Fun Activities

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Dice Game for Grandchildren

I love games. When I was growing up, I would beg and cajole my siblings to play Clue, Sorry, or Monopoly with me. Sometimes we would play card games such as Crazy Eights or War. While our children were growing up, we’d play games as a family. We spent many […]

Potato in the Air Game is a fun game to play for St. Patrick's Day -- or ANY day when you need a game to play with kids.

Potato in the Air Game

Potatoes. At this time of year as we think about St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland, the simple potato gets quite a bit of attention. That is good! I grew up on a farm in Idaho where my father planted potatoes. I LOVE potatoes – mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, potato salad, […]

No Sew Snowballs

Frigid, icy, snowy, bone-chilling weather. That’s what’s happening at my house. How about yours? In the wintertime when our kids were little, we’d dress in our winter clothes to go outside and play. It seemed like it took forever to pull on their ski bibs, zip their coats, struggle with […]