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Teeter Totter ~ Finding a Balance Between Me-Hood and Motherhood
Gender: female Date of Birth: January 01, 1973 Member Since: September 11, 2007 Last Signed In: November 20, 2009 Blog Views: 14721 Send To A Friend Sign Guestbook Add as a Friend
Growing That Acorn
Faith Need vs Want A Tight Budget Holiday The Play Priority Disney’s A Christmas Carol – A Mom Review Making it Easy on Yourself When It Rains… You Are Here Halloween with Older Kids September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 Teeter Totter Finding a Balance Between "Me-Hood" and "Motherhood" In this blog I'll be covering as wide a variety of subjects as the duties of a real mom in today's culture. From raising special needs children, family vacations, marriage, relationships, sex, cooking, local to-do, school (both for you and the children), working, hiring a daycare provider, arts and crafts, decorating, holidays, to well... EVERYTHING! No holding back. 
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Fall Fun With Kids
Fall is my favorite time of year. Forgetting for a moment the abundance of comfort food that begs to be cooked, the crisp chill in the air, the lingering smell of smoke outside, I love it for all the crafts that beg to be made with your family! Who doesn’t look forward to carving out pumpkins, making Halloween (or fall) decorations or coming up with costumes for the kids (or yourself)? There may be some winter holiday scrooges around, but I have yet to meet a fall scrooge! In an effort to honestly stick to the ol’ family budget (thank you again furloughs!) I’m swearing off any store-bought Halloween decorations. If you’ve been following my blog though the years, you’ll know that this is really nothing new with me. I always love coming up with some kind of activity for man cub and I to do together to get the house ready for Halloween. To also get you “in the spirit,” here’s a few suggestions… - Gather beautiful fall leaves and foliage on a walk around your neighborhood. Cut out a big “O” from an old cereal box (or other cardboard you may have around the house.) Tie and glue your findings to make your own special fall wreath for the front door! - Paint some spooky tombstones for the front yard by cutting up an old box, using craft of acrylic paint (50cents a color if you don’t already have some), sponge brushes from the dollar store, maybe even some dead leaves leftover from your wreath or old moss from your yard. I like to also get some wooden dowels (also from the dollar tree), tape them on the bottom with duck tape and plunk them into the front yard. - Skip pumpkin carving with the little ones and let them paint away with any leftover acrylic paint (from the tombstone project?) Just spread out newspapers and let them go to town. Being allowed to paint on a bumpy round surface is also excellent for their fine motor skill development! (Who knew having fun was good for you?) - Fold those big white trash bags up into a rectangle and cut it up (like you would a paper snowflake) to make a big spider web! I saw something similar at Target for $9. More fun to make your own AND cheaper! - Use styrofoam shapes (from the dollar tree) to make your own giant bugs! You can use felt and glue, or acrylic paint. Even stickers will work (as long as mom pins them down when the kids are all done.) Get creative and have fun. Have any other ideas to share? 0 comments from 0 users
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