Little Eater: How We Try to Create Healthy Habits
Eating is such a personal topic, some people love to eat, and others hate to eat. Some folks over eat, some forget to eat, some eat slowly, and some eat fast and often people are very defensive...
View ArticleFamily Fun: August 10-11, 2013
Looking for something to do with your family this weekend? Cassandra and I are going to start posting events and classes in our respective geographic areas…look for us…maybe we will see you there!! Do...
View ArticleThoughtful Thursday: On Being “That” Mom
me taking the 1,456th pictures of my son & I – can’t get enough of him! Happy Thursday! Today I thought I would share some random thoughts about mama-hood that are always bouncing around my...
View ArticleTuesday Tips: A Weaning Story // 26 months
Mine & T’s breastfeeding journey has been very rocky from the start with low lows, some highs, a lot of tears but a ton of joy and gratefulness too. I have wrote about breastfeeding before here and...
View ArticleReview: Preschool for Threes by AOP
We are two weeks into our homeschool year. I am loving our new preschool program – so much that I wanted to share it with you!! Note: I have not been compensated by AOP for the following review, and I...
View ArticleTales from the Toddler Side: Tantrums
We have had a rough Spring as parents. Daddy Bruss and I have parented three children already; we’re thinking we have this parenting thing figured out…and along came Otter. She is growing us again –...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: Truck Day
We have several little boys that attend our playdates. I thought it would be fun to incorporate a theme that really spoke to them. It was equal opportunity play: the little girls enjoyed this...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: Children’s Books
We held this playdaye on April 2, which also happened to be Children’s Books Day. It was hard to plan for any specific theme since we invited our guests to bring theire favorite book to share. Getting...
View ArticleAll My Reasons
I wrote about how extended breastfeeding looks in our family last week (HERE). As I wrote today’s post for SPB, it occured to me that I have so many reasons why this choice has worked for us that I...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: Science Day
Held on April 23, 2015 The inspiration for this day was the fact that World Laboratory Day was observed on April 23, 2015. I thought it would be fun to have the kids attend their own Science Lab and...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: A.A. Milne
Play date: January 21, 2016 Theme inspired by A.A. Milne’s birthday (January 18, 1882) — Welcome song in English (emphasizes printed name recognition as Sweet Peas find their card in a line-up and...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: Camping
THEME: Camping – because our house was a mess and we needed to play outside Play date: May 12, 2016 — Welcome song in English (emphasizes printed name recognition as Sweet Peas find their card in a...
View ArticleAir Travel: Toddlers
Travel Series: The ABC’s of Flying with Toddlers Welcome to the second installment of our summer travel series…flying with your toddler! For the purpose of this series, we are going to consider...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: Hat Day
We are back with “sneak peaks” into our daily activities! One of our favorite days of the week is Thursday, when we host Preschool Playdates for our alumni families. Our first playdate for the...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: Johnny Appleseed
Playdate: September 29, 2016 Theme: inspired by Johnny Appleseed’s birthday on September 26th — Welcome song in English (emphasizes printed name recognition as Sweet Peas find their card in a line-up...
View ArticlePreschool Playdate: Kindness
Play date: October 6, 2016 Theme: Kindness (in honor of World Smile Day on October 7, 2016) — Welcome song in English (emphasizes printed name recognition as Sweet Peas find their card in a line-up and...
View ArticleParenting Forward
I recently met with a student who was having a hard time reconciling her mother’s instinct with the pressures from family and friends to parent in a more socially acceptable way. We had a long,...
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