creativity
How Adding Limits can Supercharge Creativity: the 3-Marker Challenge
I love watching kids create. They naturally come up with these little tricks to supercharge creativity, and they don’t even know they’re doing it. We just returned from a Washington Coast getaway with family, and as usual, the kids taught me a thing or two about creativity. Really, I think we can learn a lot […]
How to make baby shoe ornaments
When Gem grew out of her first baby shoes, I couldn’t bear to get rid of them. I wanted to keep them, but I didn’t want them just tucked away in a box for decades either. I didn’t know what to do with them until we started putting up our Christmas tree. Now, they are […]
Dinosaur Ballerina Birthday Party
I posted on Facebook that Gem wants to be a dinosaur ballerina when she grows up, and our my cousins responded with shock. The shock, it turns out, was appropriate. Unbeknownst to us, they were in the midst of planning a dinosaur ballerina birthday party for their soon-to-be 3-year-old. Their little girl is even more […]
Box of Colors
Today is 10/10/10 and I spent a good portion of it coloring. With crayons. In a coloring book. It surprised me how much I enjoy coloring. It is so calming to spend a few minutes moving a crayon across the paper. I especially love coloring books; I don’t even have to think of what to […]
Fear
I just joined an online challenge called 21*5*800 hosted by Bindu Wiles. 21 days. 5 days of yoga per week. 800 words per day. I am so excited about this challenge. The group is actually on day 4 of the challenge and I just got started. I’m just going to start where the group is, […]