Posted in Parenting on Sep 8th, 2008 21 Comments »
If we weren’t headed to the beach or on our way to Disneyland, I probably would never travel far with kids. It can be stressful and overwhelming, but with a little planning, car rides can be fun. Here’s a few tips to ease your traveling woes.
Snacks - In the past we’ve hit the gas station [...]
Posted in Parenting on Sep 5th, 2008 19 Comments »
We’re back from the beach, but still cleaning out sand from our ears. That stuff creeps into everything and we’ll be finding sand in places 6 months from now. We had a great time away getting some much needed r&r. Here’s a few pictures from our trip to Aptos, California (just south of Santa Cruz) [...]
Posted in Holidays, Kids Crafts, Parenting, Storytime on Aug 26th, 2008 19 Comments »
For birthday’s, I love to pick party themes and play games and eat cake all centered around a theme. My little girl just turned 3 and for her birthday she chose to have a Care Bear Party. We celebrated with hearts, rainbows, and bears - Cheer Bear’s her favorite. And I have to say [...]
Posted in Holidays, Parenting on Aug 25th, 2008 10 Comments »
I can’t remember where I saw this great idea, (if it’s yours, let me know) but a special fairy came to the home and left goodies in the good little child’s backpack on the first day of school. Well, I caught up with that same fairy and she made it to our house this year [...]
Posted in Parenting on Aug 14th, 2008 15 Comments »
Keeping your children’s puzzles organized can be a frustrating task. When half the puzzle pieces are missing, no one wants to play with them. Who here has a drawer filled with the missing pieces just waiting to find their homes?
Here’s a couple things I do to keep my puzzles organized.
Buy 1 or 2 gallon plastic [...]
Posted in Parenting on Aug 12th, 2008 22 Comments »
This idea for a Backpack Date came from my friend Heather. Each child that goes into Kindergarten gets to go with Grandma to the store and pick out a backpack, then they go to lunch. I thought this was such a fun tradition, I decided to do it myself. Since my son is starting Kindergarten [...]
Posted in Parenting on Aug 5th, 2008 23 Comments »
It’s time for another local Kids Crafty Play Date. With the new school year on it’s way, I thought it would be fun to get out to the park one more time before summers over. We’ll be keeping it in Make and Takes fashion again, by making crafts with the kids and letting them play [...]
Posted in Parenting on Jul 3rd, 2008 15 Comments »
Job jars are just what I needed to help my kids have some sort of routine this summer. I got this great idea from a friend’s blog. Megan has 4 cute girlies and they’re getting chores done with these great Job Jars.
With 6 sticks for both my kids, I wrote a specific job on each. [...]
Posted in Parenting on Jun 27th, 2008 65 Comments »
***Update: Thanks for all the advice. I picked up a Skip Hop bag from Target. It fits the budget and my style, I like a basic black!
Hello again! I’m having fun with my new baby. She doesn’t do much but eat, sleep, and poop - a lot. She loves to stare off into space. My [...]
Posted in Parenting on Jun 20th, 2008 62 Comments »
This is just a quick post to let you all know that Marie had the baby! Our little baby girl was born Wednesday evening and both mom and baby are doing great. Marie was amazing before, during, and after the birth. I’d also like to give a big shout out to Steph, Marie’s sister, who [...]
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