When kids play with toys from their parents’ childhood, playtime becomes even more amazing. My husband brought home these Alphabet Robots one evening, much to our four-year-old’s delight. Alphabets AND robots? It was a pairing of two of his favorites! But I was just as amazed because these robots looked so familiar. They appear as […] Read more…
Archive of ‘Family Time’ category
K5 Learning Review Heads up!
K5 Learning has an online reading and math program for kindergarten to grade 5 students. I’ve been given a 6 week free trial to test and write a review of their program. I thought this was super timely, given that Timmy’s starting Kindergarten in June. It would be awesome to try this out during his […] Read more…
A Dollhouse for Boys
A dollhouse for boys? Why not? When my son was around 2 years old, my husband and I got a dollhouse, furniture and all. Our toddler was BIG on props. When he’d watch a movie and there was a house in the scene, he’d look for whatever structure was available at home (a box, a […] Read more…
Raising a bookworm
Raising a bookworm? This is what happens! On a car ride home with my sister: Timmy: Book! (Pointing out the window) My sister: Where? Timmy: There! (Pointing at the giant Globe Facebook ad outside Trinoma) Ninang: Ah ok. That’s Facebook. Timmy: B-O-O-K spells book! Facebook… Let’s go Facebook! He thought it was a bookstore! He […] Read more…
Kids say the darndest things
Kids say the darndest things. It was bedtime. The lights were out. Timmy had his head on my tummy and was pinching my tummy skin lovingly. “Mommy tummy pweedoh,” he said in the dark. “Guido?,” I asked, wondering if he was talking about one of the Cars characters. “PWEYdoh!,” he repeated, pinching my skin some […] Read more…
Good night sleep tight! Don’t let the bed bugs bite!
Good night sleep tight dear world! We kicked off the week with a blog post on what we look forward to on Mondays (Monday Happiness). It’s finally Friday and I can’t wait to end the week! Friday nights for this Mommy aren’t for girls’ night outs or bar-hopping. It’s for cuddling in bed with my […] Read more…
Knorr Bubble Blowing
Knorr bubble blowing was a competition among me and my sisters when we were small. After my Mom would use the Knorr bottle (Knorr Liquid Seasoning), she’d put it on the table and ta-da! A bubble would form on the spout. My sisters and I would rush towards the bottle and see who would blow […] Read more…