September 23rd, 2009My First Book of Mazes

I was in the mall yesterday to buy some supplies, yeah dog supplies included, and out of habit, I dropped by the bookstore. As expected, I came out not empty-handed. I went home with a copy of a Kumon workbook series entitle My First Book of Mazes.

When my son saw the plastic I had with me, he instantly begged that I open the bag. To make the long story short, I had a fun time doing the mazes with my son. He did 6 mazes yesterday. Actually, he did the 5 mazes twice (using a colored pen the send time)! I couldn’t be more happier since I specifically bought the mazes in the hope of developing his pencil-control skill. My son doesn’t like to trace letters or pictures and I’ve been finding ways to let him write. So when I saw the workbook, I thought okay, mazes are always fun especially to the kids so maybe, just maybe they might do the trick. And my hunch is right.

First, Book of Mazes is truly a treasure. Apart from helping the kids develop fine motor skills, solving mazes will also help their reasoning abiliites. So I highly recommend this workbook for toddlers.

September 6th, 2009Loving the Baby Smell

I always consider the smell of a baby a mystery. We cannot really say all babies smell alike but maybe we can agree that all babies naturally smell good. I don’t know why, maybe because of the milk or being just a baby. But babies always smell heavenly, don’t they?

I can still remember how sweet my son smelled when he was still a baby -and that was not too long ago. Okay, he still smells good now (what can a mother say?lol) but the baby smell is just different. And you know what brings all the memory back, it’s because of this baby cologne that I love with all my heart. It’s Denenes.

It’s so hard to find one these days but I remember it from my highschool years when Angel’s Breath and Nenuco and yes, Denenes were a hit in my class.  I have been looking for it for so loooong and finally I was able to find and buy one.

It’s very gentle and mild and refreshing and smells soooo heavenly - yeah very much like a baby.  And what do you say, it’s got a neutral ph so it’s skin-friendly.  I use it on my son a lot and then I use it too.

Ingredients: Alcohol Denatured, Water, Frangrance, Limonene, Linalool, Hexyl Cinnamal, Citral, Hydroxycitronellal, Geraniol, Eugenol

June 5th, 2009Toys We Like

3D Puzzles from Fisher Price:

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Hasbro toys:

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Do you know that these toys have survived countless tantrums of a three-year old? And still, they are all in one piece! Drop-tested for a million times and not a single chip mind you. It’s just amazing.

May 30th, 2009Try Playhouse Disney

Isn’t Disney Channel a gift to kids? As a parent who wants only informative yet fun shows for her kid, I think Disney Channel is the perfect channel for my son to watch.

Online, there’s also a Disney Site that I like my son to check out. It’s the Playhouse Disney site, which we frequently visit. The site offers games, activities, music and stories of popular Disney Channel shows such as My Friends Tigger and Pooh, Little Einsteins, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse among others. My son likes Handy Manny a lot (like he adores Bob the Builder) and you can only imagine how he’d tirelessly look and see the games and stories about Manny’s tools and such from there. Try it now, it’s free and it’s fun.

BTW, all of you Handy Mannys and Bobs (the Builders), who need industrial handles, just click the preceding link and see if these are what you’re looking for.