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Lego Fun Friday: Bridge Building Challenge
February 14, 2013
It's time for LEGO® Fun Friday! This is the building challenge for today (announced at the end of the last Lego Fun Friday post): Build a bridge out of LEGO®'s!…
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Learning about Reptiles with a Russian Tortoise
February 8, 2013
For Christmas this year, we gave the boys a hatchling box turtle. We are studying land animals this year with Exploring Creation with Zoology Vol. 3 from Apologia (Amazon Affiliate link).…
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Lego Math: How Many Legos Does it Weigh?
February 5, 2013
Yesterday Gresham and I had so much fun with LEGO®'s and math! We made a balance using a clothes hanger (I saw the idea on Kids Activities Blog), but instead…
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Lego Fun Friday: Build the Most Durable Vehicle (And develop a way to test it!)
January 31, 2013
It's time for LEGO® Fun Friday! Last week, I announced our challenge - to build the most durable vehicle and develop a way to test it. One way to test…
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DIY Marble Bowling Game
January 27, 2013
DIY Marble Bowling with Pencil Eraser Pins Last spring, we sold our home and moved into a larger home, which we actually purchased from friends. Their kids are older than…
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Exploring Nature with Kids by Observing and Sketching
January 22, 2013
After being more or less at home for 11 days in a row with sick children (we got out a few times to get library books and buy more tissues!)…
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Bean Bag Knock Down Game
January 21, 2013
Here's an idea for active indoor play - a bean bag knock down game! What boy doesn't like to knock things down? Last weekend, the boys were all sick, and…
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Make a Silly Character Turkey
November 19, 2012
We had some leftover blank turkeys from our Nerf Turkey Targets, and the other day I had the idea of turning them into funny characters! Aidan thought it was a…
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Thanksgiving Creations with Duplo Legos
November 16, 2012
Keep the little people at your Thanksgiving celebration busy with some Duplo building ideas! (We also have a some ideas for "big boy" Legos here!) Aidan and Gresham designed an…
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Nerf Turkey Targets (for a Thanksgiving Shoot-out!)
November 13, 2012
Today we used file folders to make turkey targets for use with Nerf guns, and the boys had SO much fun! I found some printable turkeys and the boys colored…
