Here’s another contribution to the Rocks In My Dryer, Works for Me Wednesday blog carnival. This is something that’s given my husband & I a way to encourage our 5-year old daughter and give her some extra reading practice. A few years ago my husband and I read the book Five Love Languages in order to find out what [...]
Tag Archives: Ashlyn
Ashlyn’s Princess Party
December 1, 2008 – 4:49 pm
I can’t believe it but my little girl turns 5 tomorrow. We had her party this past weekend and I am still recovering from it. The theme was a Princess Party which is funny because I swore (before I had girls) that I would never let my girls wear all pink. My how that has [...]
A Weekend Together
November 25, 2008 – 10:33 am
This past weekend our family packed up our things and headed to Southwind, a Young Life camp near Ocala, Florida. My husband was the Head Leader for about 300 highschool kids. He had to work but the girls and I had the whole weekend to relax and play. He ended up having a lot more [...]
Turkey Activities
November 16, 2008 – 10:54 pm
My girls loved making this turkey today. All you need is brown construction paper, a coffee filter, and some washable markers. Cut out a turkey shape from brown construction paper. I traced one that I found online. Have your child color a coffee filter with washable markers. It really doesn’t matter how they color it [...]
Everyday Trash
November 15, 2008 – 11:56 pm
What do you get when you put 2 toilet paper rolls, a piece of cardboard, and some cotton balls together? Here is what my girls came up with. Ashlyn found a toilet paper roll and asked me for some purple paper so she could turn it into a telescope. Emily heard her and of course wanted to [...]