Showing posts with label parenting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parenting. Show all posts

Monday, September 12, 2011

Best Art Toy for kids!


Aquadoodle is the best, most amazing art toy EVER!!!

I can't believe I have never seen/heard of this.  My daughters Godfather bought this for her and its the best toy EVER!!!
G LOVES to color/draw.  We have gone thru our experiences of her eating crayons-first time it was a red one.  I almost passed out when I changed her diaper the next day.  I thought my daughter's insides were bleeding.
Markers.  Thank goodness we bought the washable ones, she likes to draw everywhere.  Especially on herself
We went to visit my mom, (whose house is NOT baby proofed). G found a permanant black marker and drew all over my OCD mom's house.  Fridge, carpet, throw pillows, tile.
Paint - she loves it.  Me not so much.  Especially when she decides to no longer paint her paper, and moves over and paints the kitchen table.
Finally thought I found the answer and used the Crayola markers that the color only shows up on special coloring paper, and once that's done, you have to go out and buy a new book.

Then Aquadoodle entered our lives!  You fill up the "marker" with water, and she draws on a pad, and her drawings fade away, as the water dries.  Bingo, you have a clean, brand new canvas to draw on again.  Colors can't go everywhere, and its non-toxic.

There are no messes, just a relief that I can give my daughter a marker, and she can express herself all over the canvas, and even if she gets the marker open, it's only water.

LOVE LOVE LOVE this product!!!  Every parent of a toddler needs this item.  I can't believe it's taken me this long to find this.  And to make it even funnier.  Her Godfather is a single man, no kids, the definition of a bachelor, and he finds this product.  I can't tell you how much I appreciate this gift!

Monday, September 5, 2011

10 things NEVER to say to a stay at home mom

Stay-at-Home-mom-picture-cartoon



I read this article on a redbook link, and I had to post.


1. When the kids are older, do you think you'll get a real job?

2. How June Cleaver of you!

3. Oh, so you don't work?

4. Since you have extra time on your hands, could you whip up a few dozen brownies for the bake sale tomorrow?

5. All day with your kids? I can't even imagine.

6. I'm jealous. I wish my husband were rich so I wouldn't have to work either.

7. What do you do all day, anyway?

8. I'm sure you're not the only one who's ever wasted money on a college degree.

9. That explains why your son is so clingy!

10. Weird. I assumed your house would be superclean.

—Candy Kirby of thelaughingstork.com, with help from her Twitter followers and friends


Read more: Stay at Home Mom Pet Peeves - What Not to Say to a Stay at Home Mom - Redbook