It’s Monday again. Time for a recap of a few fabulous ideas from around the web. All of these sites were featured on my Facebook fan page in the last two weeks so, if you haven’t had a chance, you should check them out. If you liked them as much as I did, take a [...]
Monday, April 19, 2010
So how are you feeling about the mini-posts? I’m kinda liking them. Short, sweet, and to the point. I may do a few more of those in the future. I’ve got one more laundry post for you and then, I promise, I’ll stop talking about the wash for awhile. It’s Monday again. Time for [...]
Friday, February 19, 2010
My daughter Emily loves rocks, shells, crystals and all things geological. So much so in fact that I’ve had to make it a habit to check her jean pockets on laundry day because they’re often stuffed with her latest jagged find. As much as I love her passion for earth science, I hate [...]
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
About two years ago, my son started having a little trouble with nightmares. Like most five-year-olds, he was convinced there were monsters lurking in every shadow. For the first few nights, I went through the traditional parental reassurance methods; checking under the beds and opening closet doors, but it seemed a bit futile. After [...]
Sunday, June 17, 2007
One of the big drawbacks of a house without a designated toy room is that I’m forced to let my kids keep toys in their bedrooms. Unfortunately, because our entire house is essentially one level, the cars, dolls, trains, and other random plastic objects inevitably make their way from the bedrooms to the common rooms of the house. For [...]
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Why spend hundreds of dollars to rent an inflatable castle for your kid’s birthday when you can make a cardboard version for next to nothing? This great site has tons of how-to’s and inexpensive products to help you create some fantastic play places. I read about this site on another blog and had to pass it [...]
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Moving into our new house last month has required a lot of adjusting. Our new place has different quantities of cabinets, closets and living spaces. One of the biggest changes has been the loss of our basement toy room. Consequently, I’ve had to use a little ingenuity to find new ways to store tons of [...]
Friday, June 30, 2006
At $20 a piece, DVDs present a problem. We buy them to keep our kids entertained while we get some much needed Mom time, but at that price we hesitate to let our kids touch them. Rather than be the constant middle man between the DVD player and my kids, I created this simple binder [...]
Monday, June 14, 2010
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