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Bento of the Day – Valentine’s
For this heart-filled Valentine’s day bento, 80 percent of it was prepared the night before. Avocado slices sprinkled with lime juice, sea salt, and smoked paprika gave some healthy fat and vibrant green to the pink and red decorated bento. Most of the silicone cups were heart shapes, but they were all pink or red. [...]
Run Little Feet – UmiSport {Review}
Daily, our son let’s us know how much he’s grown and how big he’s getting by measuring up his height in comparison to ours. He dreams of being a big kid and he associates the time when he’s old enough to make his own decisions is when he’s a daddy one day. Kindly, our four [...]
Recycled Robot Craft
My son likes to make crafts: flowers, butterflies, sharks, dragon monsters, and robots. After collecting paper towel rolls, toilet paper rolls, small boxes, bottle caps, milk jug caps, old straws, egg crates, plastic scoopers, and paper shoe shapers, we had enough parts to make a pretty robust robot craft. Artwork, taping, google eye selection and [...]
Carving a Pumpkin
Last October, when I purchased a pumpkin carving kit . . . it was past the season to do so. But, my three year-old son clung to that pumpkin carving knife and seed scooper as if they were the most precious tools in the world. They were identified as “his” kitchen tools. He’s probably had [...]
Phonics and Reading Fun
Learning letter sounds has been a blast for our three year-old with fun (and FREE) programs like the Starfall.com website, Word World via PBSkids.org (episodes available on Netflix streaming), and LeapFrog: Letter Factory DVD–where every letter makes a sound–to the tune of Farmer in the Dell. Every day (and multiple times throughout the day) our [...]
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