Kid Songs all the time.....

When I was younger and childless my friends and I would break into song when certain phrases were said.  It was often Hip Hop or songs from my childhood (Hair Bands).   The other day however I was teasing my sister in law and began singing a song.  She thought maybe it was a boy band...  I let her know it was actually from Doc McStuffins because I pretty much have every single one of the songs from the show memorized....  She told me to get a life...  Lol.   Disney JR. is my life now.  I still listen to grown people music but my head is generally in toddler land.

One of the songs that I enjoy listening to is by Lisa Loeb called Fais dodo.  A cute little french lullaby. 

Check it out Here

Fais dodo, Colas mon p'tit frère

Fais dodo, t'auras du lolo

Maman est en haut

Qui fait des gâteaux

Papa est en bas

Qui fait du chocolat

Fait dodo Colas mon p'tit frère

Fait dodo, t'auras du lolo.

Go to sleep, Colas my little brother
Go to sleep, you will have your milk
Mommy is upstairs
Making some cakes
Daddy is downstairs
Making hot cocoa
Go to sleep, Colas my little brother
Go to sleep, you will have your milk.

Here is a printable for a nursery with the last line.  

Fait Dodo, t'auras du lolo.

PRINT HERE

New Adventures in New and Old Places

I am constantly shocked when I have lived in a city for years and just learn about the history of the town or I drive down a street and see historical sites or businesses I never knew existed.  I'm also surprised in the same way when we visit other cities on a regular basis and I've obviously had my head in a paper bag driving through. (or i was napping....  Apparently I'm still a baby because cars put me to sleep)

We enjoy weekend road trips.  We are blessed to live in Northern California and have so many great destinations within 2 or 3 hours from us.  There are several places that we visit frequently such as; Napa/Sonoma, Lake Tahoe and San Jose/Santa Cruz.  We also visit my hometown in the Bay Area to see family. 

On one trip to my hometown we began discussing a street name and then realized how many parks, streets, schools and buildings named after a particular person: Anthony Chabot.  I had lived from birth until age 16 there and never once had I studied, discussed or really heard about this person other than his namesakes..  but there he was everywhere around me.  We began discussing this and finally decided on using our smartphones for something actually smart.. Sorry Social Media ...

So we started with Wikipedia.  I know that Wikipedia is not always the most accurate but we started there and investigated further historical websites and encyclopedias. 

What did we find?  

That all of these places I went to as a kid were named after a man that set up major water infrastructures, damned creeks to make reservoirs, donated to shelters, create veterans housing, created large businesses and even cultivated cranberries.  He did so much and we NEVER learned about him in school. 

So now as we travel we try to learn about cities and sites along the way. 

Here are some of the things we look up:

Which Native Groups lived here?

Who settled this area for the state?  Who originally owned it and how did they gain the land?  What/Who are the surrounding cites or county named for? What are those people known for?

What sites can be visited?  What missions are nearby? 

How has the town changed over the years?  Where is the original downtown?  What were the older buildings originally used for?

There is so much more you can look into.

So here is a cheat sheet to start with your family. It gives them some questions to work through and ideas for places to explore when they are done.  It can be used on road trips to entertain the kids or to check out your town and keep them entertained for free.  

 

CLICK HERE TO PRINT

I believe in Constantly Learning and most importantly learning from our history.  I hope you enjoy.

All of this learning can be exhausting... : P

Mommy Printables

As all of you beautiful mommies are sending your little ones to school ..  Here is a reminder that their real learning comes from YOU! You are doing God's work everyday.

Here is a printable for you.   Formatted for an 8 x 10 print

A great quote from President Gordon B. Hinckley

August 22, 2013

Thanksgiving Printables

Check out this Wordle Subway Art I made.  Click on the image and print out your own!

And here is a super cute Thanksgiving Quote from Erma Bombeck.

Guest Blog on One Little Mister

I created a cute little baby printable and picture frame.

Nicole had a baby and used my tutorial as a guest post.  Check it out at:

http://www.onelittlemister.com/2011/09/diy-baby-nursery-frame-printable.html

Here is a picture of the printable.

GO  Visit!

Halloween Printables

Halloween is Coming!!  I love to decorate but it can get costly.  Here are a few printables that you can throw in a cheap frame for easy and low cost decorations!

Sep 19, 2011

From Sep 19, 2011

Paper Crafties #2

So I've seen around pinterest and the rest of the internet really cool little stencil or cut out art pieces and thought I would try it out. 

So this is the idea I came up with.  This was pre cricut  so  I think I will try again with a steadier cut but I thought the idea was cute nonetheless.

I started with creating 2 sign ideas on picnik.

You can use these as printables or as templates for the project.

I then used an xacto knife to cut out the shapes.

After that I cut small squares and reqtangles out of scrapbooking paper to be the fill in colors.  I taped them onto  the back and thats it.  Stick it in a frame and you are all set!

Preggo Slacker... and Printables

I've been slacking terribly at my blogging duties! I apologize but it is for a wonderful reason! I am happy to announce that after a lot of trying and waiting I am 9 weeks pregnant! But, along with that has come a lot of fatigue and morning/afternoon/evening sickness.. so I haven't been doing Anything lately....

I heard this quote in a lesson at church and I thought it was such a beautiful thought.  I decided to make a printable.  Here are two versions of it that you can print out and display if you would like.    Enjoy!

From printables

From printables

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