learn & create

If you’ve been watching my instagram feed, you’ve probably realized I may need an app intervention. I’ve become completely obsessed with my newest photo editing app: A Beautiful Mess.
I was scrolling through my Instagram on Tuesday night when a good friend posted this adorable photo of her sleeping son. Insta-photo-app-envy!

So I quickly pinged her to [...]

The second stop on our family’s city art tour has been on our list for a while. Finally, a few weeks ago, we made it to the Free Family Sunday program at the Baltimore Museum of Art. My oldest, Olive, has been to the BMA before on a class trip and both girls are familiar [...]

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week in the girls’ schools.  We have been so blessed with amazing teachers that love my girls as much as we do and have taught them SO much!  I don’t think you can ever do too much to show how much you appreciate the people who are such a big [...]

Hide the remote and step away from the iPad—it’s National Screen Free Week. This national event kicked off on April 29 and stretches on until May 5th, challenging families to turn off their electronics for seven whole days and turn on some creativity. The thought is that without the distraction of television, video games, mindless [...]

When you think about it, kids really play in miniature-mode most of the time. Think: tiny cars, dolls, legos, tiny doll houses and the list continues. Making a pretend city or street for your child can be literally as easy as drawing on poster paper. Immediately, you create a world that they can bring to [...]

SoilSound is so excited to become a part of the fabulous (cool) progeny family! And so, we want to invite the (cool) progeny fans and followers — yogis or not — to unroll their virtual yoga mats in our digital yoga studio, to the debut of Experiencing Yoga. This new (cool) progeny series will discuss [...]

I don’t think there is anything more iconic than the bedtime story routine. A pajama-clad tyke snuggles into bed while a more drowsy parent reads {insert child’s favorite book title here} for the upteenth time in a month. Book closes and a little voice asks “one more?” I’m usually a total sucker for this one. [...]

Celebrate spring and the environment with an egg carton garden. It’s easy, educational and it’s good for Mother Earth. Love your mama!
{And it’s a great keep ‘em busy spring break activity!}
egg carton garden materials

egg carton – the biodegradable kind
dirt
seeds

egg carton garden instructions

Step 1
This part is optional. Take a pair of scissors and cut off the [...]