Kids

Weekend Pinterest Find: Clever Chinese New Year Kids Crafts

January 21, 2012

I am grateful to have experienced Chinese New Year during the years we lived in Hong Kong. I enjoyed learning about many of the traditions and loved seeing the city decked out for Chinese New Year. This week on Pinterest, I’ve been looking at Chinese New Year crafts for kids. Here are some cute ones.

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Having Trouble Getting Your Kids To Behave? Help Is Here.

January 19, 2012
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San Diego-based Kid Pointz is a site dedicated to helping parents tackle behavior issues with ease. I am impressed by the selection of free printables including reward charts, chore charts, potty training charts and more. Kid Pointz also has an impressive advisory board that has written a number of articles about a important parenting topics. I had the opportunity to ask Martin Goodman, founder of Kid Pointz, a few questions about why he started Kid [...]

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Kids Recipes: No-Bake Banana Pudding Trifle Or Cream Pie (Your Choice)

January 12, 2012
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Plans in our kitchen, especially kids recipes like this attempt at banana cream pie, don’t always end up as they were intended. I bought a ready-made graham cracker pie crust, because I thought La Jolla Girl could make a banana cream pie on her own. As you probably know, banana cream pie involves simple ingredients: whipped cream, pudding, bananas and a crust. But once the whipped cream arrived on the scene, La Jolla Girl wanted to [...]

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Holiday Gift Guide: 4 Of The Most Popular Toys Searched On Yahoo!

December 16, 2011
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It is no surprise that since it’s the holiday season, toys was my next Yahoo! Shine Get It Guide assignment. I was sent four of the most popular toys searched on Yahoo! for review. Some are worth the money, but one is definitely not. One I tried and tried to purchase for La Jolla Girl, but gave up after not being able to find it at a reasonable price. Animal Planet Air Swimmers Ugh, this [...]

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Kids Recipe: Easy Donut Hole Snowmen

December 15, 2011
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Kids will love these donut hole snowmen for a holiday dessert. Or, stack them next to a homemade gingerbread house. Depending on the age of your kids, you may need to help them out a little with the smaller pieces and cutting the fruit strips. They are almost too cute to eat. Almost.

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Holiday Gift Guide: Tween And Teen Accessory Trends (Boys And Girls)

December 11, 2011
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If you’re looking for something inexpensive, but cool to give the tween or teen in your life, look no further. Though La Jolla Girl is only 4, I researched this topic for a special KUSI morning segment about the Promises2Kids Holiday Gift Drive. I consulted the internet, spoke with friends who have tweens and teens, and polled sales associates at UTC mall. Here’s what is “in” right now.

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