kids

Lately… {on simplifying in the New Year}

by gidget family

We’ve been struggling a lot with Gigi the last couple of months. Mainly through the hustle, bustle and excitement of the holidays, but even since then, we’ve been seeing some behavioral and anger issues in her that we want to start working though now, so as to hopefully prevent the development of a pattern in [...]

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Felt Ice Cream Craft Tutorial

by gidget ice cream

Since we had an ice cream-themed 4th birthday party for Gigi {I guess a love of ice cream has been inherited by my little girlie!}, I wanted to do a couple of little activities along the same theme for her and her friends. A while back I had seen a similar idea: Rachel (from Small [...]

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too relaxed.

by gidget fun

It started so simple. An afternoon bath to pass the time before Daddy got home. Two cute kiddos, who almost always bathe together. With Daddy. I preface this story, but saying that I rarely bathe the kids. Bathtime and bedtime are essentially Daddy Time around here, as I clean up a bit or get some [...]

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Dealing with Behavior Issues

by gidget family

The last couple of months have been challenging with Gigi, to say the least, when it comes to her behavior. The word “no” was never really an issue during the twos but she has been using that word very liberally as she approached and turned three. I just wanted to share a couple of the [...]

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Siblings

by gidget family

I couldn’t be more thrilled for our Chiquita to finally have a sibling… she’s already a big helper and seems to be maturing before our eyes.

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The Jimmies Make Super Fun Music {Review + Giveaway}

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I’m totally in love with the kid-friendly CD, Make Your Own Someday, by The Jimmies. I know it’s supposed to be music for the kiddos, but it is so fun, I pop in the disc for my own pleasure, too. The songs are totally random (which I love), creative and not cheesy at all. Yay! [...]

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Jekyll & Hyde were here… A Question of Contentment

by Guest Blogger faith

I think that I am living with Jekyll & Hyde. Seriously. It seems absurd that in the time span of .0003 seconds the mood between my children can go from loving each other wholeheartedly, stroking each other’s faces with fairies flying above their heads sprinkling “happy dust” to a scene from Kujo where the dog [...]

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Helping Your Kids Love Food

by Guest Blogger family

My kids like to eat, and they like to eat good food. I don’t know whether to attribute this to luck or my parenting skills, but I’ll err on the side of giving myself credit any day! Here are my top five tips to help children learn to appreciate good food. 1. Eat good food. [...]

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Reuben’s Art-On-The-Go Bag!

by gidget sewing & crafts

For my nephew’s second birthday, I used Amanda Soule‘s book, The Creative Family, as a jumping off point for his gift. I loved Amanda’s idea for an art-on-the-go bag, and I also used her pattern in the book for the colored pencil roll. Since he’s so young, I used pretty simple contents, but Reuben loved [...]

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It’s the Absolute Ultimate!! #6 ~Crafting with Kids

by gidget family

Ideas for Crafting with (Young) Kids The other day my dear friend asked me if I had any ideas/resources for doing crafts with her toddler. She said he was really anxious for “school” (dad’s a teacher) but she wasn’t ready to put him preschool yet, so she was looking for some ideas for doing crafts [...]

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