Raising Children to Weather the Storm
Princess is always trying to find fun and creative ways to use Play-Doh. She’s even made a volcano using the modeling compound. The other day she came up with the idea of using Play-Doh to make dresses for her miniature princess dolls. So, here’s a quick video tutorial on how to make awesome princess Pay-Doh dress….
This is the first time in a long time that I haven’t felt stress during a holiday. Why? For starters, we normally make multiple stops before coming home to cook and prepare for the week. The one thing I’ve learned since becoming a parent – don’t bite off more that you can chew. So for Easter 2015,…
The idea of praising young children has become a trending topic in the news recently. Some feel that it’s a good idea to tell kids how great they’re doing to help motivate them to become better at a task. But others argue that praising a child could backfire and lead to failure in the long run….
The dangerously cold temperatures can be brutal on your skin, and it’s definitely no good for your hair either. Princess normally enjoys sporting her curly locks. However, we’ve been sticking to protective styles because of the frigid weather. For our Curly Hairstyle of the Week, we decided to do an awesome French twist rope braid. I’ve seen…
I wrote a post on my BabyCenter blog about having the sex talk with your kids in response to a video by Cut.com. The video featured parents talking with their kids about the birds and the bees. The analogies used to describe sex are hilarious or awkward depending on how you look at it. One parent illustrates how…
It’s 12:30 in the afternoon and I’m getting out of the shower when all of a sudden I hear Bon Jovi blaring. My 18-month-old somehow set the alarm to go off in the kids’ bedroom. About 15 minutes later the alarm goes off in our bedroom. He somehow manages to set the clocks everyday day…
For our curly hairstyle of the week, Princess wanted hair like Belle from Beauty and the Beast. There was no time to put together the elaborate half up half down fancy hairdo, so we went for something a bit more simple. We decided on a twisted ponytail. I remember the scene of Belle singing the…
I’m embarrassed to say that the last time my hubby and I had date night was when we celebrated our wedding anniversary last June. I know, that’s sad. That said, one of our goals for the new year is to get back in the dating game, and this past past weekend we had our first date night of 2015. Let’s face;…
