Are you concerned that your child is being bullied at school? Here's how to help as a parent.

How to Help When Your Child is Being Bullied

As parents, we want to be able to protect our children from everything. Or, at the very least, prepare them for everything that they’ll have to face in the world. Of course, this task is almost impossible but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try our best. And really, isn’t that what parenting is about? Doing our best for our children? They don’t need for us to be perfect and shield them from everything but they do need us. Has your child ever been bullied? So how do we handle it when your child is being bullied? Bullying is a form of intimidating another for a number of reasons. Children may be targeted for almost any reason.  A child who is socially awkward or who…

Thanksgiving Shopping Choices

How early do you get your holiday shopping done? For some, it may mean purchasing things throughout the year. For others, it may mean waiting until the last minute. And for others, it may mean waiting until one of the best shopping weekends of the year: Thanksgiving weekend. In the past, it just meant going out for Black Friday and then along came Cyber Monday. Now, there are a handful of stores that start their holiday deals on Thanksgiving. And while this may seem like a controversial move on the part of the retailers, it also opens up a new venue of savings for holiday shoppers. But where do you stand when it comes to Thanksgiving shopping choices? Are you a Black Friday go-getter, a…

Our Top Favorite Thanksgiving Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Our Top Favorite Thanksgiving Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

We love to celebrate holidays and to help with holiday celebrations, I love a good variety of books. Books are a staple part of our home to begin with, so I want to start sharing a weekly book list with you. Usually they’ll be books for toddlers and preschoolers, but I’ll also have a few book lists for adults as well. This week, we’re getting ready for Thanksgiving with these fun 25 Thanksgiving books for toddlers and preschoolers. Please note that some of these are religious in nature, but for the most part they’re secular based. In the future, I will have book lists that are Christian focused. I have a lot of ideas for these lists though most of them are based on whatever…

Winter Themed Sensory Friendly Activity: Sensory Snow Wonderland

Winter Themed Sensory Friendly Activity: Sensory Snow Wonderland

Has it snowed where you are yet? In Albany, we had our first snow of this season the second weekend of October. It was only flurries and didn’t last for very long, but it was just enough to fascinate Squeaker and capture her attention. Of course, she already has a love of snow and snowmen thanks to Frozen (mostly Olaf) but ever since she actually saw snow; that’s all she’s asked for. However, it has not snowed since but I’m sure it’s on it’s way and will be here before we know it. In the meantime, I put together a sensory snow wonderland for her. Really it was just a sensory snow experiment because I wanted to see what would hold her attention. Next time…

Free Halloween Coloring Pack

So I’ll admit, I had all of these plans to make Halloween printable packs. I had my ideas listed and I had my files set up at the end of September. And then October got here and I just kept putting it off. Not a really good excuse, I know, but I wanted to at least share something for Halloween. I’m also hoping to get back in the habit of posting printables on a more consistent basis. At the very least they will be posted weekly, though starting in December- you can expect a special twelve days of Christmas/holiday printables. But that’s in December and this is October, so let’s get to that free Halloween coloring pack! This pack would be great for last minute…

Healthier Alternatives for White Flour

Do you enjoy baking? It’s one of my favorite things to do, either for my family, for loved ones, friends, or for myself. I find it to be calming and I do enjoy baking from scratch whenever I can. Of course, I’m not above using a few shortcuts here and there but I also know that baking from scratch gives me more control over the ingredients. Recently, I’ve started looking into healthier alternatives for white flour for when I bake. Partially because we’re still looking into making some gluten free friendly changes to our overall diet and partially because it’s part of our overall steps towards a healthier lifestyle. I’ll also be the first to admit, one of the biggest obstacles that we continually face…