Hey everyone, how's your week going? Mine has been crazy busy! Mostly, I've been working like a madwoman on updating all 10 of MPMK's Infamous Toy Gift Guides for Christmas. Yes, that's right, Christmas - already! (Psst - I'm updating them as I go this year. That means some of the guides like,"Best Toys for Building S.T.E.M. Skills in All Ages", "Best Toys for Babies", and "Best Building & Construction Toys" already have some new additions... Go check 'em out if you're dying to see … [Read more...]
How I Got My 4 & 5 Year Olds to Get Themselves Ready in the Mornings
Image: © Suzette - www.suzette.nu | edited and text added | Jippe Eating Scones | CC by 2.0 In honor of the fact that we're giving away a cordless Dyson MC59 Motorhead vacuum cleaner worth $549, I thought I'd share two more ways for you and the family to get more organized this week. First, up check out my post over on eHow Mom's Channel on how I get my 4 and 5 year old to dress, feed, and otherwise prepare themselves for school in the morning (it had to be done - otherwise this "mom of 3 … [Read more...]
5 Tricks for Calming Back-to-School Jitters
We've got a whole "Back-to-School " theme going on here this week. Last week it was 6 Things Your Child's Teacher Wants You to Tell Them and on Monday I finally released our new Kids' Responsibility & Money Management Kit! (I'm SUPER excited about this. It's going to be just the thing to help get your kids organized and ready to take on the school year, as well as some new responsibilities.) Today, I'm over at eHow Mom discussing 5 easy tricks we use to calm back-to-school jitters. These … [Read more...]
Helping Our Girls Find Positive Role Models
Happy "Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work" Day! I don't know about you guys, but I have vivid memories of participating in this as a kid - back when it was just "Take Your Daughter to Work" Day. It always got the wheels in my brain turning - asking myself who did I look up to, who and what did I eventually want to be? So I thought today would be the perfect day to share with you an article I wrote for eHow on finding positive female role models for our girls. I'd love it if you'd check it … [Read more...]
Happy Family Habit #11: “Time-Ins” for the Whole Family
Image Credit: © Alexandre Normand | 06.09.13 & 04.30.12 | CC by 2.0 I'm so honored to have my friend Zina from Let's Lasso the Moon participating in our Happy Family Habits series. I relate so much to Zina's parenting philosophy and just adore her blog. Today she's sharing TONS of great tips and resources for stopping melt-downs in both ourselves and our kids before they even start. Above all else, this post just made me feel incredibly hopeful about what I could achieve with this … [Read more...]
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