I know you don’t want to think about it but the holidays ARE coming and they’ll be here before you know it. It’s time to think about gifts especially if you want to save money or make your own gifts.

It’s no secret that we love forts here at All for the Boys so this handmade gift idea is VERY fitting.

It’s a fort kit from Saltwater Kids

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Learning about Meteors and Meteor Craters - a simple, fun lesson to do at home!

Make a mess meteor crater! When we went on our last camping trip we thought about stopping at the meteor crater. It was a little bit farther than we were wanting to go on our quick weekend so we’ll have to go another time.

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p>We are an animal family. We LOVE animals of all kinds. From snakes to platypuses (what’s the plural for platypus anyway? platypi? platypus?) Our 2 dogs are a part of our family. The 2 snakes, well. I guess they are too. Oh and I almost forgot we added 2 MORE animals to our crazy household. Phineas and Ferb (the fish – I still don’t remember which one is which).

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Boy am I glad it’s Friday! It’s my birthday weekend and the boys and I have something fun planned for my birthday (on Sunday) if we’re successful I’ll be sure to post what we did! 

After this week I’d be happy to spend a few hours in any of these forts with the boys!

from the Beetle Shack

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How’s that title for random?
Since I shared a pumpkin Fall craft yesterday it’s not a stretch to tell you about an advent calendar right?!

This is a “must have” for my boys this holiday season. These are SO fun.

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Fall pumpkin paper craft

Do you have seasons where you live? We don’t. We have summer and not summer. Seriously. We CAN drive to see Fall though which I plan on doing this year! It’s fun to talk with the boys about how every state is different and every country is different and what is so unique about each one.

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