Baby Scholars giveaway at Simple

There is another fun giveaway at Simple!! This review and giveaway are for a company called Baby Scholars that have fun learning toys..... like the featured crayon apron and chalkboard. If you have little ones you should read it :)





Another reason to check out Simple is because this company is offering a $100 of their products to the winner of the giveaway at Simple!! So check in out and sign up :)

There's a WORD for it.......

I was doing a little surfing while I was waiting for some photos to download....I'm actually on a hunt for a preschooling book that teaches using themes. Anyway. I came across this word....

Edutainment

One can only guess what the meaning is... he ehe hee. Anyway, it's the concept that I've tried to develop and use when choosing toys, videos and shows for the kids. (Let me confess that I will give in and there is proof by all the non-edutainment toys and videos we have!!!!)

One such edutainment video choice that I've been soo pleased with is LeapFrog's Letter Factory DVD (which was recommended by a friend and she was totally right...thanks!!) It's a video that goes through the whole alphabet phonetically. There is a little song that continues through the whole video that really is catchy and helps to reinforce the content with the kids later. And I think the funniest thing that all of my kids will watch the video over and over....an Educational video. One added bonus was that it was about $10 and not only prepares the kids to read but helps me really know what each sound sounds like, so I can help them learn to read!! (Come on...how many of you know what the "o" sounds like?? It's the vowels that get me the rest are easy!)

This video is a great step after the kids are singing the ABC song and ready to learn the sounds:) After having this video almost 2 weeks my little Christopher (2-yrs old) is already identifying letters better and trying to match sounds with letters.....

A Bad Hair Day or a Really GOOD Nap?

She learned how to do "cheese"!!!

I was snapping some pictures of the kids around the table this evening as the sun was setting outside and we were without power...not sure why we were without power but just as we were deciding what to do for dinner, it came back on.... so I jumped into the kichen to fix something. We actually ate some yummy chicken kabobs, cooked right on the George Foreman!!!

Ok, I'm WAY ahead of myself...... we were all sitting around the kitchen table and I decided to try to take pictures. It was Lydia's turn and she gave me the biggest, "cheesiest" smile a kid could come up with..... Isn't she the cutest camera ham??

I just can't get over her chubby little cheeks!!

Grand Opening

We have succumbed to all the excitement of our brand new Super Walmart!! We joined the masses this evening by journeying to the store!

What a treat to have this "all-in-one" store that we get soo many of our generic basics from sooo close to home:)