If you are looking for a really great time and fun read, both Stella and I highly recommend Chris Grabenstein's Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library. While working on Stella's Detective Badge for Girl Scouts, we revisited this book. It is an award winning children's mystery that perfectly supported her Girl Scouts Badge work because … Continue reading Book Review: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
The Best Slime EVER! – According to Stella, age 9
I don't know about you but the SLIME CRAZE has taken over our home. Whenever Stella has a spare moment it is used for either looking up videos of other kids making slime or trying it out herself. Unfortunately - the slime trial and error has ended in tears time and time again. BUT today we met with success! And here are the instructions according to Stella.
Steps to creating the Best Slime EVER!
I don't know about you but the SLIME CRAZE has taken over our home. Whenever Stella has a spare moment it is used for either looking up videos of other kids making slime or trying it out herself. Unfortunately - the slime trial and error has ended in tears time and time again. BUT today we met with success! And here are the instructions according to Stella.
The Who I am and Why I’m Here post
My inspiration continues to be my daughter, Stella. My biggest desire for her is to pursue her dreams without fear and be ready to make a positive impact in our world. My role is to encourage and help her develop those strengths and interests.
“She Writes Comics” – Women in Comics
Currently, Stella's biggest ambition is to be an artist/illustrator and so I want her to have some strong role models who use art to make an impact. Unfortunately, my initial search for women in art did not give me what I was looking for. Then this morning I decided to look for "Documentaries about Art" on Netflix to see if there is anything that Stella can watch (and be interested in). I found She Writes Comics, a documentary that tells the unknown story of women in comics.
PhilanthroParties Book Review
I recently found a copy of the book PhilanthroParties: A Party-Planning Guide for Kids who Want to Give Back at our local library. I was excited to see this book as I was talking with another mom about our daughters getting to an age where they no longer desire gifts at Birthday parties but want to do something a little different. This book is all about parties with a purpose.
She wants to be a YouTube Star
But becoming a YouTube Star is not easy. The time and effort it takes is hard. We made a couple of videos - my husband filmed and directed as Stella and I tried to let our personalities "shine". I do think every video had someone crying during some part of making it.
