Yazan: CanCan | 08 November 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Air travel, Baby care, Green, Health, Reviews
Nature’s Baby Organics is a yummy-smelling line of organic products created by a mom to meet the needs of her children, who had sensitive skin and eczema.
I really love our Nature’s Baby convenient Travel Pack. It contains: Shampoo/Body Wash, Conditioner, Aromatherapy Calming Spray in Lavender, and fragrance-free Face and Body Moisturizer.
I LOVE the Aromatherapy Calming [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 03 November 2009 | 82 Comments
Categories: Educational products, Giveaways, Reviews, Uncategorized
Alphabotz are here!
Alphabotz, cool robot characters on oversized flash cards are an engaging way of helping emerging readers understand all of the intricacies of the English language.
Superphonic Decoder Cards reveal stats on each robot character who wears a letter or letter team on its chest and an icon on its head that serve as constant [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 30 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Eating, Reviews
One day I decided that instead of only going to “family” restaurants, I would try to teach my children “grown-up” manners.
I took Jojo on an outing to a nice Italian restaurant and taught him some basic fancy-place manners.
I showed him how to take the cloth napkin, lay it in your lap, then use the corner [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 21 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Eating, Reviews
My children are nearly 5 and 2-years-old. This week I have been spending my days as a substitute teacher in a 3-year-old class at a private school.
The personal highlight of my teaching day is snack time. I love to watch the little children sit at the big table together and eat the snacks that their [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 10 October 2009 | 4 Comments
Categories: Children's DVD, Reviews
N’Circle Entertainment recently sent me a copy of their newly released DVD WordWorld: Lots of Letters Box Set for review.
I think WordWorld is a really clever show for promoting early childhood literacy; I’m so glad to see this great collection!
WordWorld: Lots of Letters Box Set contains 16 WordWorld episodes on 2 DVD’s, for a total [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 04 October 2009 | 54 Comments
Categories: Giveaways, Music for little ears, Reviews, Soundtrack
Milkshake released their fourth CD, Great Day, in August.
I love the music of the 80’s, some songs on Great Day have an 80’s sound, but the lyrics are geared towards children of this generation!
Great Day has catchy, head-bobbin’ songs about friendship, tough days, family, aspirations, growing older, consumerism, and other issues that confront children ages [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 03 October 2009 | 55 Comments
Categories: Eating, Giveaways, Reviews
I try to always pack Jojo’s lunch with tasty foods arranged in an appealing way inside cute containers.
But many days, the effort I put into the presentation of the lunch foods goes unnoticed, and the contents return to me in nearly their original state.
I can’t predict his taste on a given day, but I can [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 02 October 2009 | 321 Comments
Categories: Eating, Giveaways
I already liked Nature Valley Granola Bars, and now they have a new way to spread the deliciosity!
Nature Valley Granola Nut Clusters are little bite-sized conglomerations of 100% natural ingredients like roasted nuts, whole grain oats and honey.
These make for a great little protein pick-me-up when you are snacking on the go.
I love the sweet-and-salty [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 01 October 2009 | 154 Comments
Categories: Children's DVD, Giveaways
Two of my favorite characters, Charlie and Lola (or Chah-lee and Lo-luh) have a new DVD out now, just in time for fall!
Charlie and Lola, Vol. 9: What Can I Wear for Halloween? is 120 minutes long and contains these NINE Charlie and Lola adventures: What Can I Wear for Halloween?, Everything is Different and [...]
Yazan: CanCan | 29 September 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Books for children, Reviews, Uncategorized
Candlewick Press has a fresh new batch of Halloween-themed children’s books to help prepare your little one for the season!
And Then Comes Halloween is a beautiful picture book by Tom Brenner, with eye-catching illustrations by Holly Meade, done in watercolor and collage. They are so fantastic to look at (see what I mean at [...]