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I received complimentary product to facilitate this post from Horizons Group USA. As always, opinions remain 100% my own. Conversation hearts are as synonymous with Valentine’s Day as cupid. You can grab a giant bag anywhere for almost nothing – and you absolutely should because they are an awesome way…

It all started in the dance class waiting room.  One of the mom’s was complaining about about the Disney Collector video’s on YouTube that her daughter had become infatuated with.  I had no idea what she was talking about – she showed me, Lil’ M (age 2) caught one glimpse and was…

Confession.  Children’s books can be a bit tiresome, especially when your preschooler wants to read the same one for the 100th time.  Therefore, I really appreciate clever ones, like The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale which put an intelligent twist on classic children’s literature.  It portrays the architectural greats – Frank Lloyd Wright,…

Last week we had beautiful, perfect pre-summer weather: blue clear skies, sun for days, and that temperature that is warm enough for water play, but not so hot you are melting.  I promised the girls a pool day in the backyard, and of course, that morning, Lil’ M woke up…

Big M and I have been reading Charlotte’s Web at bedtime these last few weeks.  Due largely to the story, Big M has become increasingly interested in word formation, and we have made several projects this week featuring Charlotte’s web words.  Today, taking a little inspiration from Parenting Chaos’ Dinosaur…

Happy Friday!  And welcome back to We Love Weekends, a weekly link-up party I host with four of my fellow kids’ activity bloggers.  It gives our fellow bloggers a chance to share their great content, and a chance for you to get a wealth of great ideas to help your…

Do your kids pick the same book at the library over and over?  We go to our local library fairly regularly to check out books and participate in story time.  I always let the girls select their own books, and they always seem to gravitate toward the same handful of…

A year after its release, and both my M&Ms are still as Frozen-obsessed as ever.  Big M has dolls named Elsa and Anna (that are not actually Frozen dolls), she orders Siri to “Play Frozen soundtrack” when we drive to preschool every day, and she has to wear her hair…