Did you know summer brain drain is a real thing? That lots of kids lose one to two months of reading and math skills over the summer? Not in my house they won’t! We are trying to foster a year round learning culture in our family and a love for learning in general. We love [...]
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I wish all the printable genius was happening when my husband and I got married. We could have saved so much money on invitations and thank you cards and gotten way cuter stuff too. If I were as wise then as I am now, I would have shopped here: Just LOOK at these printable wedding [...]
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Ready for another smart toy? This one is one of my favorites. It’s called the SmartMax Basic Stunt set and it’s so much fun! The SmartMax brand is all about magnetic discovery. The parts and pieces are colorful and hard wearing, come in bright colors, and the pieces are large enough to be safe for [...]
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The Skuut winner is Alyson! She said, “My 2 1/2 year old watches her older sister ride her bike all the time. She has a little playskool car that she scoots around on but she is getting too big for that. I would love for her to have something like this!” Send an email to [...]
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It’s been almost two months since we started using the GoodNites bed mats and we’ve gone from accidents every single night to only one accident in the last six weeks! The bed mats have given both my son and I some peace of mind about the whole thing – if he has an accident, no [...]
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Puzzles are definitely smart toys, and the Oblo Puzzle Sphere is smarter than most. Surprise, it’s our SMART TOY #2! The OBLO is a spherical puzzle that looks just like a regular ball at first but is actually a puzzle using the classic nesting concept. There are 21 pieces total, and after you find how to [...]
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Our new office is a long rectangular room perfect for a long desk and plenty of storage cabinets. I wanted to do a desk the full 15′ length of the room, so we made our own using unfinished oak kitchen cabinets from Home Depot. We used two 18″ kitchen base drawer cabinets for sewing [...]
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I love smart toys. There are so many toys, most of them probably, that are just junk. They are noisy, obnoxious, flimsy, don’t teach kids anything, and ultimately don’t get played with after the first 15 minutes. I hate those toys. So I set out to find a small selection of Smart Toys to share [...]
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As hard as dinner is, sometimes lunch is harder, especially when it has to be on-the-go. How do you put together home prepared, healthy, fresh lunches to eat on the road? Well, you no longer have to pack only food that will fit in a sandwich baggie. With Glad To Go Lunch containers, you [...]
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I love sewing kids’ clothing – they don’t use much fabric and they’re small so they finish up quickly. These little Beach Bum Bermuda shorts (another pattern from this great pattern shop) used only 1/2 yard of fabric (with lots left over) and took me just an hour or two to put together. They have [...]
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