Can You Ever Have Too Many Butterflies?

According to my five year old, there can never be too many butterflies.  In fact, she saw a commercial for one of those butterfly kits where you grow your own butterfly and begged me for one so she could add to our local butterfly community. 

Her little face looked so sad when I had to explain to her that those butterflies would die when we released them because it was so late in the summer now (But maybe we could try it next year, I told her.)  Then I found out that she wasn’t sad because she couldn’t grow her own butterflies this year… she was sad because other people would buy the kits this year and their butterflies would die.  “Those people shouldn’t sell butterfly growing kits when the butterflies will die.  Poor butterflies!” 

We opted to make some clothespin butterflies instead!

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Looking For Letter X Projects?

Coming up with good crafts and activities centered around the letter X has always been a tough one for me… there just aren’t that many things that start with X.  Fortunately, many of you are much more creative than I am!  Last week Claire was kind enough to send me a couple of her X-cellent ideas!

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Should Kids Do Household Chores?

I recently received a very negative comment from another parent about my kids doing chores.  It’s not the first time… I’ve been very surprised by the response that I’ve gotten from friends and family regarding the chores and little “jobs” that my children are required to do around the house… In fact, most of the adults I know think that I expect way too much out of my kids.  On the other hand, I also get frequent complements about my kids’ behavior… something that I directly attribute to the level of responsibility that they have at home.  After all, it’s their house too!

So, without going into too much detail about our chore schedule, I wanted to know what you think… should kids do household chores? Read the story »