PART 1 OF A 3 PART SERIES (Guest Post) Deciding to take a Trip and Making the Environment familiar: I was recently asked by a friend of a friend for some tips on how to travel with a special needs child. Our daughter is 8 years old and has autism and we’ve traveled extensively with [...]
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To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, the United States Postal Service has issued a forever stamp in her honor. The only problem is that they didn’t use a picture of Lady Liberty. Instead the picture they used is of the Statue of Liberty replica from the New York-New York Casino in [...]
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1) Put parchment paper down on the cookie sheet before making fish sticks or chicken nuggets – you will be amazed. 2) Popcorn made easy: 1/4 cup popcorn kernels, splash of olive oil, sprinkle of salt, paper bag. 4 tiny folds, nuke on popcorn setting. Never buy microwave popcorn again. 3) Never buy cookie cutters [...]
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This works not only for kids learning how, but for us slightly less neat grown-ups… Before cracking eggs, simply place a paper towel UNDER the bowl, and any drips or spills will be captured BY the paper towel. Then, you can also place the discarded egg shells on the paper towel resulting in an easy-peasy [...]
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Boil the ENTIRE bag or box of pasta. Drain, put back in pot. Mix with olive oil and a pinch of salt. Whatever isn’t used for dinner can be stored in the fridge all week and mixed with new and exciting things for a few meals to come!
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I know I’m not the only mom freaked out about the idea of a squirmy baby/toddler slipping out of my soapy grasp during a bath and slamming her head on the tub or tile. My daughter has gotten too big for baths in the kitchen sink and her infant tub, but even totally supervised, the [...]
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So many of you, like me, (or at least, humor me, and pretend you’ve done this) go to UNload the dishwasher, and pull out the top rack, only to discover that half of the things flipped over, and are now vessels FULL of yucky dishwater water. And so you carefully remove them, dump them in [...]
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These rice balls (also called onigiri) are made with a mixture of half brown rice and half quinoa, the wonder grain that I am eternally grateful my son enjoys eating as it has sustained him through his picky toddler years. I put it in the microwave for about 10 seconds (for a small glass bowl) [...]
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Need a quickie Halloween costume idea for you or your child? Here’s two easy-peasy tutus: Sew and “No-Sew” First – the Sewn one: Get some nice, 2″ ribbon (your choice of color) – TWICE the diameter of the waist. Get some tulle (your choice of color) – TWICE the diameter of the waist. Sew the [...]
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