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Fun Stocking Stuffers for Boys

Monday, November 28th, 2011

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Here are some fun stocking stuffers for boys:

  1. Spy sunglasses. (These have mirrors on the sides so that you can look behind you.)
  2. Metal tape measure that snaps back in.
  3. Compass (especially for boys who like the wilderness).
  4. Small leather or wood craft kits.
  5. A real watch. (If they are learning how to tell time, make it non-digital.)
  6. Walkie-talkies (not cheap ones).
  7. Small flashlight.
  8. Magnifying glass.
  9. Green slime. (It comes in a can the size of Play-Doh, and boys love the feel of it. They can pretend to be mad scientists.)
  10. Glow-in-the-dark sticks.

Hopefully this list has given you some ideas for delighting the boys in your home this Christmas!

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Top 10 Best Open-Ended Toys

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

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What are the best open-ended toys? Which toys are worth getting for your children? If you’re shopping for Christmas presents for your children, and you just don’t know what to get them, here are some ideas. These toys cause children to expand their imagination and creativity. They also keep children occupied longer, so they are a better investment of money. If you would like to see pictures of my kids playing with these toys, click on each number. To be honest, the top three toys of all time tied. I had to think long and hard to actually pull Legos to 3rd place. My husband would have placed Legos in first place as his favorite childhood toy, and to the credit of Legos, my husband STILL plays with them!

So here they are, the Top 10 Best Open-Ended Toys Ever:

#1 Costumes

#2 K’nex

#3 Legos

#4 Doll House

#5 Baby Doll

#6 Magic Trick Set

#7 Blocks

#8 Tinker Toys

#9 Gears

#10 Electronics Kit

Art supplies made it into the top 5 until I realized they weren’t toys, but they are always worth buying for your children. Marbles and Ramps and Nerf Guns were two runners up. We have also enjoyed walkie-talkies and spy equipment. What other open-ended toys have you enjoyed?

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Susan’s Wacky Travel Tips (Road Trip Edition)

Friday, November 11th, 2011

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Here are the top 10 best travel tips for road trips with children:

  1. Forget barf bags. Pull over and open the sliding door.
  2. If you have a family of 6 or more, you should probably get two rooms, or you’ll be stepping on your children during the night.
  3. Choose motels without neon signs, bullet holes, or sirens going off in the parking lot. (Honey, if you’re reading this, please pay attention for next time.)
  4. Charge your children a dollar for every time they say, “Are we there yet?” and you’ll have enough money to buy them snacks at the next gas station.
  5. Wear ear plugs, and you will enter a peaceful haven of bliss. If someone tries to get your attention, just smile and nod calmly.
  6. If you don’t have a headache, go ahead and play music or listen to a book on CD. Or play games and pretend you’re excited about playing them.
  7. Try to drive your spouse bonkers by singing rounds with your kids, old MacDonald with so many animals that couldn’t have possibly been at the farm, or cheerfully singing “This is the Song that Never Ends.”
  8. Stop at sights along the way to give the illusion that you’re actually on vacation.
  9. If your motel bed is broken and the toilet overflowing and you’ve just walked into the room, go ahead and ask to be put into another room. (They actually gave us two rooms for the price of one!) Otherwise if you sleep on the broken bed, you will feel like you are constantly trying to dig yourself out of a grave. (If you’ve slept on a broken bed, you know exactly what I’m saying.)
  10. And now for number 10… Drum roll, please… Take lots of pictures, because you want to remember this miserable road trip as having been fun, dang it.

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You Know You’re Getting Older When…

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

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You Know You’re Getting Older When…

  1. You think the bags under your eyes are a sign that you’re tired. They’re not. Those bags are here to stay.
  2. You call your child every name but his, and then say, “What’s your name? Don’t lie to me, because you live here, and I’ll find out!” (My husband must have gotten that line from a movie.)
  3. You have two cups of coffee in the morning and still feel like you’re asleep.
  4. Once you’re downstairs, you forgot why you went down there.
  5. You keep waking up during the night for no apparent reason.
  6. You see gray hairs growing out of your head, pluck them out one by one, and look around the corner to make sure your husband is still under the delusion that you’re a young thing.
  7. After having a fabulous time with your husband the night before, you wake up having thrown out your back.
  8. You no longer care that there are toys all over the floor. You just kick them to the side, and that’s good enough.
  9. You start backing out the driveway only to realize you forgot to open the garage door. (Don’t laugh… This actually happened to me.)
  10. And now for number 10. Drum roll please… Someone says to you, “Remember when…” and you really don’t remember.

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