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Play-Doh – An Oldie but a Goodie

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My new baby is five days old and my three-year old gal is still adjusting to the presence of her built-in best friend. This morning, I broke out the Play-Doh and spent over two hours rolling, cutting, shaping and growing hair with the world’s most famous colorful compound. There is so much to love about this stuff. It is readily accessible, fairly affordable, safe and non-toxic and is capable of entertaining a toddler, even one whose attention span is at an all time low, for hours on end. One of the strange things about my girl’s recent behavior has been … Continue reading →

Make Your Own Super Balls

The craft store had a lot of children’s craft kits on sale yesterday. We picked up several for three dollars apiece. All three boys agreed that they wanted to try the super ball kit first. The picture on the front of the box showed regular spherical balls, but also geometric multi-sided and flower shaped balls. Inside the kit though, there were only two molds to make small and large bouncy balls. On the corner of the box it does say that it only contains two molds. Still, we were disappointed and felt that the picture on the front misrepresented the … Continue reading →

Family Fun Week(s) in Review – May 28th – June 15th

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While Jeff was off becoming a daddy for the 2nd time, Lauri has been doing an admirable job of providing stellar FUN ideas for families this summer. Jeff is back full time now and the result had been a bounty of cool tips and activities to occupy and entertain your entire gang! Summertime is a popular time of year for Family Reunions. Lauri share some helpful ideas on keeping both young children and teenagers happy and pleasant at these family gatherings. While traveling to reunite with long lost relatives, you are bound to encounter some delays. You have to find … Continue reading →