Best Jokes for Kids
Comedy is a difficult skill to teach your children, but I warn you a good joke depository is imperative to their growth and development.
Comedy is a difficult skill to teach your children, but I warn you a good joke depository is imperative to their growth and development.
We’ve compiled a list of board games to play as a family. All these games sound like winners given my fast, easy and engaging for adults and children criteria.
I never thought I’d grow to love camping, but with a few creature comforts we’ve discovered some of our best family time with the teens, out on the road.
Last year was a tough for me on many levels. I lost my joy. This upcoming year I am determined to get it back and make my family happier in the process.
Why spend money buying things like bubbles and playdough when you can have fun making your own with the kids? Here are some recipes for doing just that.
What are the things that you want to do with your kids before they leave childhood behind? I feel like I can write this list with authority now that I have almost grown kids. Most of these things my children have done, except for my oldest who still has not mastered the cartwheel. It is something that makes me laugh every time he attempts it.
This summer, I dusted off my film degree and compiled a list of less obvious classic movies for us to watch as a family. These are all films that both kids and adults will enjoy, so we should have many, many hours of movie fun.
These pretty DIY Advent calendars will help your kids track the days until Santa arrives.
When you’re parenting kids with special needs, finding another family who gets it is invaluable, for both kids and parents.
I seem to see life themes in everything my kids do these days. Taking them kayaking was an interesting peek into their different approaches to life.
We know it’s not even Halloween yet. BUT, it’s snowing already in some parts of the country and if you want that nice autumn glow you get snappin’.
Family night should be easy, but trust me, what you think is fun and what your children think is fun are often worlds apart. So, we thought up some rules.
Gardening can be a great family activity, and it’s an awesome way to expand your child’s food horizons, too!
now that my boys are 11 and 13, there are a lot more shows that we can all enjoy and watch together. No more gritting our teeth through painful kid programming like The Wonder Pets or the one show that makes me want to scratch my skin off with a dull butter knife—Jessie. We’re in the sweet spot where we can happily meet in the middle with entertainment that isn’t too kid or too adult. Here are some of our family’s current favorites.
It’s strawberry-picking season, and that means bonus time with my teens and all my favorite, yummy recipes. Viva la strawberries!
The songs we play over and over again make family life better and create our own soundtrack for our memories later.
With our family scattered all over the country, the extended-family vacation is a rare joy. Seeing my teens through my family’s eyes may be the best part.
A DIY tutorial for a puppet that moves and wiggles just like a snake to celebrate the Chinese New Year and The Year of the Snake.
It can be sometimes be hard for our family to do “fun” things the way other families do. We threw caution (and cleanliness) to the wind and had a blast.
This past weekend, my son created a list of 25 things he’d like to do this summer. Want to join in on the fun? We’ve made a cute printable that your kids can use too.