My Top 10 Books for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers

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Reading has always been something that brings me great joy and I hope I am able to encourage a love of reading in my boys. The books I am reading right now are in the infant, toddler and preschooler genre.  I guarantee the books on this list will bring lots of laughter and joy. These are the books we read over and over and over again. Top 10 Books/Series for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers 1. Anything Sandra Boynton: Her books are funny, sometimes have songs associated with them and have wonderful illustrations. They are also on the short side, so if you need a quick bedtime story these are perfect. We read the following Sandra Boynton books all the time: Snuggle Puppy, Barn Yard Dance, Moo, Baa, La La La and Dinosaur’s Binkit. We have so many of these books, we really should buy stock in Sandra Boynton! 2. Little Blue Truck series by Alice Schertle and Jill McElmurry: If you have kiddos who love trucks like mine, then this series is for...
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Gift Ideas for the Men in your Life

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When you give a gift someone really loves, it’s magical to see their face light up. But there are some people who are really hard to buy for, no matter how well I know them.  I usually have the hardest time buying gifts for the men in my life, my husband is the hardest nut to crack. I decided to create a list of ideas I could refer back to when shopping for the men in my life. Use this list of gift ideas for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas etc., for the guys in your life. When composing this list, I tried to think about budget-friendly gifts to spare no expense. Gifts that are pretty tried and true and ones that require a bit more thought and research. Budget-Friendly or Free Gifts The Gift of Time: Does the man in your life like to camp, hike, hunt, fish etc. ?Encourage him to go on one of those trips. For this coming summer, if my husband wants to go...
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Teacher Appreciation Week

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It's Teacher Appreciation Week, and like gratitude, I think we should try to show our appreciation as much as possible.  Click here if you missed my post on gratitude. I've been looking at Pinterest for Teacher Appreciation Week gift ideas. During my research,  I noticed a few things: there are lots of ideas for fun or funny gifts, there are a ton of bad puns, loads of ideas for candy/food gifts, and cute ways to wrap up office supplies, which is usually my gift of choice. I even saw an idea for a gift of wine personalized to state that your kid is the reason her or his teacher drinks (I’m not too sure about that one). While fun and funny, I felt the main focus of the week was lost.  The true respect, admiration, and recognition of the difference teachers make in our lives was not the focus and we need to make sure that is a part of any teacher...
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Mother’s Day Gifts any Mom would love

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Mother's Day is next month, if you haven’t started thinking about what you want to do or give on Mother’s Day, I have a few ideas that could work for you. Here are my Mother's Day Gift Ideas any Mom would love Gifts made by the people who love them Handmade gifts:  All moms, grandmas, great grandmas, and aunties love things made by their kids, grand-kids, nieces, and nephews, especially when little hands and feet are featured. The sight of these handmade treasures usually brings a tear to the eye. Here are hand and foot flowers that I made inspired by the many ideas on Pinterest. Make a meal: There is the classic breakfast in bed for mom, Mother's Day brunch or make her dinner with an amazing dessert. Does your mom love chocolate? You could impress her with Molten Chocolate cake! Gift of Time Time off:  I remember as a new mom, I fell into the all too common pattern of the baby first all the time....
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