activities with kids
Playing Sardines (Day 2)
One of our favorite games to play at home is Sardines. It is like hide n’ seek but only one person hides and as people find them they have to hide with them. In many cases you end up getting Read more…
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BOOMWHACKERS
I’ll admit. I’m not a skilled musician. I do love and appreciate good music though. Sarah, on the other hand, has more skill than she likes to admit. She does a great job giving the kids opportunities to learn music. Read more…
activities with kids
The Nerdiest Game Ever: Ingress
Ingress is the nerdiest game I’ve ever played. If you see a nerdy guy walking all over the park looking at his phone he is probably attacking a portal. The game uses your GPS location to locate portals that teams compete Read more…
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Fun Cupcake Cones
Sarah and the girls made a fun treat just for the heck of it. The kids also sang a song at a friend’s baptism. Why read words? Watch a video!
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Trick or Treaters Struck By Lightning
Get Candy!!!! Halloween highlights this year The kids got to visit me at work and trick or treat the cubicles Sarah made a mad scientist booth for our church fall festival We had fun getting to know a couple neighbors Read more…
activities with kids
FAMILY DANCE PARTY TIPS
Create a Dance Party Radio Station on Pandora or other streaming service. It can take a while to groom your station to play your favorite songs. Get some fun lights. Fire up fog machine. Why don’t you have one of Read more…
activities with kids
Pley LEGO Set Rentals
A co-worker told me about a service that was like Netflix for LEGOs. You pay a monthly fee and can rent as many sets as you want but you can only have one at a time. This appealed to me Read more…
Self-Improvement
Sensory Deprivation Tank
One hour of floating in a dark tank full of extremely salty water. Why the heck would I do that? Why not!? I first heard about this practice from my favorite morning talk show Good Mythical Morning. They tried it on Read more…