Ooz and Oz With Morph-o-scope

Yazan: CanCan | 31 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Reviews, Toys

I love finding “low-tech” toys and activities that hold my children’s attention.
My newest discovery? Morph-o-Scopes from Ooz and Oz!
What is it? Why is it awesome?
Morph-O-Scopes are an optical illusion toy, which comes in a kit containing some bendy reflective shiny things, and crazy warped images to color.
You fold the shiny thing into a “cup”, then [...]

UV Skinz Review and Giveaway

Yazan: CanCan | 18 June 2009 | 205 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Children's fashion, Giveaways, Health, Mom stuff, Reviews, Safety, Travel with children

Since we travel often into tropical climates, I take UV protection very seriously. It didn’t take me long to realize that it is often quite difficult and time consuming to put sunscreen on a toddler and preschooler every time they want to go outside, so now I am a big fan of UV protective [...]

Help Your Child Turn Green

Yazan: CanCan | 03 January 2009 | 46 Comments
Categories: Books for children, Educational products, Giveaways, Green, Reviews

Children have a strong sense of justice, and they love to rally behind a worthy cause (just think of all those kiddie movies where friends band together to save something from an evil grown-up).
The Little Environmentalists aim to arm children with facts to inspire them to go green! I’m Turning Green is the [...]

Eleven Collection’s Fabulous Fall Line, 2008

Yazan: CanCan | 16 November 2008 | 275 Comments
Categories: Children's fashion, Giveaways, Reviews

Shoes for little Travelers

Entering childhood used to mean leaving swanky boutique-quality shoes in the dust of the baby department in favor of gaudy sneakers emblazoned with licensed characters.
Eleven Collection is doing their part to end the tacky shoe travesty, having created an incredible line of top-end shoes for children.
Eleven Collection is the sister company of [...]

Music for Little Ears: Big Round World

Yazan: CanCan | 30 October 2008 | 55 Comments
Categories: Giveaways, Music for little ears, Reviews, Soundtrack

Big Round World is a fun collection of kid-friendly songs written by the talented duo called Trout Fishing In America.
If kids could write their own CD about topics of their choice, Big Round World would be it. In fact, that is exactly what bassist Keith Grimwood and guitarist Ezra Idlet hoped to do with [...]

Ju-Ju-Be Prepared

Yazan: CanCan | 09 October 2008 | 235 Comments
Categories: Baby care, Giveaways, Mom stuff, Reviews, Traveling baby

Going out on the town with children necessitates that Mama BE PREPARED!
Melt-downs happen, but having almost everything your child could need or want on hand can help diffuse a tantrum.
I was so thrilled to discover what will become my favorite carry-on bag for my travels. Behold, the WannaBe from Ju-Ju-Be!

This Ju-Ju-Be masterpiece in Mama-friendly engineering [...]

That Dam Stupa (Vientiane, Laos)

Yazan: CanCan | 08 October 2008 | 17 Comments
Categories: Laos, Teaching kids different cultures, Travel with children, Traveling baby

That Dam Stupa. It is pretty fun to type, but it isn’t pronounced how you think. It is a transliteration of the Lao name, and Lao language has it’s own alphabet. “That” is pronounced like “tot”, “Dam” should read like “dahm”, and “stupa”, well, yeah, that’s “stoo-pah”.

That Dam Stupa (you know you want to snicker [...]

Step By Step: Surviving A Long Plane Trip With Children

Yazan: CanCan | 23 July 2008 | 7 Comments
Categories: Air travel, Moving overseas, Travel with children, Traveling baby

Recently I flew from East Coast, USA, to LA, California and on to Southeast Asia. It required 4 flights, the longest of which was about 16 hours. I have done this several times over the years, and I’m always being asked, “How do you do it?”. This time, I took notes. So, in case you [...]