This organic batter in a can helped make Mother’s Day perfect.

Organic Batter Blaster
I only had one wish for Mother’s Day this year: sleeping in with breakfast in bed. It doesn’t get any better than that. Unless you consider adding a cuddly toddler and a few Sunday cartoons to the mix, because that would bump it up on the perfection scale. I searched for ways Lil’E could be involved in my wish beyond cartoon watching. I do let her help cooking when she shows interest but it is not ...

Trying to explain Earth Day to a toddler is complicated, so why not start at the ground level, literally.

A Toddler Earth Day
Everyone told me Lil’E was too young to understand Earth Day, and as far as the big picture is concerned, I agree. I cannot sit a two-year-old down and explain climate change or the layers of the ozone. Yet, I wanted to do something with her at the Saturday play date in honor of the day.  I came up with the idea to help her plant some vegetables or flowers after she showed interest in ...

Pliable dough that’s not just non-toxic, it’s actually edible — and kind of delicious.

Play-Dough
My daughter received a basket of gifts from my in-laws for Easter. One of the goodies inside was Play-Doh. I hadn’t really thought of giving Lil’E Play-Doh up to this point, and I was excited to see how she would react. Well, she was interested in it alright, interested in eating it. Lil’E was never the toddler that explored with her mouth, so this was uncharted territory for me. She teethed early and the worst ...