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Meal time can often be a bit disastrous for our family.  What can I say — it’s a work in progress.  I have tried many different tricks to get them to behave at the table.  One of our most successful tricks has been to get them excited about the meal.  Sometimes I give them the [...]

I’m not much for mess, but my little guy loves it. Mud, dirty puddles, sand. If it’s questionable, he will check it out. That’s why I love these goo sensory bags. It’s gooey and squishy without any mess! My mom used to make them when I was younger, and I remember scrunching and pressing and [...]

I haven’t been posting much lately, but last week we put something together and I stopped long enough to snap a couple of pictures of the process because this would be a great, cheap, rainy day activity for toddlers! Wagon Jr. was “Star of the Week” at preschool last week, so we came up with [...]

Finding activities for toddlers that are not only fun, but educational and inexpensive as well can be a challenge. I find that more times than not it’s the simplest activities that keep my children the happiest for the longest amounts of time. Take for example these color coded stickers. One afternoon while cleaning out my [...]

I’ve always been especially anxious to teach the kids how to swim because we live in South Florida near the ocean and spend a lot of time around pools. So last week, R + M started swimming lessons. We started off on Monday morning with two year olds who didn’t hate the water, but didn’t really [...]

I love reading about art activities for toddlers, so today I have put together a round-up of all the art activities Otis has tried in the past two years. Art experiences are often limited by what is safe. Children are prone to putting things in their mouth, so parents need to use supervision and discretion [...]

We made a New Year’s resolution to cut way back on our spending. We’ve bought almost nothing for the kids this year, and it’s forced us to be really imaginative to create games for the kids! I thought I’d share a few of the tricks we’ve come up with to entertain the kids with nothing [...]