The Chirping Moms

Fun Summer Footprint Craft: Watermelon Footprint

Fun Summer Footprint Craft: Watermelon Footprint

I love making handprint and footprint crafts with the kids. We’ve made many over the years and it’s fun to see how they grow. Today I’m sharing a fun summer footprint craft! Here’s how to make a watermelon footprint: Watermelon Footprint Supplies: white paper or canvas pink and green paint 2 small sponge paint brushes (the super cheap black ones… Read More

Tomato and Olive Farro Salad

Tomato and Olive Farro Salad

By: Kristen Mider, Cooking for Friends  When Courtney and I were brainstorming ideas for summer recipes, I also happen to receive a ton of requests from friends for salad recipes. Salads that were more than just greens and tomatoes but not necessarily pasta or potato salads. Salads that are healthy! But also, salads with some bite to them! Salads that… Read More

Summer Favorites

Summer Favorites

We’re just about packed for our summer vacation and I’ve gotten a lot of messages lately about what are our favorite kids brands for summer. I put together a list of a few summer favorites for kids. A few people asked about toys & gifts for summer so I added in some fun new toy ideas and of course summer… Read More

Family Travel Planning: When to Book & Where to Go

Family Travel Planning: When to Book & Where to Go

The holidays are over, and now is the time to consider your 2018 family travel plans… where to next? As someone who loves traveling with their family, a new year means new adventures and places to see. I like to start fresh in January and look at the year and places we’d like to go, what’s feasible and best times… Read More

10 Favorite Toys to Beat the Summer Heat

10 Favorite Toys to Beat the Summer Heat

It’s that time of the year where the temperature approaches 100 degrees before 10 am & everyone is looking for an alternative to all of the fun outdoor summer activities.  We spend most of our summer outdoors: swimming at the pool, riding our bikes around the street, & playing baseball in the backyard.  But, sometime you just need a break… Read More

Summer Sensory Soup

Summer Sensory Soup

We are excited to share a wonderful guest post today from fellow blogger, Clare.  She is sharing a fun summer activity idea for kids of all ages called Summer Sensory Soup.  Read below for more details!    One of my favourite summer activities for toddlers is creating a Summer Sensory Soup. This activity is so quick and easy to put… Read More

Starting A Summer Book Club for Kids and FREE Printable Book Report

Starting A Summer Book Club for Kids and FREE Printable Book Report

Summer is here and while I know summer reading is important, it’s also hard to remember to keep up with. Today we’re sharing fun and easy tips for starting a summer book club for kids. Plus we have a FREE printable book report for keeping up with books read. This spring I had conferences with the girls’ teachers (Kindergarten and… Read More

Summer Activity for Kids: Beach in A Box

Summer Activity for Kids: Beach in A Box

If you can’t make it to the beach, bring the beach to you:)  If there is one thing that my kids have on their summer bucket list every summer, it’s “go to the beach”.  The kids love digging in the sand, jumping in the water, & soaking in the relaxed life at the beach.  Unfortunately, we don’t live close enough… Read More

50 Free Summer Activities for Kids

50 Free Summer Activities for Kids

Our kids get out of school in less than a week! I’m looking forward to no schedules and plenty of time for the kids to run wild in the back yard. While we don’t do “activities” everyday and they spend a lot more time just playing on their own, it’s fun to have some activities to either do with them… Read More