The Hangover
I’m swiping this link from Daddytypes.com (see my blogroll) – because it’s too great not to repost. Nerdyshirt.com presents: The Hangover Do frequent the Daddytypes blog – it has lots of great stuff,...
View ArticleDollhouse
We are fans of the Ryan’s Room dollhouse furniture. I cleaned up and refurbished the house from a family who was happy to see it go to a good home – then we gradually filled the house, one or two...
View ArticleFirst Lemonade Stand
You might remember this puppet theater. We put it to use as a lemonade stand for the first time, and it was a great experience. Bee shopped for lemons, sugar, cups, ice and a pitcher with me. I...
View ArticleThe Safe Side: Stranger Safety Resources
I stumbled upon this site this evening – if you can consider coming upon exactly what you were looking for on a search engine stumbling. I can’t vouch for the quality just yet. I’ve only requested a...
View ArticleCheck out Readeez™
I want to call it a fusion of Ben Folds and Edutainment – and since it is my blog, that’s just what I’ll do. Here is an introduction, in their own format: Introduction Readee (image ©Readeez) “Readeez...
View ArticleSafety Tats
Safety Tats are temporary tattoos that you add your cel phone number to – and they seem like a smart idea. I worry a little that they could make parents a little less vigilant, and I want to emphasize...
View ArticleTo Easy Bake, or not to Easy Bake?
This shouldn’t be such a hard decision. Bee has this at the top of her list of gifts she’d like for the holidays. Our hesitation isn’t because the toy oven has an age recommendation of 6 and up. No…...
View ArticleFantastic Morning at 2010 Lititz Kid-Lit Festival
Due to the no-sleepinest baby this side of slumberland, we contemplated bailing on this event but thankfully we got it together early enough to make the trip. Missing it would have been a big...
View ArticleAll-Ages Comics for Emergent Readers
I credit comics for some of Bee’s early reading skills (and some of my own interest in reading as a kid). Below is a list of recommended all-ages comics. Attached to the title links you’ll find a...
View ArticlePlay-Doh Fairy Tale Sets
Here is a link. In a more perfect world we’d just play this way without the need for the specialized molds – but I really think these are brilliant and smart marketing for Hasbro. A very good...
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