E as at the age where he doesn’t want my help doing anything. He wants to wash his own hands, brush his own teeth, get himself dressed, and even get his own snacks from the kitchen. He is pretty able to do most of this on his own … especially now that he has a stool that he can carry around with him! I knew that we needed a stool for the bathroom. E is very creative when he wants {Read More}

My kids are very picky about bath toys. I have no idea why, but they like super simple things that require lots of imagination. And it doesn’t hurt if said thing is awesome at splashing water!! This is actually nice in a number of ways. The first being that I don’t have to spend a fortune on bath toys. My kids like a cup, a few bowls, maybe a squirting toy … and foam letters/shapes are always a good time. {Read More}

E has just gotten to the age where bathing isn’t a form of torture. He still doesn’t like water to get into his eyes when I wash his hair, but he isn’t totally fighting me about it anymore either. Why? Well, because we got some great bath goodies we got from Nuby! V was never big into bath toys. She had some foam ones that stuck to the wall and a couple of bath Barbies that she really liked, but {Read More}

As the holidays are fast approaching, I am not only trying to prepare for the celebrations at home, but how I will handle them at family and friends homes. It is always so hard to travel with kids, and going out to dinner is no exception. My kids love to eat at other people’s homes, but I find that they don’t always have kid-appropriate dishes for E. What’s a mama to do? Bring dishes with her of course! Now, E {Read More}