Summer Bridge Activities

Yazan: CanCan | 15 July 2009 | 90 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Educational products, Giveaways, Reviews

Jojo was just starting to read a few words when the school year ended, so I am excited to keep his skills sharp with Summer Bridge Activities: Kindergarten to 1st Grade.
Summer Bridge Activities books are available in grade levels up to rising 8th graders. Summer Bridge Activities were created by educators who believe that [...]

Treasure Summer Reading With Your Child

Yazan: CanCan | 04 June 2009 | 191 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Educational products, Giveaways

I love to read and I naturally hope to raise my own children to be little bookworms!
I’m always looking for ideas to inspire a love of reading, and I strive to fill our home with great books of all kinds!
Treasures, a MacMillan/McGraw-Hill collection of readers, is one of the leading K-6 reading programs in the [...]

Frecklebox Personalized Gifts For Kids

Yazan: CanCan | 25 May 2009 | 132 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Reviews

My name is Candice. With an “i-c-e” instead of “a-c-e”. When I was a little girl I longingly searched every gas station and amusement park display of personalized junk for a special toothbrush or pen or key chain with my very own name emblazoned upon it. Most times, my search was fruitless.
*sigh*
And these days, I [...]

Along Came You

Yazan: CanCan | 21 May 2009 | 95 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Giveaways, Mom stuff, Reviews

It is hard for children to imagine their parents had a life before “the kids” came along.
On the other hand, it is also kind of hard to remember what life was really like before we had kids. So I guess we are even.
I can’t even wrap my mind around everything that has changed about [...]

Feeling Friends

Yazan: CanCan | 25 April 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Educational products, Reviews

As a mom of two young children, I’m often made aware that there are many things that children don’t know.
I have said many times that I wish my boys were born knowing about germs. Then I wouldn’t have to constantly remind them not to lick things in public.
Yes, parents have to be intentional in [...]

Leslie Patricelli Takes You Higher

Yazan: CanCan | 03 April 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Reviews

Leslie Patricelli has become a popular talent in the world of children’s books, with vividly illustrated titles like Yummy Yucky and Quiet Loud.
Patricelli’s trademark characters have adorably huge heads and endearingly wide mouths.
The illustrations are open and clean, and the carefully chosen minimalist narratives give the cute characters surprising depth.
Higher! Higher! is Patricelli’s newest title, [...]

Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family

Yazan: CanCan | 11 March 2009 | 40 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Baby care, Giveaways, Mom stuff, Reviews

There has been a recent “baby invasion” around here; two adopted infants and one biological child have joined families in my circle of friends in the past two months.
Watching their journeys into parenthood and reflecting on my own has really made me think about the risk in becoming a parent.
No matter if you have [...]

Answers in Abundance

Yazan: CanCan | 17 January 2009 | 52 Comments
Categories: Adoption, Giveaways, Reviews

Elliott Anderson and his wife, Angie, struggled with infertility for 9 years before deciding to pursue adoption.
Elliott has written Answers in Abundance: A Miraculous Adoption Journey as Told from a Father’s Heart, a unique memoir of the infertility journey and adoption process from a man’s perspective.
Elliott and Angie’s story is a veritable roller coaster [...]

A Long, Strange Trip

Yazan: CanCan | 06 December 2008 | 43 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Giveaways, Mom stuff

The Parent Trip: From High Heels and Parties to Highchairs and Potties is a new, hilarious book from writer Jenna McCarthy.
Jenna McCarthy is one funny lady. I got the chance to review The Parent Trip, and before I even got it in my hands, I was cracking up reading her bio on her website!
Here [...]

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