There are those phrases. Sayings that are said in your family. Perhaps the phrase is said so many times that it becomes tedious. More likely the phrase is said so many times because it is a much-loved phrase from a…
Category: preschools
Neighborhood Toy Store Day Is Saturday, November 10, 2012 #toystoreday #localtoystore #shoplocal
Big box stores were not a part of my childhood. If you wanted a calendar, a set of coffee mugs, a birthday gift, and a pair of winter boots, you had to shop at the local mall. There were no…
Through the Years: My Kids Love Pumpkins
My Kid Can’t Get Enough of Sports Illustrated for Kids
Boys are different. Obvious, right? After having first one and then two girls, I waited a a year or two before getting pregnant again. By the time I was finally pregnant my girls were 4 and 7. Our house was…
Thursday at #BlogHer12 (Part 1)…Dreaming of #BeachesResort
A vacation should be relaxing. Stress free. A welcome distraction from life back home. That’s the theory anyway. I’ve heard rumors of relaxing vacations. Ones where you sip a drink while relaxing by the pool. You sleep in or get…
Preschoolers Head Back to School with Super Why
Saw this in my in box and I had to share… Reading, writing, arithmetic…and tech? According to a new study from market research firm NPD Group, kids are increasingly adopting tech. In fact, tablet usage among kids increased 13% from…
Vroom! Vroom! with @ToyState
My son is all boy. I don’t know why this surprises me so much. Except that he has two older sisters. With his sisters I was extremely careful not to say that a toy was a boy toy or girl…
A Squishy, Good Squishy Review
Squishy. Squeezy. Gooey. Malleable. These were the words going through my mind as I watched my kid rip in to the Gak. She pulled it out. Moved her fingers over it. Pushed it. Pulled it. Squished it. As my kid…
It’s Never Too Early to Talk About Saving
You know a broken record. The way it plays over and over again. And you kind of want to throw it against a wall. Wait. You do know what a record is, don’t you? Please, don’t make me link to…
Children Need Choices, Especially with Clothes
For as long as I can remember one of my children has had opinions. I can remember as an infant that this child would not take a pacifier. She would take a bottle, but only when the bottle was offered…
