Perfectly Normal Chaos

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...

This was the slaw that accompanied the corn dog muffins below. I adapted it from a recipe for Amish Slaw – making it faster and adding an...

I made these for a play-date. They were really fun and the kids loved them. I adapted the recipe from alli-n-son (mine is the in-a-hurry...

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...