These are the book we love to pieces - literally, these books that are falling apart by now because we've read them so many times. Does your family have little, "book jokes?" You know, where everybody knows that one line and you all say it the same way? Or do you have some stories that you can [...]Continue Reading
Babies
Give your baby coffee, and other interesting sensory play ideas
I gave my one year old coffee when she didn't fall asleep for her nap the other day. Ok, to be fair I didn't have her drink it. She was a crabby tired girl who wouldn't fall asleep, and it seemed like some sensory play might be just the thing to catch her attention. Playing with coffee was [...]Continue Reading
Connecting with Kids When You’re Exhausted
How can you connect with your kids when you're totally tapped out? I know I'm not the only mom who gets absolutely swamped from time to time. We've been in one of those phases lately where the kids are indoors more because of winter- more mess inside, the baby needs me at just the time when [...]Continue Reading
Bunny for a Baby
I found a cute tutorial this morning which you may like if you have any baby or toddler on your gift list this year. We "adopted" a four month old girl to give a gift to at one of our local women's shelters. The mom asked for clothing which we gave, but I wanted to include something handmade as [...]Continue Reading
Big Brother Activity Bags
Prior to having the baby I collected together a number of easy on me (or so I thought) activities to do during this newborn transition time. I gave each of the boys their Big Brother bag the day after Azalea was born. Most of the activities have been great- actually the one dud is the one I have [...]Continue Reading
