Babies

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It’s kind of weird to realize what memories you have of your childhood. I mean, many of them are just so random… sure you remember falling off your bike and scraping up your knee or your trip to Disney… but I also have memories of playing “panda family” with the boy down the street, leaving May Day baskets on the neighbors’ front doors, and… acting out plays with my brother for the video camera. One of our favorites, at least in MY memory, was The Three Little Pigs. I know my mom has it on camera because I can recall watching it years ago. I remember acting it out in our living room (the “quiet room,” as our parents creatively named it) with my brother. He was the big, bad wolf that visited me, each of the three pigs, in their homes. We all know the story… he successfully blew down the first two and all 3 pigs lived happily ever after in the third home of brick. What fun we had in a world without computers and cell phones!!! Haha. I want to pass on those stories to our children. I want them to know the classics, sing the lullabies, and act out some awesome imaginative play. So when I saw the HABA wolf puppet and 3 little pigs (by Lilliputiens) I HAD TO HAVE IT. It’s SOOOO cute. There’s a wolf hand puppet and he’s all decked out in a furry vest and corduroy pants (and big, bad teeth!). Then there are 3 little pigs that are finger puppets and they each have a little tent of a house. In my photo above you can see the 3 pigs attached to the front of the wolf… that was how it came packaged, I hadn’t cut them free yet because my son was too excited about the wolf puppet, haha. I think it’s cute that each pig is dressed in the same material as their house so you know where they belong (straw, sticks, or bricks). First, I had to act out the whole thing by myself because Ryan didn’t quite know the story yet. I showed him how to use the puppets and how the pigs would hide in their house and the wolf would huff and puff and blow the house down! In the upper left photo, Ryan is blowing down the house! In the bottom left photo, Ryan said, “Oh no, mommy! The wolf blew ME down!” The suggested age is 0–2, but Ryan is 3.5 and adores it. He now actually uses the puppets and attempts to tell the story–or at least his super adorable version of it. I don’t know how much of that he would have done a year ago–he seems to have just entered the imaginative play stage recently. Rebecca is 1 and she loves the set, as well, but just to hug and carry around with her, haha. The GREAT part is that all the houses and pigs fit in the back of the wolf (where your hand goes), it velcros shut, and there’s even a little loop (that Ryan uses to carry it around like a purse). Lilliputiens has so much adorable stuff (distributed exclusively in the US by HABA). The colors are fantastic–bright and gender neutral–and everything really encourages imaginative play.There’s a farm house with animals that I like and I’d really like to get the kids one of the babies that comes with a bottle, clothes, a bed, and stuffed animal. I think both Ryan and Rebecca would love it! You can get your own wolf puppet set for $64.99 and make sure you find HABA on their social media channels–they’re fantastic: facebook, twitter, pinterest, google+, and youtube. ~I received the wolf puppet set from HABA to facilitate this review, but was not compensated in any way and all opinions are my own! The post Ryan will huff and puff and blow your house down! appeared first on Baby Dickey | Chicago, IL Mom Blogger.

Just Jared posted some photos from Hale Berry's family trip to Bel Bambini on May. The actress stopped by the West Hollywood baby boutique with her daughter, Nahla, who pushed a cart around and picked out items for the baby.

