All aboard! While we’ve had a few unseasonably warm and humid days, we are now full steam ahead to cooler weather. We haven’t had to break out the heavy jackets yet, but we are adding layers and finally swapping our boat shoes for boots. Continuing our celebration of all things fall, we took a trip…Read More
Sunday Shelfie – Our Favorite Train Books for Toddlers
New England is known for its gorgeous fall foliage season…and what better way to see the changing colors than a steam train ride through the countryside! In conjunction with our fall foliage train ride through the Hudson River Valley, we are rounding up some of our favorite train books for toddlers: Steam Train, Dream Train, Where Do…Read More
Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Toddlers
With only a few more days left, the countdown to Halloween gets real! If you are still struggling to come up with a costume (and don’t have the time to do the best Elvis costume), here are a few of our favorite last minute Halloween costumes for toddlers. These are all easy DIY costumes that…Read More
Elvis DIY – Halloween Costumes for Toddlers
After much deliberation, we’ve finally decided what Bash is going to be for Halloween! Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been at an impasse. After nixing our Game of Thrones Tyrion idea (this mother of dragons just didn’t want to deal with 3 costumes), we were stuck with Toy Story’s Woody or a cowboy….Read More
Sunday Shelfie – Our Favorite Halloween Books for Toddlers
With Halloween coming up, we’re getting festive (without the “too scary” factor) with two Halloween books: Little Blue Truck’s Halloween and The Gruffalo. “Horn went beep!” We can’t get enough of the Little Blue Truck series! This was another find at our Mommy and Me class and we probably started reading this when Bash was about…Read More
Baking with Toddlers, a Fun and Educational Activity
We’ve been having such a wonderful fall, visiting farms and picking apples in the picturesque Hudson Valley. But, after accumulating bushels upon bushels of apples, I’m beginning to run out of space in our refrigerator! One can only eat so many apple slices per day! Last week, Bash’s class made baked apples and the yummy…Read More
Halloween Costumes for Toddlers – Part I
With Halloween just around the corner, we are currently scrambling to figure out Bash’s costume (with all the costumes for toddlers, you’d think it would be easy). We figure this will be the last year to dress Bash up on our terms, before he starts getting really opinionated on his costumes. Here’s a look back…Read More
Sunday Shelfie – DADA and MAMA by Jimmy Fallon
We’re taking a short break from our regularly scheduled fall programming to bring you a very special edition of our Sunday Shelfie book recommendations. This week, we are featuring an old favorite, Your Baby’s First Word Will Be DADA and our soon to be new favorite, Everything is MAMA by Jimmy Fallon. We received the DADA book…Read More
