Perfectly Normal Chaos

Simon's stash for last week - 1. Speech therapy tools 2. Worksheets with colored pencils 3. Coloring sheets with crayons 4. Sticker...

A few random Valentine's Day ideas. These are the Valentine's Simon made for his friends. I got the idea here . It took us sever...

These were a great deal of fun and a fantastic way for Simon to practice his fine motor skills. I got the idea from Preschool Playbook . W...

We enjoyed reading My First Chinese New Year several times while Simon was learning about the holiday at school. (Don't even get me sta...

It was my friend Kendra's brilliant idea to spray shaving cream on the table and let construction vehicles play in the "snow"....

This was meant to be a polar bear based on this craft , but since I chose to make some changes, I feel that it ended up looking a bit more l...

For a quick recap: Simon's stash is a small laundry basket that stays in our dining area. Each Sunday I refill it with education activit...

One of the crafts in our stash this week was popsicles for the birds - an idea inspired by Ice Ornaments . First, I let Simon pour birdseed...

Last week, one of the crafts in Simon's stash was snow foam .  We had a ton of fun with it! In fact, Simon kept saying, "We're...

Continuing with Simon's week of polar bears, we made our own Knut the Baby Polar Bear. I got the idea here and simply modified it a bit...

Simon has been learning all about winter and the arctic at school this month. To reinforce that, we have tried a few winter crafts and recip...

One of the stresses of being pregnant has been the worry that I am not spending as much quality time with Simon as I need to. We still spend...

Weight Watchers has been sending me challenges to try as part of the Points Plus system. The one for this week was to invite someone into t...