Bento for Ipad

Yazan: CanCan | 17 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Air travel, Guest posts, Reviews

guest review by Craig Hartin
I have used Bento on the Mac for a while. I was very excited to see that it was an available app for the iPad.
I mainly use Bento to help keep track of projects that I am currently involved with at work.
It is also a great way for me to [...]

Sewing A Friendship

Yazan: CanCan | 13 June 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Books for children, Guest posts, Reviews

Sewing a Friendship is written and illustrated by an extremely talented 10 year old girl, Natalie Tinti.
She wrote the book to spread her message that friendships are created when you have the courage to include others in work together. It’s a perfect summer story for young female readers who love [...]

Shard Necklaces: Found Objects of Remarkable Beauty #Giveaway

Yazan: CanCan | 18 April 2010 | 128 Comments
Categories: Coupon codes, Giveaways, Guest posts, Mom stuff, Reviews

Of the many different and unique kinds of jewelry in the Jayne Cairns Designs collection, the one-of-a-kind Shard Necklaces are my personal favorite. I must have at least 3 or 4 of these now. They are made out of Chinese pottery shards that have been turned into pendants and hung on several strands of [...]

Evenflo Triumph Advance Review and Giveaway

Yazan: CanCan | 24 November 2009 | 208 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Giveaways, Guest posts, Reviews, Riding in cars with kids, Safety, Travel with children, Traveling baby

Buying a carseat is one of the larger investments you make when a baby comes along (not including teenagerly demands such as a new car, college tuition and the like).
And it’s one that parents often make in the dark.
I know when we bought our first carseat, the decision was mostly influenced by the lady who [...]

New BabyLegs Tights

Yazan: CanCan | 13 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Baby care, Children's fashion, Guest posts, Recipes

What’s better than BabyLegs leg warmers, with their darling patterns and chub-emphasizing cuteness?
Meet BabyLegs tights, the most talked-about newbie of the fall line. Not content to have a monopoly on the leg warmer market, Babylegs has grown right along with its cutest customers.
These tights have all the comfort and fashion of original BabyLegs, and [...]

Six Ways School Kids Manipulate Parents–and What You Can Do About It

Yazan: CanCan | 01 September 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Guest posts, Mom stuff

By David Swanson, Psy.D.

Your kid wants to stay up late, avoid homework, hang out with friends, and watch TV and play video games. In short, your school-aged child wants to do everything but go to bed early and do schoolwork. What’s more, he has lots of clever ways to wear you [...]

Fairly Simple

Yazan: CanCan | 02 August 2009 | 7 Comments
Categories: Guest posts, Project Simplify

(Nick, AKA Dad Most Traveled has been working on the family home all summer. In an effort to simplify our lives and save money to do the things we love, we recently downsized from a 3 bedroom home to a 2 bedroom.
Read earlier installments about our journey towards the simple life in The Downsizing Journey [...]

Organic Bamboo Bibs and Burps

Yazan: CanCan | 20 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Baby care, Eating, Guest posts, Reviews, Uncategorized

Our 18-month-old has grown out of a lot of her baby bibs, just in time for her entrance into messy toddlerdom.
As the food gets sloppier (spaghetti and meatballs) and Buckley makes her first foray into forks and spoons, it’s even more important for her to have a protective covering at mealtime. This bright and shiny [...]

Making Our Small House Livable

Yazan: CanCan | 05 July 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Frugal, Guest posts, Project Simplify

We are a few weeks into the move and the house is starting to take some shape now. An air conditioner was iinstalled in our living room making it the first completed room in the house. Let’s see, that only leaves me with 7 more rooms!
I have been spending quite a bit of time at [...]

Introducing A New Baby

Yazan: CanCan | 02 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Books for children, Guest posts, Reviews

Taking home the first child is all surprises for mom and dad, but a second comes with a whole other set of issues—namely, how baby number one will deal with a slightly more crowded family.
Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for Baby? is Barney Saltzberg’s latest award-winning children’s book, and it deals nicely with this [...]