Donating 10% for Haiti

We are so saddened by the tragedy in Haiti and to do our small part will donate 10% of all sales to the American Red Cross for the next week.

Please consider donating what you can as every little bit helps.

Toy Overload: What to Do

As a mother of 2 precious little mess makers, I know first hand how challenging it can be to keep a house clean when there seem to be more toys around the house then furniture! While I sat in the middle of my living room after all of the presents had been opened, I wondered where we were going to put all of the beeping and singing toys. I literally couldn’t even see my carpet! That’s when it hit me; there has to be something good that can come of all of the unused toys that are keeping my house cluttered.

I began looking into some different options for paring down to the newest and favorite toys while still keeping in mind that 2 year olds and 4 year olds change what they play with as often as John Mayer changes celebrity girlfriends. In the past I had always shoved all of the toys that weren’t being played with into a closet and would occasionally bring them back out to be appreciated again after they were long forgotten about by my boys. As much as I enjoyed seeing them “rediscover” their old toys, it didn’t help with the shortage of space and I really was running low on hiding places.

After some online and local searching, I discovered some really rewarding and surprisingly lucrative possibilities that every frazzled mother could benefit from:
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