Free The Animals! Animal Ice Smash Toddler Activity
This activity has been on repeat over here. G will bring me an empty ice cube tray with his animals already strategically placed in there and say “mommy freeze animals.” I love how easy this is to set up. All you need is the power of time. I often get this set up the night […]
Holiday Gift Guide For Toddlers: 2 to 4 Year Olds
Here or somethings G has been loving lately that would make a great gift for the kiddo in your life. There are so many things out there the selection is overwhelming. How do you know if they’re good toys? Or if they will play with it for longer than a week? So I created this […]
How to make airplane travel with a toddler easier
The Holidays are upon us! And I know many of you are traveling to see family this season. I want to give you some things that helped me have easier plane travel with a toddler. The Hubs, G, and I just recently took a trip to Rosemary Beach in Florida with two of our friends […]
Toddler Activity: Wild Animal Post-it Note Matching
Earlier this week I tried a new matching activity with G using post-it notes and some rough drawings of animals that I quickly sketched onto a large piece of paper while he ate breakfast. I saw an Instagram friend do this with letters of the alphabet which would be great for older kids but probably too […]
10+ Toddler Summer Activities
Woah there 100-degree weather! I don’t know what it’s like where you are, but we’ve been hitting the triple digits every day this week. Which means our daily walks to the park just aren’t happening. Be we definitely need to stay active because being locked up in the house with a 2-year-old is enough to […]
DIY Learning Tower: Ikea Stool Hack
Some people call them ‘learning towers’, some call them ‘kitchen helpers’, either way, they can be quite expensive to just go out and buy. If you’ve ever looked up to purchase a learning tower for your child then you’ve found they can be $200 and beyond. I really wanted one for G because I’m WAY over […]
Our Secret to an Easier Crib to Toddler Bed Transition
Alright, here it is. You’ve all been asking me to put together a post on how we transitioned G from his crib to a toddler bed. I will say, I was nervous to do this because, like everything else in parenting, I’ve heard so many stories of how this could go wrong and it could ruin […]
Potty Training At 22 Months Old
I have a confession. I haven’t changed a diaper in 2 whole weeks! At 22 months old, we are full on potty training over here. I wasn’t necessarily planning to start so soon, but I read the highly recommended book, Oh Crap! Potty Training, and was so motivated by the end of it that I knew […]
Ultimate Mother Runner Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Go ahead and get ready to forward this post to your spouse, or friend, or whoever will be pampering you this Mother’s Day because this is the ultimate mother runner mother’s day gift guide. Gift’s for yourself or any of the mother runners in your life. I asked around to the many mother runner’s in our […]
Fizzy “Volcanic” Eruptions: Sensory Play Fun for Toddlers to Kindergarteners
Today we are taking the traditional baking soda and vinegar science experiment to the next level. I have yet to find a kiddo who doesn’t think this is cool. I’ve done it with my own child when he was 17 months and would do this in my classroom when I taught first grade, each of […]
