spring
When it comes to the most magical time of the year, we know how to romp
Spring really is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” Flowers are sprouting, the breeze is warm and trees are ripe for the climbing. We’ve rounded up our most stellar ideas to help you and your kids to take full advantage of the season — we’ve got you covered, from picnic basket pointers to mud puddle musts.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, FROLICKS AND SHENANIGANS
Want to get outside and give back to your community? Here are five cool ways you and your kids can volunteer this spring. Restoring murals, community garden drop ins, and park clean ups — these ideas are way cooler than a bake sale.
Robins and Cardinals are now hopping all over the place. We put our feathered thinking caps on and came up with some ways you can help a bird build its nest from natural materials. Read more...
Get Outside
A kite recipe that would make Benjamin Franklin proud
If you really want your kite to rule, it helps to take instruction from the master in physics himself. Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the United States and the inventor of the lightning rod and bifocals, also meant business when it came to kite-making.
A handmade kite was an integral part of his 1752 experiment that proved lightning was a form of electricity. Franklin and his son made a kite from strips of cedar, twine and a large thin silk handkerchief. Silk was “fitter to bear the wet and wind of a thunder gust without tearing.” On a dark and stormy night, the father and son thrust their kite into a thunder storm from a window in their barn. They tied an iron key to the end of the kite string, and tied a thin metal wire from the key and inserted the wire into a Leyden jar. As the kite flew, negative charges passed down the string and into the jar. Read more...
postcards from bunchland
A brother, a sister and a kite
Today’s Postcard from Bunchland comes from Shannon Patrick in Omaha.
Sunday Morning
Your Sunday Morning Plan
EAT:
Sunday’s forecast is warm and sunny in many cities across the country so we figured breakfast should match. And if you’re in a city less than blessed weather-wise this weekend, you might need these bright and sunny pancakes more than we do. These Ricotta pancakes from Apartment Therapy look like they’ll do nicely. Especially with the suggested lemon curd.
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- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
- pinch salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3 eggs, separating the whites from the yolks
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
