Ride-ons – Perfect Gifts for Summer

If you’re looking for a cool and yet affordable gift for any child aged 2-5, you can never go wrong with a ride-on! For the younger kids, I’d recommend a push ride-on, and for those 4-5 year olds, a self propelled pedal ride-on could be just perfect. There’s an absolutely amazing selection of ride-ons on [...]

Gifts that Store

By that I mean, gifts that come with their own storage space. Welcome to one of my personal pet peeves as a mom: gifts that include a zillion pieces, yet come without a proper storage box. All of these see-through nylon bags, or nets, that hold colorful pieces of, usually, plastic. The wrap is ripped [...]

Recommended Blog: Frugal Shopping with Julie

A short post today to recommend a nice blog that I recently found. This shopping blog is a great resource for coupons, special deals and freebies. Covering more than gifts for kids – you can find some useful coupons and deals for pretty much anything, following the links provided by Julie. Check it out here: [...]

Character Crocs for Kids

My two boys aren’t exactly fashion fanatics. I consider it a blessing, myself, not having to deal with “what do I wear today” issues. I’ve been told that girls can be very different when it comes to fashion statements and all I can say to that is “Whew!” For some reason or other though, my [...]

Still in a Building Mode…

After the last post, with its high-tech Lego kits, I thought it would be appropriate to address the younger kids’ building experiences. I mean, if you’re looking for a gift for a toddler, or just above, then you could even go for something simpler than Lego blocks. In fact, the most popular blocks sets sold [...]

Lego Creations

One of my kids’ favorite pastimes is building stuff with their lego blocks. Aged six and four, they have a collection of basic colorful lego blocks . Now, for their age group, I wouldn’t go for anything much more sophisticated. Just more building blocks, maybe a set of windows and doors, maybe some little lego [...]