2-5: Khan Kids (educational game) Scratch Jr. Sprinkle Jr. Fruit Ninja FlightCtrl HD Skee-Ball HD Temple Run Plants vs. Zombies Digfender Caroling with Santa Color Switch Trainyard 3d Bowling Fish & Trip

< 2 years old: Facetime (kids prefer this to the phone for talking with Nana and Grandpa) Baby DJ Sparkabilities (Babies 1 HD, Babies 2 HD) Kid Art Magic Piano Itsy Bitsy HD Old Mac HD Sound Touch

This is a great resource for parents: http://www.pbs.org/parents/ There's craft ideas, games, and links to some wonderful PBS content.   The mailing list also sends valuable emails periodically.

It's a delightful app which includes games and puzzles.  It's for kids in preschool and perhaps a bit beyond. When you do well, you get to give surprises to the animal friends, which itself is also just lovely. My 3 y…

A quick guide to Disney

I'll start by saying that our Feb 2019 to Disney was the first vacation we spent a lot on since our honeymoon - air travel for 4, many days at the hotel park tickets, $3.50 waters, etc.  But it was a great trip and we lo…

My 0.02: Great goody bag items

This post is meant to house some of the best things we've ever gotten or given in goody bags.   Ages 3-5. Legos Melissa and Doug Stickers Slap Rockets Glow rings Play Doh Crayons Inflatable Microph…

Game: Treasure Map

Kids love games, and they love puzzles.  So make them a treasure hunt!  Draw a map: And lead them to a prize, which could include treats like Gummy Bears and Hershey Kisses. I also taught Lulu some words, and gave her …

When I'm holding Lulu's or Lincoln's hands, I give them a double squeeze and I say "Double squeeze because I love you".  Fun fact: They now do that to me too :)

Baby Gear that's expensive but worth it

Baby Gear isn't cheap. There's lots of expensive stuff you don't need or even want, and more expensive isn't necessarily better. We didn't love the 4 Moms swing. We didn't love the Phil & Ted stroll…

This is a great game where Mommy is lying on her back and has the kids up on her legs.  She says, "junka, junka, junka junka, junk-a junk-a" and then the game is over.  It can also end with a flip. An alternate versio…

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How high can you count? Integer Sequences Train your Brain! How many times is the basketball passed? Rubiks Cube like games Soma blocks

31 Spoons Oh Hell Spades, Hearts Little French Poker Rummy, Gin Rummy !*$hole

Zuma: Shoot to line up the same color Bejeweled: Line up same Jewels Risk (Warfish): Conquer the world Star Control 2: Fight enemy ships Multitask: Do 4 things at once, quick Move the Box: Stay alive, quick Rampart: Build y…

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