Fun with friction! Felt and fleece work really well when it comes to adhering to other materials using friction alone. This is a great,...

Miss Baby J is now 6 weeks old. Time is flying by, when it's not 2 am. We're starting to get into a routine now that our specia...

We've had a rough week. Last Thursday, J decided to grab the inside of a restroom door as it was being shut, breaking the tip of his ...

It's big, it's blue, and it's bulky. It doesn't match anything in our kitchen, but I've grown to love our cheap microwav...

I love impromptu science lessons. Today's experience came from J's observations on Grandpa's shadow cast by the streetlights as ...

Super sleepy, sick J revelation: "See this?" [points to folds on palms of hands] "It's so we can pick up things like ou...

"When someone gives us something to recycle, we use it again, like I built a rocket ship out of a bottle."

I love simple, unexpected science lessons. It was a beautiful day which made for perfect static electricity hair when playing at the park...

Patterns are everywhere in our life. They are particularly useful in science and are often used to make predictions about what will happen (...

J's been super excited to help out around the house, so I've been letting him sort the silverware (minus the knives) while I empty ...

This was the first question from my 3 year old this morning. My immediate answer (while I was getting ready for work) was, “Our brains help ...

Sorry for being MIA. We went on an impromptu trip to my favorite desert, the Mojave - yes, I'm biased. The trip was mainly for family, b...

We've spent a lot of time in the car the past two months for last minute road trips (7-12 hrs each way). J is an awesome plane traveler,...

J's at an age where all of the holiday traditions start becoming fun! I really wanted him to get into pumpkin carving, but I wasn't...

My sweet boy and mother came home from a farmer's market with these sunflowers. We were sitting at dinner last night and discussing...

The things I miss about home (Vegas) is the year-round vivid sunsets.  I know this happens elsewhere, but it hardly ever happens here in the...

Now that I've been here for 7 years and still have yet to do many things in our backyard, I've started a bucket list for things I sh...

We had an unintended science lesson yesterday waiting for a friend to answer her door. A lady bug was happily sitting on a leaf of this b...