If you have school-age children, you’ve probably heard rumblings of upcoming teacher appreciation events. At my kids’ school, a whole week is devoted to thanking our hard-working teachers, and May is the month chosen for the week-long outpouring of cards, gifts and luncheons. Well, tomorrow is May. Seems the right time to start thinking of [...]

My kindergarten guy sometimes gets in trouble in school because he can’t sit still. He’s assigned to sit in a little colored square on “the rug” when his teacher is reading to the class, and from what I understand, he sometimes veers into other kids’ squares. He spins around in his square and fidgets with [...]

Today is the last day you can enter to win the Sweet Onesie Gift Set from Little Sassy Pants. Leave a comment by 5PM, though, and you might just be the lucky winner. All you need to do is go back to the original giveaway post and follow the instructions. Good Luck!

Mom Allison shared these sweet shots of her two guys. Here, little guy Jake shows big brother Will some love. Twice. Want to showcase your sweetie? Just send your pic to jackidonaldson@gmail.com — make sure it’s at least 350 pixels wide and tell us something about the photo. No blurry shots, please.

On Fridays, we list the links we love and point to the hot topics at our favorite sites. Our first PlanetKid giveaway launched recently, and if you enter before 5PM on Tuesday, April 28, you just might win a Sweet Onesie Gift Set (you get to personalize your winnings!) from Little Sassy Pants. Make a [...]

Says mom Deb about her two little cuties, “Jessica has the most amazing eyes and Katelyn is a character.” Jessica is 6 years old, and Katelyn is 2. Want to showcase your sweetie? Just send your pic to jackidonaldson@gmail.com — make sure it’s at least 350 pixels wide and tell us something about the photo. [...]

Maybe it’s for good reason that I’m not a lover of electronics for kids. Seems keeping children in the great outdoors, not the closed-up indoors, is best for the little bodies of the world. Did you know there’s actually a “No Child Left Inside” bill geared towards getting environmental education into schools so that kids [...]

Tomorrow is Earth Day, and you might be wondering what on “Earth” you can do with your kids to celebrate and make a difference in the world. How about these ideas? Lace up your shoes, grab a trash bag and head into the great outdoors. Pick up the stuff that litters the ground in your [...]

Got your TV on? Well, turn it off. Right now. And keep it off for the whole week (April 20-26), because this week, my friends, is Turn Off TV Week. Let’s face it: We can all benefit from turning our attention away from Sponge Bob and reality television for seven days. Yes, it will be [...]

If you like personalized baby stuff, like I do, then you’ll want to get in on this giveaway, because Deidre over at Little Sassy Pants is awarding one lucky reader with a Sweet Onesie Gift Set.  This sweet set includes two personalized items: One premium burp cloth and one onesie (samples pictured above). To enter [...]