The Chirping Moms

Our Favorite Apps By Age

Our Favorite Apps By Age

Today I’m sharing my favorite iPad apps by age. When your kids have trashed the entire house, have played with all the toys and have eaten all the snacks…. In the summer: “go outside!” In the winter: “want to see the iPad?” Anyone else? I’m going to be totally honest: my kids don’t love the iPad and honestly, sometimes when… Read More

Snowman Book and Craft: Easy Egg Carton Snowman

Snowman Book and Craft: Easy Egg Carton Snowman

We’ve done posts like this before: a book and a craft! You can do the craft without reading the book of course, but sometimes it makes it more fun for the kids to have a book to go along with what they’re making. During the long winter months, we also look for activities to take up a little more time… Read More

American Girl’s 2018 Girl of the Year + Giveaway

American Girl’s 2018 Girl of the Year + Giveaway

On Jan. 1, American Girl introduced this year’s Girl of the Year: Luciana Vega. My girls and I are really excited about this year’s doll, as all of us love NASA and learning about outer space. American Girl’s purpose behind this new character is really important. Luciana shows what it can mean to be a girl of strong character today, where… Read More

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Lezione 1

Simple Italian Lessons for Kids: Lezione 1

Ciao ragazzi! Fun fact: I studied Italian in college and finished my minor in Italian while studying abroad. Besides to help me get around while traveling in Italy, I haven’t used that college minor for too many other things. Before I had kids, I had grand plans of raising bi-lingual children who spoke Italian fluently when they were young. Those… Read More

What to Do With All That Halloween Candy?

What to Do With All That Halloween Candy?

Halloween has come & gone and all is left are giant buckets of candy!  There’s no way that even this mom can eat all the candy that we have.  The kids had school off on Monday & Tuesday, so I decided to take some of that extra time to make some creative use of their Halloween candy.  Below I am… Read More

Apple Pie Playdough

Apple Pie Playdough

The big brothers are back in school and we have been settling back into a new routine of the school year.  I have had to readjust our schedule to enjoying life with two kids from 8-3 before the big after school rush of homework, sports, and dinnertime.  Abby attends half-day preschool, but I am enjoying spending time with her at… Read More

Easy DIY Madeline Costume

Easy DIY Madeline Costume

Madeline has always been one of my favorite books. I was so excited to read it to my girls for the first time when they were tiny. Since then, we’ve read them non stop over the years and last year made a special visit to Bemelman’s Bar in New York City for the Madeline Tea. This Halloween, Alex chose to… Read More

Printable Chore Chart for Kids

Printable Chore Chart for Kids

I know that chores are important.  But, for some reason I have a hard time being consistent about making my kids do chores.   Yes, I do ask my kids to do things around the house everyday but we do not have a daily list of responsibilities & expectations for each child.  Often, I find myself doing these simple routine tasks… Read More

10 Fun & Easy Sandwich Ideas for Kids

10 Fun & Easy Sandwich Ideas for Kids

School is less than one week away.  We have been busy in our house getting backpacks cleaned out & ready, organizing school clothes, & making sure we have all the last minute errands done before the kids head back to school.  One of the things that I have done this week is prepare our pantry and get ready for daily… Read More