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We celebrated Arlo’s birthday last weekend with a dinosaur themed party and it was a blast! For months, I’d been squirreling away dinosaur themed party decorations as I came across them. We never know quite how it will all look when we put all the ideas together, so it’s fun to stand back before the guests arrive and take a look at the final result. (And a big thank you to my mom this year for helping!) To save money, I kept the colors similar to his party last year, so that we could reuse as much as possible. I wanted some sort of dinosaur landscape as a backdrop, so I took a sheet and used colored duct tape to make a linear, palm tree and volcano background. The table skirt was a couple of cheap grass skirts that I picked up at the dollar store and I found a great deal on Meri Meri party supplies on Zulily - so I purchased the big stegasaurus on the table, a few banners, and party bags.  I’ve ordered both of the kids a personalized birthday banner this year that I plan to re-use every year going forward. I really like this chalkboard inspired one from Minted.com. I’m not much of a baker, but I like making my own cakes for the kid’s parties. For Arlo’s birthday I used a simple boxed chocolate cake and then added fresh strawberries and homemade buttercream. As a topper, I ordered a wooden T-Rex skeleton puzzle off Amazon (full disclosure: it was a pain to put together!) and made a little party hat for it to wear. It was simple - but the results brought lots of smiles! His party was at 3pm, so we kept the food simple. Mini sandwiches, fruit, veggies and dip, cheese and crackers and munchies like pretzels, chips, goldfish, nuts and dried fruit. I snagged a bunch of Arlo’s toy dinosaurs out of his room to decorate the platters. The dollar store and the party section of Target our my favorite places to find inexpensive goodie bag toys. Arlo’s friends took home mini tambourines, dinosaur stickers, bubbles, finger skateboards, and a sweet treat. The forecast was calling for thunderstorms mid afternoon, so we were hesitant to set up much in the yard. Instead, I moved the kid craft table to the porch. We had two activities - little wooden dinosaur cutouts I found at the dollar store that the kids could color with markers and I carved potatoes into dinosaur feet stamps so that the children could put them in washable paint and stamp paper with “dinosaur tracks”.  We blew up a couple of inflatable dinosaurs to welcome our guests and attached balloons. The kids at the party loved playing with them. A “live” velociraptor made a brief appearance at the party, but I worried about Bailey overheating, so she didn’t wear it long. It was definitely good for a laugh! The storms held off all afternoon and our yard and home was filled with family and friends.  Having a fenced in front yard makes for a great kid-safe area to play - so we put out tricycles, scooters and yard toys. We also had out Arlo’s new sandbox with lots of digging toys and buried dinosaurs. Singing happy birthday to our big two year old! Arlo’s personality is a bit more reserved and he is much more shy than his big sister, because of this, he doesn’t always command the spotlight.  It was really sweet to see his face light up as he realized that every part of this day was all about HIM! He was so happy when we all sang happy birthday and blew out his candles on the first try! A favorite shot from the day - complete with a cake mustache and a new hat he got for his birthday. (Arlo is on his way to having the coolest hat collection ever.) I’ve talked about this before - but we always encourage our guests to bring a donation instead of a gift to our children’s parties. (Our kids have so much already.) It’s a great way to teach Everly and Arlo about giving to others and help out a great cause. For Arlo’s birthday this year, we chose to collec

These modern star ceiling lights will soon be giving the old moon and stars nursery theme a new and exciting look! As you can see, these fiber optic stars

It’s been 15 years since we lost you. Still miss how you made me feel beautiful, even when I quite obviously was not. Why’s that little boy wearing a dress? Love you Daddy! I didn’t tell y’all I’d been married before? That’s my itty-bitty chicken leg sticking out there. Arrgh, margaritas are good! Hint: If you’d put down that cigarette, maybe you’d still be with us. The post 15 years appeared first on pyjammy's triplets.

Looking for ideas to create a fun & modern room for your little girl to grow into? Andrika King created this beautiful girls bedroom with bright colors and pretty patterns. The focal points of the room include the beautiful Pine Cone Hill bedding and the painted cherry blossom tree mural. A custom build-in desk and bookshelves were added to a corner of the room and will get lots of use over the years. The pink tufted headboard is fabulous! For more of Andrika’s beautiful designs, visit her blog, Nursery Notations. The post Bright and Beautiful Girls Bedroom appeared first on Design Dazzle.

I have a sickness. It's May 22, I have 12 days that I still have to come to work before summer. And I'm already shopping & planning for the girls' first full year of elementary school. First off, we had to have backpacks. And since Pottery Barn Kids was having a sale (I got one of the backpacks for $19!), and free shipping - I hopped on it. Audrey picked the Chocolate Geo pattern & Natalie picked the Chocolate Floral. But of course I couldn't just stop there. I've been searching for lunch ideas, other than lunchables. I'd love to do bento boxes, but ain't nobody got time for stuff like these super cute ones....at least not in my house! I'm also pretty sure the girls would FLIP if they found Yoda staring back at them in their lunch box. Not to mention, after carpool, sitting in a classroom for a few hours, and being carried by almost 5 year olds to the cafeteria, all my hard work would look more like a Pollock. But I found some supplies on Amazon, and they are rather cheap (like $3-4), that I think might make them more eager to eat their PBJ and fruit. Or possibly use to trade for square pizzas and cookies, who knows? silicone muffin cups / face punching templates / 4 pack bento boxes / stacking bento box / egg mold / food picks I think I could probably pull off lunches like this. Maybe not every day, but some days. They look pretty basic, and it's just the little things (picks, silicone cups, shaped sammies) that make it look nice. What do you pack for your kids for lunch? I'm in need of some ideas, because the girls have never had to have lunch outside of our house - and I certainly get in ruts with what we eat.