Boys come out with the video game gene don’t they?!

I have always heard that boys are pre-conditioned for video games and I never gave it a second…

Life is so interesting in so many ways. The history of chess is fascinating. The game of chess is one of those surprising tools that parents and educators are discovering around the world. In its earliest forms chess was played in India during the 6th Century. It spread and developed throughout the world from the Middle East and to Europe. It became part of the education of the Persian nobility. It reached Europe through Persia, the Byzantine Empire and Arabian…

We have big news at Special Baby Shower Gifts! Not only have we recently updated our site with lots of great new baby shower gifts but we have added lots of tips and tools for baby shower planning too!

If you are planning a baby shower swing by and check us out.  If not, make sure to book mark our page because chances are there is a baby…

I think that one of the saddest things about Alzheimer's disease is the fact that it often robs children of their grandma or grandpa. Children are very astute. They know that grandma or grandpa is there "physically", but they can usually sense that they are not fully "present".



Little ones might be frightened. Tweens might get very quiet, and teens? They might just get angry. So how…

I'm a list girl.  Always have been.  Always will be.

I like a chore list.  I like the focus it gives me during the day and I love, love, love being able to cross things off my list as the day goes on.

I live by a grocery list.  I don't understand how people can go to the grocery store without one.  Unless you have a list in your head of the 3 to 5 things you need, but then again, that's a list.  A mental list?  Yes.  But a list, nonetheless.  Walking through the aisles…

Win a 3 mths. subscription for your child to play Math Blaster online.  This cool game has different galaxies and many different games to play.

Ends 5/25…

Win a 3 mths. subscription for your child to play Math Blaster online.  This cool game has different galaxies and many different games to play.

Ends 5/25…

So I have been complaining for years now that Bugaboo does not make a double stroller, and then today I read on a blog that they announced the double Bugaboo Donkey in September 2010!  What rock have I been living under!  Ahhhh!



Well, the price…

Aim. Snap. Learn. It’s just that easy for parents to get detailed information before buying a video game this holiday season. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) – which assigns the age and content ratings for computer and video games – has released an online video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gs_BRexfrY) announcing the upgraded version of its free…

There are moments when it’s most appropriate (and simple) to give a single but thoughtful gift to the family rather than to each individual member. Perhaps the gift is from one family to another, or it’s to say…

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It’s’ time to begin drawing names for Christmas gifts!…

The weather’s heating up here in Southern California. We’re fortunate to live just a mere 20-minute drive above the valley below because temperatures easily pass 100 degrees daily in the summer. As you climb the mountain, you literally watch the temperature gauge in the car drop degree by degree, till you arrive at home. A decent 15-20 degrees cooler simply because we’re at 5,000 feet.

But it still gets hot up here in the mountains.

And the hot weather…