Creativity
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The All Hail King Julien Series is Coming to Netflix December 19th!
Get ready to dance — on Dec. 19 the first five episodes of All Hail King Julien, a totally original, totally hilarious and totally insane new series, will arrive on Netflix. A favorite character from the Madagascar franchise, King Julien will take on the jungle’s craziest adventures in the new comedy series, along with his loyal sidekicks Maurice and Mort plus a whole new cast of colorful animals. We love this whole Madagascar crew and just recently saw The Penguins of Madagascar. These movies always have such fun music in them that you can’t help but dance along with them! Can’t wait for Dec. 19? Gear up for the…
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Parenting :: Make Music a Daily Activity for Children
Make Music a Daily Activity for Children Music has played an important role in our culture for so long that musicality is part of our anthropological and genetic history. Ethnomusicology is the study of folk music throughout time and it relates to the way we pass down music from generation to generation. There is a large body of evidence that says that, for children, music stimulates brain processes that enhance math and language skills, increase motor coordination and create bonding moments between parent and child. Most importantly, teaching music to children is fun. Live vs. Electronic Musicians and music educators have long debated the benefits of live versus…
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So You Want To Buy a Tech Toy …
So you want to buy a tech type toy? Don’t know where to start? Here’s a few that may help point you in the right direction. Good luck on your mission (and make sure you destroy any and all evidence of a trail as Santa has his elves make these y’know)!!! *secret.handshake* Kidizoom Smartwatch by Vtech (currently on sale on Vtech $49.99/regularly $59.99; colors: pink, green, white, and exclusive online colors vivid violet and sky blue; free shipping on all orders over $19.95; recommended ages 4 to 7): https://bit.ly/1yp5wwu Touted as the smartest watch for kids, Kidizoom Smartwatch brings out the photographer in kids with photos and videos.…
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Dwell :: TIDY to the Rescue!
A few weeks back I received an adorable mailer from a new company called TIDY. I love this concept and just had to find out more about this cleaning service that provides house cleaning options for busy families. For example, if you want a cleaning person to only tidy up one or two areas in your house before your next party – they will do that for only $40. I like that the services can range from a quick pick up to a very intense top-to-bottom cleaning service where everything in your home is dusted off, cleaned up and sparkly when you come home. I wanted to find out…
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Family :: The Importance of Spending Downtime Together
Photo courtesy of Flickr The holidays can be a stressful time for most people – with all the shopping, dinners, activities, parties, school functions – you name it, most of us are running around from place to place trying to take it all in. So when the weekends come around, I really value some downtime with the family. Our usual attire around the house are sweats. I wish I could say that if you rang my doorbell on the weekends, I would come to the door with my hair and makeup all done – but reality is… we are probably in our sweats chilling! That is why when I was…
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DIY Modern Holiday Decor Ideas
This weekend we are working on decorating our home and front porch in all things Christmas! But this year, I feel like changing it up a bit and only putting out things I really, truly love. I picked up a book at the store the other day called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japananse art of decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo which I plan to do a write up about soon. But one of the things she writes about is to make sure you only have in your home things that bring you joy. Luckily, she provides tips to do this, but it stuck with me…
