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...

Thirteen things I couldn’t live without in the kitchen: Reynolds Wrap Release – how did I live without this stuff? A really good knife – because chopping vegetables with a cheap knife is a giant pain. An enormous stainless steel bowl – I hate mixing something up and having it fly out of the bowl, and I like being able to double recipes with...

It is harder and harder to get Jack to sit still for a picture. We took him, with Emily, to Target to have their picture made together, and it was like chasing a greased pig around a muddy pen. Just wasted a lot of energy and didn’t end up with much to show for it! For his monthly picture with the bear, I finally managed to get him to sit still, but only...

Check out the Socksoff wallpaper collection to get some really nice images for your desktop- it’s one of the best sites for wallpaper I’ve visited in a long time. I appreciate one of my favorite bloggers, David Airey, pointing me to this...