Life & Parenting (intersection of tags)
265 Life posts • 40 Parenting posts • 16 in common
- Introducing the PB&J pancake sandwichA few life lessons from leftover pancakes: • Order what you like • Enjoy it • Save some for later • Share the good stuff
- Making things outside while you waitWaiting doesn’t have to be empty time. Sometimes it’s time to make something.
- An official coin for family decisionsEvery family should have an official coin for settling disputes. Not just any coin—one that means something. Ours is a French Piastre from 1908.
- Urban vs. suburban in the creative lifeHow does a change in environment shape the way we think and create? Can a suburban setting inspire creativity in the same way as an urban one?
- Pressing leaves with storiesTips for capturing the moment when saving a leaf
- Children amazed by typing speedA fun slice of life moment… My five-year-old daughter is at home from school with me (she has a fever). She saw my fingers dance across the keyboard as I typed in my computer password, and commented, “How did you…
- Strava map of chasing a toddler and pre-schooler around a playground for 15 minutesStrava’s GPS tracking feature is so much fun—especially when you forget that it’s on.
- Snow during social isolation can be niceWhenever snow falls in April, it always is a bit of a surprise. We tend to think of April as a spring month. The temperatures start warming up. And then boom. Snow. Snow? Really? When there isn’t a global pandemic…
- Stay at home challenge: Photograph all the door knobs in your residenceLately everyone has been sharing creative projects to do at home. Usually they are cute like putting a teddy bear in your front window. But how about a quirky project? Photograph all the doorknobs in your residence. Ever pay attention…
- Social distancing your Little People toysMy three-year-old daughter made a dance floor with our Picasso magnet tiles. Then she took all her Little People figures; and put them onto the dance floor. I love her creativity. “But wait!” I warned, “they are not practicing social…
- Memorizing Pancake Robot lyrics“Pancake Robot” by Parry Gripp is such a fun song to memorize the lyrics. Anytime you have pancakes, you can bust out some lyrics from this song. Like this little verse: The pancake robot is coming to townHe’s mixing up…
- Spotify family mix to combine everyone’s favorite songs in your houseThis is so cool of Spotify to do! A family mix. Last year, we signed up for the family plan on Spotify. When we were all on my plan, the love of Disney soundtracks by my three-year-old daughter was screwing…
- Do you keep a diary? Or a life log?Do you keep a daily diary? I have a couple questions for you: Length: Do you keep it really short? Or do you write longer form? Medium: Where do you write it? In a physical notebook? Or maybe online in…
- When your 3-year-old influences your Spotify Discover WeeklyAmusing to see “The Unicorn Song” in my Spotify “Discover Weekly”. This cute song starts with a little child saying “Unicorns da dumm. Unicorns da dumm”. It sounds like she is saying something about unicorns, but I can’t make it…
- 32,469 baby girl names list in mobile PDFWant an easy way of looking through thousands of baby names on your phone? I tried to find a PDF online with girl baby names, but I couldn’t find anything. So I made my own. And now you can use…
- What not to name your twins I am a twin. My name is Matt. My twin’s name is Erik. My parents are smart. They gave us names that sound different. It allows us to be individuals. Again, let me stress how smart my parents are. Then…
