Bratz dolls look like hookers to me.....

Someone recently bought Mimi a Bratz doll. Kevin and I were disgusted, and confiscated the doll. Since Mimi is 3 1/2 yrs old, it was difficult to explain our reasoning. What do you think? Will you let your kids play with these or will you buy them as gifts for other children? Or do you think they are far too sexual and inappropriate?

Obama Momma!

MImi & Moe's favorite song

Yay! It's Friday!

Mimi's feet! I love their feet!

Moe making music. We promise we don't abuse your instruments, Daddy! ;)

Mimi climbed her first tree this morning! She told me to quit taking pictures, and to be quiet! She was hoping a bird would land in the tree!

Have a great weekend!
~Karen

A Felt Board

This project has become more meaningful than I imagined. The kids spend so much time playing with this. Mimi loves to create stories, and then tells us what is going on in her story. Moe likes to do silly things like putting fish in trees. This makes him laugh a lot. I enjoy watching them work on it together.

I have oodles of felt. The board is an old puzzle whose pieces are missing. Simply glue flannel or felt to a board. Then make anything you can imagine out of felt. It was fun to include Mimi and Moe in this process. They had many suggestions. Moe wishes I would make more than one car. Mimi wants more people.

You can illustrate counting and numbers:

I think the possibilities are endless for this thing. I am thinking of ordering the alphabet from here. I think it would be fun to do stories like "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly..." etc.... Also, I suppose you could mount the board onto a wall, but I prefer having it portable.

Go make felt things. It is FUN!

Top secret tips for teaching bike riding

Place the training wheels on a level so that the back tire does not touch the ground. We found frisbees work well.

Practice pedaling until you can do it in your sleep! And since the bike is not moving, you don't have to worry about crashing. All she had to focus on was the pedaling.

She had to wash off some paint that got on her bike! Taking care of her 1st real bike!!

Update

Still not feeling well, but much better than yesterday!

Look what bloomed in our front yard!

My latest craft project....I hope the recipient likes it....and doesn't take offense! HAHA!!