Two-year old birthday parties are an exercise in herding cats. You can hire an entertainer, serve an aesthetically pleasing and/or well-balanced meal, and provide hands-on activities for your little ... [Read More]
Second birthday party ideas
The Control Freak’s Guide to sippy cups
I have one overarching piece of advice for you: Standardize, standardize, standardize! Though any controlling and freaky parent will want to know that she is using the absolute best brand of ... [Read More]
Guessing game: me or my kid?
This is me at ten. This is my son at (almost) ten. Can you tell which is which? Pretty striking, huh? Thanks to Wendy for scaring up this retro Mickey Mouse visor on ebay for our fun! And ... [Read More]
Clever ways to make roads for toy cars on your floor
When my son was little, we used painters tape to make roads on the floor of our playroom. You can draw lines down the center with Sharpie and use your imagination. Apparently enough parents have ... [Read More]
Best toy that’s already in your house: Washcloths
My kids have logged many sessions arranging and rearranging washcloths and hand-towels. We have parked cars on washcloths, laid dolls down on them, lined them up, made them into a circle time and ... [Read More]
Cookbook review: Dinnertime Survival Guide
If I truly like a cookbook, it starts to look like all the others in my collection: oil-splattered and spine broken with hundreds of my notes scrawled all across it -- both in the margins and also ... [Read More]
