Jammy Jams Lullabylooza

 

We all know that some of the music for kids can be less than entertaining for us as parents. If you’re looking for something new to listen to with the little ones, you need to check out Jammy Jams. Jammy Jams turns your favorite songs into lullabies for kids!

We downloaded the 90’s Alternative Goes Lullaby and put it right onto my iPod so it was ready to go with us! I didn’t tell the hubby what the songs were but instead we played a guessing game trying to figure it out (and remember the words). It’s definitely been a great throwback for us.

Summer Bucket List with Printable

This summer is going to be much different from every other year. This is my first summer as a stay-at-home mommy. I decided we’ll make a bucket list for the summer. I could only imagine what kind of things Charlie would come up with for us to do, but he didn’t get too wild this year. I also want to make sure there’s some things on here for everyone to do, but not necessarily everyone together.

I’m sharing my free printable for you to create your own summer bucket list. Gather the kids or the hubby and have everyone toss out ideas. Have fun with it and get creative!

Sand Play Dough

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When we went to the Turkey Hill Experience, Charlie found something that we had to tear him away from. He called it “Ice Cream Play Dough”. It was basically a sand-like play dough with an ice cream set. He sat there and played for a good 30 minutes (on and off of us dragging him away). I told him that Mommy could make him “Ice Cream Play Dough” at home.

Two weeks later, I finally made the poor boy his “Ice Cream Play Dough”. It was super easy and I love easy things that make my boy happy!

Ninja Party Fun & Games

Like any birthday, there was plenty of fun and games. Charlie is really into playing any kind of game right now. When I asked him what kind of games he wanted to play at his party, he said “racing game”. So we had a piñata, a “racing game”, a decorate your own ninja headband, decorate a ninja cookie, and “Sensei Says”.

Piñata

I received this dragon piñata from Oriental Trading for the purpose of this review. All opinions are my own.

The Dragon Piñata from Oriental Trading was a hit, of course! The kids loved it and everyone loved watching them take a whack at it. I had read a few reviews that people said they couldn’t fit much candy in this dragon piñata, but I have no idea what they’re talking about. We fit PLENTY of candy in this; you just need to shake it around so it spreads out throughout the dragon’s body. I will say this is not an easy piñata to break. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. I think it’s somewhere in-between: I hate a piñata that can’t take a whack, but even when the 11 year old got ahold of it to knock it open, we still needed to tear it apart to really open it up.

DIY Paint-n-Fly Glider by J-Color

I received product to facilitate this review. Opinions expressed are my own.

It’s finally that time of year where we can get outside and play! Charlie wants to do a craft every day and the Pain-n-Fly Glider is perfect.

The really awesome part about the Paint-n-Fly glider is that kids can put it together, paint it, fly it, peel the paint off, then REPAINT it however they’d like! With kids, this is a great idea because we all know how quickly they can change their mind about something.

Ocean City, MD Boardwalk

I grew up going to Ocean City, MD during the summer. We would ride our bikes on the boardwalk, eat a donut at a shop no longer there, then spend the day at the beach. I still love OC, MD because it immediately brings back all those warm fuzzy feelings from my childhood. I hope that we can create some of those same feelings in our boys.

Even though we went for just an overnight trip at the end of March, there were plenty of people at the beach. It was a beautiful Saturday: sunny and in the low 70s.

 

PlayDough Fun

Tuesday night I made PlayDough with ingredients almost everyone probably has on hand.

Last night after dinner I got it out of the fridge, put Charlie at the table, and away he went.
I do suggest taking it out and working it a bit before giving it to your kid. I enjoyed playing with it anyway, I forgot how much PlayDough is a stress-reliever.