This week, for Manners Monday, we’re teaching our kids to kick the habit of using their hands to eat and to reach for utensils before reaching for a bite. Sure, for some foods it doesn’t matter like crackers or bread. But, in general, most foods should be eaten with utensils and

Welcome back! Manners Monday is helping young kids, and their parents, be more polite. This week might, hopefully, be for the younger side of spectrum but it has been coming up a lot in my world lately so I feel compelled to address it. We’re talking about snatching things out

As a writer, I’m a HUGE fan of reading. I have always appreciated quiet time with a book and am so psyched to be instilling that in my little munchkin. Soooo, I was more than happy to see in the newspaper over the weekend that when you read to your

For a lot of little ones, including mine, daycare starts to become a part of life at 2 years old. Along with the normal concerns about bullying, separation anxiety and potty training, come some pretty fun concerns like needing to buy a backpack. When we were at a recent meet-up

This little girl in her adorable forest dress has been one of my most popular pins on the metromomclub pinterest account and it’s no wonder why! The deer print is insanely cute. She’s pretty cute, too. I mean, just look at those cheeks! I found it on a blog called Toertjes