Why is it that I can never get enough when it comes to easy meal planning systems? I know I really only need one, but I'm still fascinated to see how everyone else makes dinner time work for them. Today our contributor Kaley is teaming up with our newest sponsor, Post-it® Brand, and using some of their uber cool new organizational products from the Home Collection by Post-it® Brand, Scotch Brand® and Command™ Brands to set up a meal planning system of her own. I have to say, this one is … [Read more...]
Giveaway! BISSELL Symphony (TM) All-In-One Vacuum and Steam Mop
Who wants to win a Bissell Symphony All-in-One Vacuum and Steam Mop - raise your hand. I have wanted a combo steam mop and vacuum for longer than I can remember. Actually, scratch that, for pretty much exactly as long as I've had children. Let's face it, between food messes, art messes, and stomping in mud and dirt from outside, kids are rough on floors. Which is why I was so excited when our latests sponsor, Bissell, offered up a couple of these steam mop vacuums to me and our … [Read more...]
Top 10 Cleaning Tricks for Families with New Babies
Here's something fun - MPMK is moonlighting over on The Home Depot's site, The Apron Blog. They recently asked us to guest post on some of our favorite tricks for keeping things fresh and clean with a new baby at home - a topic that's right up my alley these days! This DIY kids' cleaning station makes it fun for older siblings to help out and I'm totally in love with both the form and function of this clever space. In fact, all 10 of the ideas our home-life and playtime contributor, … [Read more...]
Playtime: Setting Up a Food Exploration Station for Baby
We're back today with our sponsor Ella's Kitchen giving you the low down on how to set up a food exploration station for your baby. The idea is a simple one - let baby learn about and build an interest in food through all of his or her senses, including touch! By encouraging your baby to explore new foods tactilely, you're helping to foster their interest in food in general and to grow adventurous and healthy eaters. That's a goal both Ella's Kitchen and MPMK can get behind - for even … [Read more...]
Learning to Explore Food Through Play: Fruit-Filled Jigglers
Today we're once again exploring ideas for building good eaters through food play with our sponsor Ella’s Kitchen, producer of some of my kids' favorite fruit and veggies squeezers (yes, big kids love them too) and big time believers in the importance of raising healthy and adventurous eaters. (Be sure to also check out our previous adventures with pancake decorating and rainbow, scented glitter slime.) I just love how these colorful fruit-filled jigglers will entice all of baby's senses … [Read more...]
How to Arrange Art: The Forever Home Project
Arranging art is tough! Actually, let me back up - picking out art and THEN figuring out where and how to hang it and arrange it is tough. Which is why this is definitely my favorite post for The Forever Home Project ever - hands down. For this mega informative post, I brought on two partners... First, my new styling guru and founder of Sun + Dotter, a personal shopping & styling service for design-conscious parents, the lovely Janette is back. You may remember that she stopped by … [Read more...]
Sensory Play Must-Try: Rainbow Scented Glitter Slime
Here's something fun. Continuing with our focus on tangible ways to eat better, parent better, organize better and just generally live better this year, we're partnering with Ella's Kitchen over the next two months to bring you a collection of our favorite sensory play ideas for babies and young kids. We've covered our fair share of sensory play ideas here on MPMK, but I'm not sure I've ever really gone into why we love these activities so much. For an excellent primer on the benefits of … [Read more...]
Our Favorite Handmade Learning Toys (Plus 20% Off)
Happy Cyber Monday friends. While you're online shopping the sales today, we wanted to make sure you don't forget about all the great handmade learning toys readily available to parents at the tap of a keystroke. And good news! One of our favorite purveyors of just these types of toys, and also our newest sponsor, is generously offering up a discount to MPMK readers. … [Read more...]
Family Playtime Challenge: Get Outside Every Day for a Week – We’ll Help!
It's that time of year again - no, I'm not talking about the post-Halloween week that you spend secretly pilfering your kids' candy stash... It's time for the "Every Day a Play Day" challenge. If you're not familiar, our pals over at Polarn O. Pyret sponsor this week each year in an effort to encourage parents to get outside with their kids even when it's not summery warm out. And this year they're throwing in a big incentive - a $1000 prize pack to one lucky participant. So why do we all take … [Read more...]
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