There are some days where I feel I need to take a time out for myself. It's usually right after picking up my kids from school and my husband walks in the door. As soon as he has settled in from work I take a few minutes to myself to catch my breath. I need to do this, it's almost like meditating. After all, I still need to help with homework, take the kids to their after school programs, start on dinner and wrap up bath time. Running a household ...
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Eating On the Go With a Toddler
My son has gone from being a super picky eater to a very adventurous eater almost over night. Lately he likes to try new things and I'm loving it, but he also wants to be independent while eating. This means my toddler wants to feed himself, and while that's a great characteristic, it's also a very messy one. One that isn't always convenient when we are heading out the door from one thing to the next. When we are on the ...
The Fisher Price Learning Tablet by nabi is All Bang for Little Buck!
Product provided for review. All opinions are my own. My little guy is almost 2! Can you believe that? I still remember when I announced my pregnancy on Instagram when I was about 5-6 months pregnant. The rollercoaster ride this little man put me on when he was still in the womb was just a sneak peak of what life with a little boy would be like. He's active, so so active. He loves to climb, and has a wild streak in him. Just about everything ...
Spring is here! Trading Hot Cocoa for Ice Cream
We are trading up the hot cocoa for ice cream now that warmer days seem to be here for good- or until October. There's nothing like a simple vanilla ice cream- it can be dressed up with all your favorite toppings or eaten on it's own. My favorite way to enjoy vanilla ice cream is with chocolate and almond pieces, like the Häagen-Dazs Vanilla Milk Chocolate Almond Bars. Since we had amazing weather this weekend, I sent my husband to Stop ...
Candyless Easter Baskets
Disclosure- This post contains affiliate links. I feel like I've been making candyless Easter Baskets from before they were even trendy. Yes, I'm THAT mom- the one who doesn't want her kids to devour 5 pounds of Easter Candy within 5 minutes- because that's exactly what's going to happen if I fill up our kids Easter Baskets with candy. When my girls were still babies, I would fill their Easter Baskets with all their summer needs- like swim ...
Teaching the Importance of Reducing Waste and Making a Difference #TossTheTube
My girls both look forward to the toilet paper ending because they like to craft with the tubes. The only problem is we go through A LOT of toilet paper and we end up with way more toilet paper tubes than they can use. I see the tubes adding up in the garbage and I wonder about all the waste. While making a craft out of the tube is a great way to teach about recycling, I think we need to take the lesson a step further and teach kids about ...
Celebrating the Release of Rogue One
If you are a Star Wars fan then this post is for you. We have some spoilers below, so turn away if you haven't seen Rogue One yet (But really, who hasn't!?) Last weekend we had an epic Twitter battle between The Empire and The Rebel Alliance. I was on The Empire team and had fun joining the dark side. We watched the movie on our Roku Stick after loading the movie code onto our Disney Movies Anywhere (DMA) account. If you haven't used DMA and you ...
Early Learning with Unlikely Tools
When my oldest daughter started pre-k, I thought it was my job to teach her all about her letters. Her teachers insisted I leave the learning to them, but I soon learned that common core in a Montessori pre-k class meant they don't rigidly teach the alphabet or letter sounds. She caught up in kindergarten, but I was left a little disenchanted by what the school felt was developmentally appropriate and what wasn’t. Just for reference, in place of ...