Greening Sam and Avery

fall fun - playing in leaves

This is a great way to entertain five cousins while at Grandma and Grandpa's house! You can just barely see Sam's shoes sticking out of the leaves in the picture above! Great outdoor play, fun with family and good exercise! Than...

Day 19: walk and rub

Well we went to a near by conservancy to see what colors we could find. There weren't as many flowers blooming as a I had hoped but we did find some. I had the camera along but apparently need to read the owners manual or something bec...

J: Kid Approved Plants

This is the top 20 list of plants that are great to grow with kids! Pumpkins - lots of different sizes, shapes and colors. Great for carving and painting. Sunflowers - nothing like the giant sunflower! Great for building a growing s...

Day 220: winter fun recap

We did some more digging out today. Only about two inches fell this morning but it was enough that shoveling was required. I hate those small amounts the most probably because they aren't enough to pull out the snow blower but enough tha...

Day 182: souvenir making

The plants and flowers around here have just been fascinating us so today I thought of the idea to try and capture some of that to bring home. No we can't collect leaves and petals to bring home but we can find some and do rubbings to br...

GREEN MAMA BLOG HOP WEEK 7! Welcome to the 7th week of the Green Mama Blog Hop! Please only join this hop if you deem your blog as 'green'. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or if you're a pro.. this Green Mama Blog Hop is ...

Welcome to the 6th week of the Green Mama Blog Hop! Please only join this hop if you deem your blog as 'green'. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or if you're a pro.. this Green Mama Blog Hop is fo...

Welcome to the 9th week of the Green Mama Blog Hop! Please only join this hop if you deem your blog as 'green'. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or if you're a pro.. this Green Mama Blog Hop is for y...

Day 335: green mama blog hop

Hello to all my GREEN MAMAs! Welcome to any new readers that might be stopping by. This week I thought I would share something extra with the hop just because I am SO in love with my homemade laudry soap right now. I have been using thi...

B: The Tools

I don't want to encourage the purchasing of a ton of gear to be able to do the activities, projects and anything else that I may do on the blog. Hopefully most of the tools that I use you will already have in your home. But there...