I am glad that my daughter is curious about science, nature and essentially how to make things – odd things. Her latest quest is to figure out how to make slime. In fact, she asked me to go on my computer and look it up. About.com had a video complete with the ingredients and steps [...]

For my daughter’s birthday, I surprised her with the soundtrack to the Disney movie Lemonade Mouth. I enjoyed the movie (the first time) and since the debut I’ve probably seen it at least 5 times more. One of the things that keeps me from leaving the room when she watches it again and again is [...]

Whenever I want to sit my 6 month old down, I put him on the bed then put pillows around him in all directions. He sits upright and plays with his toys and the pillows are there to catch him so he doesn’t do a full face plant onto the comforter. Don’t worry I am [...]

It’s getting cooler now and my 6 month old doesn’t want to wear socks or shoes.  He kicks his feet ferociously whenever we put them on until he successfully removes them on his own. When getting him dressed for church recently, the outfit just didn’t seem complete without some baby sized dockers. We’ve received several [...]

Isn’t this one of the cutest pumpkin crafts you have ever seen! The rotund family caught my eye as soon as I saw it on the magazine stand in the grocery aisle. Before I knew they were called the Pumpkin family, I thought they were were Snowman Pumpkins. Regardless, we will be making them at [...]