Snowflakes
February 10, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, family fun
Tweet As I travel across the country for the third time in the last week, I can only imagine what my babies are doing to keep busy under the watchful eye of Aunt Sara. It was cold and raining when I left this morning, so I envision many little ones – eight to exact, including [...]
Winter Sun Catchers
January 28, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, guest post, winter blues
Tweet In my quest for a craft-filled week, I have asked some of my friends to help me out with some fun ideas. Today my friend Amanda has agreed to share a wintery weather craft with us. Amanda is a happy stay-at-home mom to two. She blogs at ohAmanda and Impress Your Kids. She’s a [...]
Snowy Winter Wonderland
January 26, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, guest post, winter blues
Tweet We have a very special guest here at From Dates to Diapers today, to help us out with our challenge to be more purposeful about doing crafts and fun activities with our kids. Marie is a mother of 3 living in Utah. She’s the founder of Make and Takes, a top rated parenting blog [...]
Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
January 25, 2010 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Wintery Weather Fun, activities, crafts, family fun, winter blues
Tweet I know, I know… Christmas is over. But, the cold and wet weather is sticking around for awhile. Which means our energetic family – much like yours, I’m sure, unless you live in Florida – must turn to indoor activities to keep us busy and active. This last week was the most wet week [...]
Bath Crayons
November 22, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under family fun, guest post
Tweet Guest Post by Katie Hostetter from Frugal Femina I visited my cousin this summer on my way to a wedding. We’re building a house and only have a shower right now, so you can imagine my sheer delight when I saw that she had a bathtub. Not just any bathtub, mind you, but a [...]
Creativity at it’s best
October 21, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under Not-So-Wordless Wednesday, family fun
Tweet My kiddos are always eager to create masterpieces. I am so glad that they don’t need me to guide them in the process, because I am so NOT creative. I love that I can give them paints and paper and let them go wild! All of my older kiddos get in on the action, [...]
Kindergarten Learning at Home
September 10, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under activities, homeschooling, teaching on a budget
Tweet The great thing about having a preschooler or kindergartner at home is all of the fun activities you get to do in the name of learning! I would encourage any mom of a 3, 4 or 5-year-old not to stress too much, but to use this precious time to play and learn together, without [...]
10 Easy and Fun Ways to Spend Quality Time With Your Children
August 31, 2009 by Christine - From Dates to Diapers
Filed under family fun, guest post
Tweet For us life can be hectic, as I’m sure it is in your home as well. It seems like there’s always something to do; whether it be appointments, 50 phone calls, the dishes, the laundry, the kids’ activities. We’ve all been there and to be honest it seems like this is a regular day [...]
