed as 1 in 68 and personally I don’t think …
Dec 26
Note: Our family celebrates Christmas – though we do have friends that celebrate lots of different holidays. For Christmas this year, my goal was to get gifts that my kids would enjoy, use, and wouldn’t get consigned to the never be touched again list. My youngest was pretty easy, he wanted quixels, yokai watch, and …
Oct 13
Check out http://aprilemery.blogspot.com/2010/04/mammas-bag-of-tricks-quiet-time-bins.html for suggestions on bins. I think these would work well for rainy days besides for quiet time. These also would be great to have for a sick days and road trips. My mother used to store in a closet activities like dot to dots and mazes, and new games for when we …
