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Make Back To School Cheaper
So I just finished up about half of my daughters back to school shopping from her school supply list. Every year there seemd to be more and more on her list, leaving a bigger and bigger dent in our pocketbook. So is there a way to decrease that onc...
Summer Is Coming Fast
Summer is coming fast and furious and before you know it the kids will be out of school for the next few months. Interestingly enough, we received a note from the teacher that has asked us to try and keep our children focused until the end of the sc...
Automoblox Rock!
Yet again, Manhattan Toys have come through with some pretty cool toys for kids. This time they've come out with Automoblox, what is described as "contemporary heirloom toys"....
Cheap Spring Break Ideas
Spring break has arrived for many school agers, my daughters starts today actually. With the economy the way it is and money tight all around, I thought I’d give some thought on some cheap Spring Break activities for school agers. These are i...
When To Spill It On The Tooth Fairy
I was supposed to remind my husband to put make the cash switcheroo, but I'm lucky if I can remember to turn off the oven, or let the dog out of his crate in the morning. Thus the switch wasn't made and she awoke to a big surprise... the tooth fairy...
Not Sold On The Crazy Veggie Ideas
I was reading through a magazine the other day and came across an article on how to get your kids to eat vegetables. It didn't go into tricks on how to get them to eat veggies, instead it had these recipes to try on your kids to get them to eat vegg...
How Much TV For Toddlers
I've been very lucky to have my husband home for a few weeks during Christmas. It's been great. This morning he made breakfast for the kids, french toast. But while I was happy to have him make breakfast for the kids, he had the TV on for them dur...
Wake Up And Eat!
When I was pregnant the first time, I stopped drinking all coffee. But I definitely had an issue when it came to waking up, or should I say staying awake throughout the day. Kids have that same lull in their day, happening both when they wake up an...
The Fine Line Between Making Your Child Eat and Insanity
Up until a few months ago, I had been blessed with a daughter that would pretty much eat anything. But then something changed. Every morning she would procrastinate to the point to where she didn't really get anything to eat before school. I had ...
Birthday Over and What Did I Learn?
We just finished up our daughters seventh birthday party a few hours ago. We tried to keep it quick this year, if you've ever been to a kids birthday party with no end then you'll know the reason why. We cleaned most of the morning (my husband clea...
Dolls I Can Actually Like
Anyone who knows me personally knows that I’m not a huge girly girl. My daughter has definitely been into it but I’ve had to make efforts to aide her in the girly stuff. I’m much more at home playing with cars and dinosaurs! That...
How To Talk To Girls
You’ve got to see this, this little boy wrote this book “How To Talk To Girls”. I just thought he was adorable. Although it’s a little disturbing that he’d write a book on dating at such a young age, it seems it’...
Jonas Brothers By Storm
I end up watching a decent amount of daytime TV now that I’m home, mostly it’s on in the background while I’m cleaning or cooking. I’ve been hearing more and more about the Jonas Brothers on daytime TV, it’s funny, they...
Awards Ceremony A Let Down
Yesterday my daughter had her first trimester awards ceremony at school. This was a kind of big deal because she was receiving two different awards. One for perfect attendance and one for a “Positive Office Referral”. The referral one ...
Teaching Through Art
A new charter school has opened up by us, one that teaches everything to children using art and music. It’s said to be a phenomenal school. That being said, I was wondering how to interest my little ones in more art. Well, we’ll start ...
Kids Health Insurance Being Skipped
The LA Times had a good article about a seemingly disturbing trend in America, that’s the skipping or skimping of childrens health insurance due to the cost. It is true that many people have to make hard decisions when faced with the cost of n...
Why No Medicine For Kids Under 4?
With my son entering his second week with the same cold, and thus his second week of crankiness and the second week of my clothes being covered in kid snot, I thought I’d research why parents can no longer give kids under the age of 4 medicine....
Forced Flu Shots
It’s that time again Mommies! Time to drag your children in to get stabbed with a needle in the name of health. I already got my shot and so has my son. My husband and daughter are next in line. But I saw on the news tonight that New Jersey...
When To Upgrade A Kids Bedroom
There hits a stage in every little girls life when they stop being a little toddler girl and grow up to be a big girl. One of the best way to signify this to a young girl is to change her bedroom to reflect that. With our daughter we made many impr...
New Fund Raising Avenues
This year our daughter had her first fundraiser, it was selling Gold C and Entertainment books. Her school is very lucky, as we live in a fairly well off neighborhood and the families give heavily to the surrounding schools. So when they have a fun...
Letting Them Learn The Hard Way
Try and try as I might, my daughter still doesn’t listen all the time (and slowly becoming never). I’m not surprised, not in the least, but now I know how my mom must have felt having me (the forever know-it-all) as her daughter. That b...
Harry Potter and the First Grader of Knowledge
Sounds like the next Harry Potter book, doesn’t it! So last year I read the first two Harry Potter books to our first grader (then a kindergartener). She did fairly good with the content and was definitely thirsty for more. It’s reco...
Hannah Montana Is The Next Britney
Great, now not only do I have to worry about this flavor of the week influencing my daughter and teaching her how to kiss at age six, but it turns out Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) is having a body image problem as well… She’s gotten a ...
Easy Changes For The Kids Room
Recently we updated our daughter’s bedroom to reflect a bigger girl’s room. It had recently been filled with Princess stuff (I hope someone at Disney took a vacation on the money they made off of us), pink and items for a 3 year old. He...
Christmas in July
What, can it be? Can there be less than six months until Christmas? You got it guys, but there's an easier way to deal with this Christmas. Many stores are having Christmas in July sales, so if you act now, you can get a chunk of your Christmas sh...
