Don’t Bring That In Here!

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I want to get this out. It has been torturing me for years and it’s finally time to confess; I am terrified of Care Bears. My friends know this, but they don’t understand the severity. As a joke this past Christmas, my mother bought my sons Care Bears magnet in their favorite colors and I [...]

My kid is playing in dirt, and I’m cool with that.

Using corn for sensory play - CC Image courtesy of Alternative Heat on Flic

There’s a woman I follow on Twitter and I swear every other day she’s posting some picture of her kid and tweeting, “Sensory Play!” I really just want to take her aside and say, “Honey, please, kids like to play with weird stuff. Calling it sensory play doesn’t make it fancy, alright?”  She is not [...]

Playtime Hits and Misses

The Tupperware shape sorter my son adores

Our little guy recently turned one year old and things are changing rapidly. For one, his sense of play has finally shown up. The past couple of months we’ve watched his thoughts get a little more organized and have seen him start to want to really play (beyond shaking rattles and banging pots and hurling [...]

Dear Santa, I’m only allowed to ask for 5 things…

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NEWS FLASH… as per a recent news show, parents should discourage their kids from writing letters to Santa that included a list of more than 4 or 5 presents. WHAT! It’s hard enough trying to get kids to believe in Santa past the age of 6 these days, and now we have to tell them to [...]

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