Baby Raves

Ever get tired of reading the same old children’s book over and over and over again to your child?  Come on - admit it!!  You can recite the story of “Green Eggs and Ham” in your sleep (actually you do and that is why you are so tired in the morning).  As much as I [...]

How have I not stumbled upon these workbooks earlier?  I have felt like the slacker mom on many occasions when I hear of mom-friends doing lots of arts and crafts with their kids – even using scissors!  I will admit it publicly – I avoided crafts because it sounded like a lot of time and [...]

One of the things that I find so appealing about some of the baby stuff out there is that they allow me to live vicariously through my toddler.  I like to think of myself as a cool and hip individual, but the reality is that sometimes the parent in me doesn’t let me be as [...]

I wasn’t really sure where to put this one. It’s really more for parents than it is for kids. But then again, there are probably more parents than kids reading this so I guess it’s appropriate. Whatever the case, I just had to share this. I saw it for the [...]

“Hullabaloo is farm-fresh, free-range, organic kid-folk in a genre filled with musical Twinkies and Ding-Dongs.” I love that description from their website. This is one of the few kid-friendly bands out there that parents will like as much as their kids. No singing dinosaurs or cartoon characters, but plenty of super fun folk-rock that [...]

We received this book as a gift and our two year old absolutely loves it. The author does a fantastic job of creating rhythmic sing along using a bunch of different animal names. The main characters are Tanka the elephant and his friend Skunka. Say their names together and they sound like [...]