Organizing kids stuff is a must in families with more than one kid. Teaching kids to keep up with their stuff is NOT easy, and I cannot keep track of everybody’s everythings around here. I’ve got four kids, and we do school at home, so we’ve got a ton of *stuff*…notebooks, pencil boxes, scissors, rulers,…
Clean Your Room!
This week has kicked my bottom. We started school, on my oldest daughter’s 16th birthday. Aaaannnnd she started her first job. At 8 A.M. that morning. Aaannnnddd I had to be at a grocery co-op at 8 A.M. that morning. And birthday dinner that night. So. I’m one tired Mama. I survived! We’ve had a…
DIY Block Crayons
Last year, block crayons crossed my radar as I was gathering supplies for my preschooler. I’m a *sucker* for the beautiful, natural inspired Waldorf toys, and these crayons are what they use in Waldorf Kindergartens. Block crayons are great for small hands, and the children are encouraged to cover the whole paper with color. I…
Gwen’s Nest Giveaway Week 2
We’re starting week 2 of a 5 week Giveaway party celebrating the launch of my new look here at Gwen’s Nest! Last week’s two giveaway winners each won a copy of the Trim Healthy Mama book. You can see the winners here on the Rafflecopter announcement. This week, the giveaway will celebrate the Creative Home…
The Rag Coat- a children’s book review
Today, I’m going to share a favorite book with you. The Rag Coat by author Lauren Mills is a book that my children and I both thoroughly enjoyed. Like all great books, it opened up rich conversations that grew beyond the storyline of the book. Our morning conversations wove through botany, our national and family history, and…
Helping Pockets
Helping Pockets are something new that I’ve made, and BOY HOWDY are they helpful! To explain how these work, I need to tell you a little story…another jewel from my brilliant friend Heather, who should really have a blog. It is a story about a monkey, a mango and a skateboard. The topic at hand…
Wiggley Sleeper Bedside Bumpers
A wiggleworm sleeps next door to my bedroom. Her bed shares a wall to our bedroom, and she is prone to kick the wall in the middle of the night. Multiple times. So in an effort to protect her little legs (and preserve my sleep), I decided that the wall needed to become padded. At…
The Sanity Drawer- Toddler Homeschool Ideas
Toddler homeschool ideas that will maintain your sanity- that’s the goal here. We’ve started into our second year of homeschooling this year, and one of the main “issues” (if you will) was to prevent a certain little someone from peeling the drywall off the walls silently while we were studying spelling. The solution that I…