Fun Learning with the Library!

This week I wrote about some fun ways to teach your children about using the library for learning.



Check it out at HowDoesShe here!

Project 365 - Week 4

This year I've decided to take on Project 365.

Here's what I've challenged myself to:



...and here's week 4:

February Sharing Time

Here's February's Sharing Time Linky- a week late this month, so I hope you'll post something from last week, too!

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These last 2 weeks I've shared week 2 and week 3 of my 365 project.


Last week I posted about my love letter books idea.


...and How to Make a Playlist on Youtube.

...and this week I posted about a very fun Barbie Surprise at Talia's birthday party, and a fun Cheezie game that we played at our family reunion. :)

Don't miss those fun posts!

The Cheezie Game! (A.K.A. The Cheese Head Game)

Ever heard of the Cheezie game? (or we could call it the Cheese Head Game... I like that ;)




I hadn't, but my sister in law found it online while we researched a fun game to play with the kids at a family reunion. It was a hit with the young kids, so I thought I'd share it with you here!

You'll Need:
- A couple of bags of Cheezies
- A can of shaving cream
- A shower cap
- Some garbage bags
(none of these need to be expensive or high quality since
they won't be used for eating/shaving/holding garbage)

Here's What You Do:

1. Get a brave volunteer to wear a garbage bag for protection
(put one under them on the floor, too, for eazy clean up),
and a shower cap on their head.

2. Cover their shower cap with shaving cream...


3. Designate a line for the kids to stand behind and let them fill their fists with Cheezies. Then shout, "Ready? Set! GO!" and let them throw their Cheezies at the soon-to-be-cheese-heads!


4. Inevitably, your cheese head will try to catch a snack in his/her mouth, your kids will ignore the line they're supposed to stand behind (and you'll let them, because they're more successful when they get to dump the Cheezies right on the cheese head anyway ;) More fun that way!


Such a simple game to get going, and a big hit!
I hope you'll give it a try & have lots of fun with it!

(and you could totally just do this at home with your kids- no need for a reunion or kids' activity day! ;)

A Fabulous Barbie Surprise! (Sponsored by Mega Bloks)

Last time we hosted MommyParties® sponsored by Mega Bloks®, the girls knew about it in advance. This time, I kept it to myself as a surprise for Talia because her birthday party was going to be the place for the party, and I wanted the toys to be a total surprise to her and to her guests. (So, I was the one bursting with excitement when the box of toys arrived at our door!)

It was so hard to keep the secret! I actually shared the secret with Katrina (my 4 year old) and almost regretted that decision when she told me she had shown Talia the box of gifts I had wrapped:



Luckily, when I questioned Talia about what Katrina had shown her, all she knew was that there were a couple of surprise gifts for her party (she had only seen two, and had no idea what was inside).

Talia was totally excited when she opened the first surprise gift:
(the Mega Bloks® Barbie® Build 'n Style Pool Party)



The kids all gathered around to see what would be inside of the other gift (the Mega Bloks® Barbie® Build 'n Style Luxury Mansion which she had her eye on already, and couldn't believe she was holding in her hands!)



Then I told them that I thought it would be more fun if EVERYONE got to open a gift, and then I pulled out each of the gifts for the guests. I loved seeing their reactions! They were pretty thrilled about their surprises!


(They each got either the Mega Bloks Barbie® Build ‘n Style Fashion Boutique or the Build 'n Style Ice Cream Cart)

As soon as Talia had finished opening her other gifts, we had time for the girls to open their Barbie® Megabloks® sets and start assembling them.

I don’t know about the other kids,
but I know mine have been having a lot of fun with their toys since the party!
It took some work to get the bigger things assembled, but I'll admit I enjoyed helping! And they were absorbed in playing with them for a loooong time after the assembly was complete! These will be great for them- as long as they can keep all of the pieces together (miracle?). I'm glad we don't have any tiny kids or babies at our home to watch while they're playing!



Here's a quick video that shows you a bit about the other Mega Bloks® Barbie® toys:

(Find Mega Bloks® on facebook)

I’ll share more about Talia’s birthday party in a later post, but I wanted to share this fun part first!
I loved being able to do this!

Thanks to MomSelect, MommyParties, Mega Bloks, & BSM Media for making this fun event possible!

By publishing this post, I received free products as part of a promotional program with MomSelect. All opinions are my own.

Project 365 - Week 3

This year I've decided to take on Project 365.

Here's what I've challenged myself to:



Here's week 3:



(I missed my first and only day so far in week 3)