Great web site with free ideas on things to do with your kids. http://www.flipflopsandapplesauce.com/

This is SUCH a great idea - especially with summer just around the corner. Thanks for starting it!

Check out the "eggs-traordinary" easter eggs idea-cute as can be. I would love to see pictures if anyone tries these. We don't typically decorate eggs anymore-but I may have to break out the dye for these. http://familyfun.go.com/

These are not for the young ones in the home but may come in handy for older children and parents to do together. You print out the pattern and fold. Sounds easy...check them out-they are really hard. There is tons to choose from: The Capitol Building, a PT Cruiser, and a van just to name a few. http://www.papertoys.com/

Some spring rainy day games. Packing My Bags You'll Need: Kids Imagination Room for fun Suitcase Players form a circle and decide where they'd like to visit (real or imaginary). The leader opens the suitcase and mimes an item she would like to pack. The other players guess the item based on how she uses it. Then she passes the suitcase to another player and so on. After the suitcase has traveled around the circle, the leader opens it and tries show every item inside. What's Herbie ? You'll Need: Kids Imagination Miscellaneous Objects Players sit or stand in a circle. The leader places an object in the middle of the circle. Such as a paper towel tube, spatula, or an odd kitchen gadget…The players must find as many different uses for the object (also known as Herbie). Each player has a turn showing their creative use for Herbie.

Kids Crafts-Predominantly toddlers to kindergarten age. Printable pages for coloring and crafting. Enjoy! http://www.dltk-kids.com/

Thought everyone could use something to fill the kids time on this dreary rainy day, here. I found this on amazingmoms.com An ounce of prevention... The Idea Box Begin your new "Boredom Cure" with a tissue or shoe box. Which of course, has been decorated by your little one. When you come across an idea that strikes your fancy, write it on a slip of paper and place it in the box. I woul dhave them find ideas as well to add to the box. When your child comes to you at a later date and says "I'm bored." Tell them to go and get their box.

It's that time of year...what are you giving your child's teacher as a thank you? Here are some easy gifts to make with your child. Hint: Most teachers don't need another coffee mug. I love both of the book marks and think they would be great with a bookstore gift card. But, the quick breads sound yummy, too. http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/feature/teacher-gifts-photo-gallery/teacher-gifts-photo-gallery.html

Great ideas for cooking healthy recipes with your kids. they have them broken down by age. It is amazing how much more they are willing to try if they have had a hand in the making. Check it out. http://www.myrecipes.com/recipes/gallery/0,28548,1814441_1723773,00.html

I know, I know kids are so done with school right now that most don't want this type of activity. But, this one might be just crafty enough that they won't notice they're learning or reviewing something from school. Check out flipflopsandapplesauce.com for Sunday, June 14th. How fun would it be to figure this out for the whole alphabet and decorate a room with the posters you make together?

Penny, I grabbed the photo from http://www.flipflopsandapplesauce.com/2009/06/is-it-b-or-d.html for the adorable http://www.flipflopsandapplesauce.com/2009/06/is-it-b-or-d.html you talk about below. I LOVE that! SUCH a cute idea!

Andy broke his leg two years ago teaching our five year old to ski (she got going too fast on an icy slope and he swooped in to stop her from crashing.  She didn't hit the tree, thankfully, but his leg was in bad shape) , so I have mixed feelings about parents teaching really young kids to ski.  Here's the NYTimes article ... By SARAH TUFF RICHMOND, Vt. — It was five degrees on a Saturday morning at Cochran’s Ski Area here last month, yet I was uncomfortably warm. Pools of sweat formed beneath my fleece zip-T, and my sunglasses fogged up against the clear blue, frigid sky. My quads burned. My forearms felt limp. No, I was not http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/hiking/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier for fresh powder or tackling moguls, as I might ordinarily be on a weekend winter day. For the first time since I began skiing nearly 30 years ago, I was in ski school, learning all about pizza-shaped snowplows again. With my 3-year-old daughter, Dillon, propped up against my knees at the top of the Mitey-Mite lift — a tow rope with handles — while trying to form a wedge with her skis, I was both the student and the teacher. “Try to get Dillon to push her legs out,” said Sue Carpenter, one of the instructors for Cochran’s Ski Tots program, now in its 25th year. Unlike most ski areas, where parents pay dearly (often $165 for a single day of lessons for a 3-year-old) to drop off their offspring with a professional instructor, Cochran’s offers an approach that helps parents learn how to teach their own children to ski. In Ski Tots, parents and their preschoolers, ages 3 to 5, participate in four two-hour sessions held on consecutive Saturdays in January or February (or weekdays during school-vacation weeks in December and February). Barbara Ann Cochran, the program’s director, and two other instructors begin by showing groups of 30 children and their parents the basics, like the right way to fall and how to ride the Mitey-Mite lift. The goal is that by the end of the program the children are able to ski on their own, safely and confidently. The cost, including lift tickets for all four sessions, is $145. “Parents have to be involved,” Ms. Cochran said during a break in our initial session. “Think back to when you watched your toddler take those first steps. It can be frustrating, but if you have some patience, the rewards are tremendous.” http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/travel/escapes/22skitot.html?em

Got snow? This article shows some great ways to get out and enjoy it! Don't just sit in the house and be bored, go have fun! Check it out: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/lifestyles/fitness/s_718593.html And here's a photo of my little sister this weekend enjoying her new snowboard! Hours of entertainment! :)