It’s April 1st and I’m participating in Blogtipping for the first time! Blogtipping day is the first of every month. When you go blogtipping, you pick three blogs that are new to your readers and list three things you like about each and provide a helpful tip. I’ve chosen 3 blogs that I think you would really enjoy reading, and I’m going to...

This evening, after his bath, Jack still had about 20 minutes until it was bedtime and he asked to watch the animal movie (Baby Einstein “Baby Noah”). I said ok, and he climbed up into the chair as I got the DVD player going. Then he hopped down again, and ran into his room. I followed him asking if he had changed his mind and wanted to play in his room...

If you have a toddler, you need to check out the ABC Animal “game” at the Fisher Price website. As Jack has just begun to recognize letters and numbers, we have made this game a daily visit. He LOVES it. He now alternates asking for “Coos” (Blue’s Clues) with asking for the “Efant” (elephant). When you press a letter,...

Some of you may remember when I posted in December about the giant dollhouse project. At the time we had hoped to have it finished by Christmas, or soon thereafter. Well… it’s now March, and it’s finally finished! Thinking back at how naive we were to think we could have it finished by Christmas is rather amusing. We had no idea what this project...

I had a “hack” posted today at the brilliant Parent Hacks site, and I wanted to give a warm welcome to any who might have clicked through to my blog from that post. If you are a Parent Hacks reader, I assume you have kids, and I wanted to point you to my site that is dedicated to kids: FreeStuff4Kids.net Here’s a taste of what you’ll find...