April Fool’s Day

Dear Readers - we know it’s not April Fool’s Day today, but we wanted to help you get ready for it so you can play some good pranks on your friends and family! As you can guess, this is one of Dot and Mae’s favorite holidays. One thing they are going to do is make [...]

Little Worlds

Today, Dear Readers, Dot and Mae are eager to work in the garden! They love to plant seeds and watch flowers grow - it’s such a magical thing to put the little seed in the dirt and water it, then slowly watch the little sprout grow and finally bloom! Dot and Mae love all kinds [...]

Nature Journal

Hello Dear Readers, Dot and Mae are so excited about spring! They are seeing little buds on the branches of trees and bushes, they have even seen their first robins! We all know that when you see your first robin, you know spring is on its way! HURRAY! A fun and interesting thing to [...]

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all of our friends from Dot and Mae! We hope you had a lovely Easter, Dot and Mae had a great time (they LOVE Easter) and they wanted to share some photos with you! Here is Dot and Mae looking at all the goodies in Big Girl Gabriella’s Easter Basket! [...]

Perceptions

Dear Readers, today Dot and Mae want to introduce you to a good friend of theirs named Zigle (it rhymes with giggle!). Zigle is a quiet fellow who comes from a place far away, but whenever he’s in the neighborhood he stops by the China Cupboard and visits Dot and Mae. Although [...]

Feast Day

Hello Dear Readers! Today Dot and Mae are celebrating the Feast Day of St. Joseph. You probably know who St. Joseph is, but if you don’t, he was the foster father of Jesus. Dot and Mae also knew someone very special named Joseph and they like to remember him on this day too. St. Joseph’s [...]

Bubbles

Dot and Mae are excited because everyday brings spring a little closer! Oh sure, they know it’s still cold sometimes and winter isn’t completely over, but somedays the sun comes out and they can go outside and play for a little bit - and that’s WONDERFUL! What kinds of things do you like to [...]

Cookies

Cookie History

Believe it or not, the first cookies were created by accident. In fact a lot of the famous history of cookies is filled with accidents. The very first cookies were just an oven temperature test. Early bakers used very small amounts of cake batter to test their oven temperatures before baking the final [...]

Trolls and Crystals

Hello, Dear Readers! Today, Dot and Mae want to tell you about a good friend of theirs named Elsa. She is a Troll Girl who lives clear across the house, near the computer. She is a very friendly troll and Dot and Mae go to visit her whenever they have time. Elsa likes to be [...]

Rockin’ OUT!

Okay, ok, we know it’s a bad pun - but you know how silly Dot and Mae are! They can’t help saying silly things! Yesterday, they had so much fun telling you about fossils, they thought you might like to know some more about rocks and see some fun craft ideas. So forgive them [...]