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30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 18}: B is for Baths!

  “There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” — Sylvia Plath I

The Best Learning Toys for Toddlers Aren’t Found in a Store

  Learning toys for toddlers are the rage.  After all, we do want to stimulate our kids’ curiosities, encourage their creativity, nurture their innate talents

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 17}: Messes Make Memories

  “What are you going to do? Everything, is my guess. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated,

Pencils of Promise

With the morning sun on my face, the breathtaking view of the ocean in front of me and the sweet sound of tropical birds chirping

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 16}: Poppin’ Up the Fun!

  “Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It’s a grain. It’s like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.” — James Patterson Love this quote from James

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 15}: Dolls Delight

“To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 14}: Slo-Mo Makes Memories

“E-mails, phone calls, Web sites, videos. They’re still all letters, basically, and they’ve come to outnumber old-fashioned conversations. They are the conversation now.”~Walter Kirn Okay

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 13}: Getting Scientific About It!

  “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” — Margaret Mead Science + kids + parents = awesome fun! There a

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 12}: Blocks of Fun!

  “Give the children love, more love and still more love – and the common sense will come by itself.” — Astrid Lindgren With all

Weekend Away for Mothers.

As Mother’s we need to recharge our batteries because the daily grind of motherhood can be draining and leave little time for self care of

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 11}: Bubblin’ Up!

“All grown-ups were once children… but only few of them remember it.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Do you remember the fun you used to have

Top 10 Educational Toys for 4 Year Olds: The Best Learning Toys for Kids, Aged 4 Years

  Educational toys for 4 year olds can be quite fun to choose. No, really. Even though when you head to a kids toy store

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 10}: Let’s Lego!

  “When Ole Kirk Kristiansen established the company name LEGO in 1934, it was a fortunate play on words. The entrepreneur had been inspired by

30 Days, 30 Ways of Connecting with Your Child {Day 9}: Park It!!

  “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” – William Shakespeare Children around the world are connecting less with Nature and this is

20 Non-Candy Easter Basket Gift Ideas for Kids

I love filling Finlee and Chloe’s Easter baskets, as it takes me back to my childhood on Easter morning. I remember I would receive 1-2