Joy's Fun Stuff

These 10 ideas are not spectacular, just simple, funny activities that get everyone laughing and creating some great memories, including the

New Year's is rudely too close to Christmas. But these easy party ideas will help you rock the night. We're talking decoration and a

Looking for an awesome way to celebrate Veteran's Day with kids? This cheap, easy, and fun activity will have all your kids excited and

My oldest 2 boys may not have a single patch sewed on their scout uniforms, but I do Halloween Gingerbread Houses with my kids. As a mom, I cannot do it all and I'm happy to fail at the scout patch thing as to make more room in my life for sugar glued to sugar using sugar. Because, well, priorities. This is one of those fun traditions that the kids get REALLY excited for. But can you blame them? They get to create/gorge themselves with treats and make a spooky project that th

At Costco a few weeks back we found a cool little painted rock, and by "we" I of course mean a few of my kids. I saw said rock but didn't care enough about it to even register that it was a thing. My boys, however, excitedly picked it and found a magically handwritten note glued to the underside telling us we could keep it or rehide it. Being the fun mom I am, I suggested hiding it right back where we found it, but the boys so adamantly insisted that it was pocketed and admir

I kind of hate forts. The kids love them but it's just a matter of WHEN the fighting will start. Then there's the chairs and the blankets... Sigh. That is not one of my activities of choice, but I'm probably in the minority there. I just hate 1. fighting and 2. messes. Summer is quickly coming up and we will soon find ourselves with a new schedule and random chunks of time needing filling. While much of that time will be kids running and being free outside, sometimes we find

Our friends’ baby recently had surgery. Everything went well and the baby is doing fine, but our sweet, amazing, great-parent friends have a house full of other kids and are Tired. With the recovery, there has been little sleep going around, which is challenging on its own. But they have a 3 year old. I'm sure they are handling it all beautifully. I just simply cannot imagine having my Ms. 3 Year Old in that situation. I would lose my mind. Three is so darling and fun. It is

I'm not sure if you knew, but with the Olympics Opening Ceremonies happening on Friday I thought it was time for me to share that I've been in serious training for about a decade now. Before then, it was just kind of hit and miss, but almost 10 years ago I went into hard core, full time training and haven't looked back. Stating fact here, but I'm pretty sure if I went into competition I would take the Gold. Unfortunately the Olympics Federation still refuses to recognize Diap

Have you played Flashlight Tag? It's not complicated and it's a hit with just about any group of people you get together: family night, date night, crazy teenagers, family reunion. I first played this game as a teenager on a double date with a married couple and their son, a potentially awkward situation turned completely awesome with this free game. Since Flashlight Tag is mostly in the dark, it brings out the wild side of people so be prepared. Grandma might throw an elbow

Last Saturday we Park Hopped. It was such an easy, fun way to enjoy life together for a few hours. Best part? Almost zero prep. How to Park Hop: (it's real complicated here, so take notes) 1. Pick a few parks. We chose 3 which ended up being the perfect number for us. We hit 2 we've been to before and one that was a bit further away to explore. 2. Set your timer. We did 20 minutes at each park which ended up being about right. One of the parks was a bit, well, sparse so we ha