Author Archives: pokedpotato

Meghan turned two.  This is officially a non-baby year.  I’m officially sad.  She says these 6-word sentences like she’s always been a bossy girl. “I DON’T want it THAT way!” “I DON’T like THAT song either!” The boys were never … Continue reading →

We successfully flew on a plane with all three (little) kids.  This was new to us, as we have only ever flown with either both the boys (ages 6 & 4), or just Meghan (almost 2).  Taking all three on a … Continue reading →

It’s that time of the year again.  Snow bibs, hats, gloves, mittens, gators and boots.  Frigid temperatures and biting wind.  It’s when going outside is the toughest and when I tell my kids, that’s exactly why we’re going outside.  As … Continue reading →

We’re planning a trip, which means that this is my opportunity to freshen up our busy bag of traveling toys.  The kids love felt.  Our busy bags include felt boards and an assortment of random felt pieces.  The boys have marvelous imaginations … Continue reading →

At the end of the summer, we made the commitment to preserve as many herbs from our deck garden as possible.  I decided to chop them up & freeze them with olive oil in ice cube trays.  This was no small task.  I … Continue reading →

At the beginning of this summer, I decided to take back my kitchen.  It has always been “the place” for the kids to display their artwork.  I love what they make and they are always so proud to put it … Continue reading →

We’ve continued to have good success with kindergarten pick-up and preschool drop-off/pick-up.  I checked out some felt story kits at the library a few weeks ago to add to our busy bag assortment.  The felt story kits come with a short … Continue reading →

All summer, I had been dreading the start of the school year, because this meant I had to participate in the awful thing called kindergarten pickup.  The idea of driving to school, sitting in my car with 2 little ones … Continue reading →

Well, we’ve done pretty good this year.  After a slow start, the garden produced a surprising amount of lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. We made refrigerator pickles out of the cucumbers.  They were the wrong kind of cucumber to pickle, but … Continue reading →

We get these awesome cardboard tubes from my mother-in-law.  We’ve made all sorts of things with the tubes, and I really, really wanted to make a chair with our last batch. I made the mistake of involving the kids in … Continue reading →