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Preschooler

Activity #505: Create a princess tutu

July 13, 2011

Girl parents, I know: you didn’t think your little baby, so bald and androgynous for a whole year, would begin crawling, walking, then talking about princesses and demanding tutus — but it happened. Well, you just have to learn to live with it. But here’s an easy project – no sewing or glue – that [...]

Activity #277: Camp in your own backyard

June 21, 2011

In theory, my family likes to camp. We celebrated Holden’s first birthday with a camp-out barbecue bash. We camped in a big group when I was pregnant with Milo (pregnant camping is questionable). More often, we fall apart trying to reserve a spot, pack the gear, be healthy, and coordinate with friends. One solution: Pitch [...]

Activity #417: Create cardboard cuties

May 26, 2011

Becky from Oakland, CA sent us this cute suggestion for a keepsake craft. She recently created cardboard crayon drawings of her two daughters on a rainy day. I cut open the box then laid down each girl (one at a time) then I traced them and then we colored them in wearing the outfits they [...]

Calling all DUPLO fans! (sponsored)

April 15, 2011

Today Heather and I are down in New Orleans at a conference called Mom 2.0. I’m super excited to learn from all the smart bloggity bloggers who will be there, and apparently someone thinks Heather is one of them, because she’s speaking on a panel! Go, Heather! I marked this post “sponsored” because we are [...]

5 flippin’ awesome ways to spend Valentine’s Day with your little boy

February 12, 2011

When I began to see pink Valentine’s Day stuff flying across my screen about three weeks ago, I wanted to share something about making it boy-friendly. My six-year old son told me that Valentine’s Day is the most “humongous holiday of the year”, after Christmas and Halloween. He probably has a future at Martha Stewart [...]

Activity #243: Play hopscotch inside

January 28, 2011

The only thing missing from this idea is the description of how I’m blissfully catching a few minutes on the laptop or drinking a cocoa while this is all going on. I love the toddler and preschooler games where I can sit in one place and still participate like if I’m the toll collector while [...]

Activity #239: Play with magnets away from the fridge

January 19, 2011

Whoever invented refrigerator magnets must not have minded their children blocking access to the refrigerator. I don’t get this. I like to take the magnets off the fridge. Put them in muffin tins or on a cookie sheet. Lots of fun and much more portable than the fridge.

What’s a toddler pillow? (Giveaway!)

January 13, 2011

You know how some words seem really weird if you say them over and over again? Well, “toddler pillow” is one of those for me. I said it a bunch and then I started to wonder if it even is a thing. Toddlerpillow? But it is! It is a thing! My kids both have toddler [...]

The case of the misguided helicopter parent

December 29, 2010

How you can tell I am still a rookie: I am fumbling through preschool soccer lessons! I signed up Milo for his first organized classes (since Music Together years ago) to celebrate his love for ball-sports (and his favorite red shorts). Soccer drills and skills are taught along with songs and games (which he also [...]

Activity #208: Pitch a tent

December 28, 2010

My friend Jeanine once told me there’s lots of fun time to be had with a baby at an outdoor store like REI: you just set up a sweet pad in the display tent with several of the Thermarest mattresses, chirping bird toys, and bright colored water bottles and have a blast. The first time [...]

7 gift ideas and 4 family outings

December 16, 2010

Last week on BabyCenter.com, I wrote up gift ideas for toddlers and preschoolers. (Hint: one of them is a ukelele.) Hop over there to read through them all 7 flippin’ awesome things for your kids! This week on BabyCenter, Heather shared four FUN outings for your dysFUNctional family. Don’t keep a houseful of related people [...]

Build your toddler a play kitchen

December 9, 2010

I love a kid-sized kitchen and the creative ways that my children can stay focused with their pretend desserts and imaginary pasta dishes (while I make a real dinner they may or may not even taste). I have been soooo close to purchasing a miniature kitchen for my boys the past couple years, but something [...]

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