social search Homeamade Play-doh is a lot of fun to make and a great learning experience for preschoolers and toddlers. There are many recipes for making homemade play-doh, but many of them involved cooking the dough in a saucepan. Since the kids will be involved in making the play-doh, I will provide 2 different recipes [...] [...more]
Tamarindo Real Estate With the current state of the economy, many moms are facing the inevitable: finding a job outside of the home. The biggest challenge when returning to work is searching for a reputable child care provider. There are many child care options for working parents: private daycare centers, Montessori preschool programs, Mother’s Day [...] [...more]
I have created Preschool AlphabetPrintable Worksheets for toddlers and preschoolers to use to practice learning each letter of the alphabet. There are worksheets for both uppercase and lowercase letters with a picture of the letter that can be colored in as well as a picture of an object or animal that starts with that letter. [...] [...more]
My neighbor and friend stopped by yesterday to bring me some Amish Friendship Bread starter mix to make bread. Basically, the idea is that you receive a cup of bread starter mix from a friend and over a 10 day period, you will make 2 more cups of this bread starter, then keep a cup [...] [...more]
Tonight is the big night! The University of Florida Gators will take on the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS National Championship. I know this subject may not appeal to many of you, but football is a sport that our entire family is very passionate about. Our 2 oldest boys play football and there is no [...] [...more]
Another delicious cookie we made during the holidays came from this Chocolate-Espresso Snowcaps recipe. They are basically the old-fashioned chocolate crinkles, if you are familiar with those, with the addition of espresso powder. My husband was born and raised in Italy and must start everyday with piping hot espresso. I thought he, I mean Santa, [...] [...more]
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With 4 children, life can get a little, well, hectic to say the least. Our kids are 11, 9, 6, and 2 1/2. We are usually rushing in a very organized although seemingly chaotic way to get everything done in a given week. It would seem that weekends are for relaxing, sitting around eating bon-bons, [...] [...more]
50 Ways to Praise Your Child: Have you praised your child today? Parents are faced with the task of disciplining their children when behavior gets out of control. That’s the not so fun part of being a parent. However, my favorite part of being a parent is pointing out to my children each and every [...] [...more]
I am a busy mom of 4 amazing children and a WAHM (work-at-home mom) who operates an in-home child care 4 days per week. In April 2008, I decided that I wanted to do “something” more, but I wasn’t exactly sure what that “something” more was. I felt like I had a lot of useful [...] [...more]