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Preschool Style: Pink and Lace
As Ayva gets older, she’s becoming very specific about her style. The more feminine, the better. If it’s pink, that’s like icing on an already super sweet, super girly cake. I don’t mind, really. I...
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Good Soil Collage Children’s Church Activity
Serving in Children’s Church with Terrence over the past few months has been such a blessing to me. It seems like every time it’s our turn to serve, the lesson that we teach the children speaks...
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Ayva is 5
Really? Like, where does the time go? Ayva is 5 years old today, and I’m actually still tripping over the fact that I even had a baby! Now that baby is a walking, talking, singing, dancing little ball...
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Cute Doll Alert: Meet Chantal from The Beatrix Girls
My 5 year old has ever met a doll that she didn’t like. What can I say? She takes after her Mama! When I was her age, I carried a doll baby every where that I went, and Ayva is definitely following in...
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What To Do When Your Child Has A Sassy Mouth
Have you ever asked your child to do a simple task, and instead of just doing it, they give you fifteen thousand reasons why they can’t do it? Have you ever had to stop in the middle of a conversation...
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Preschool Is Ending. Hold Me.
In a couple of short weeks, we’ll be closing the chapter on one of the most fun, most challenging chapters of Ayva’s life. She’ll be finishing up preschool and heading to kindergarten in the fall. Is...
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Summer Dance Camp Essentials For Girls #TargetColors
We are officially in summer mode in Casa de Riley, so you know what that means…time to go shopping! No, really, this time we really need to. Ayva is heading to dance camp next week, so we need to make...
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Cute Kid Gift Alert: Budsies Brings Artwork To Life
We’re living in the age of technology, and, is it just me or do kids seem to be a lot more harder to please than we used to be when we were growing up? Holidays and birthdays for little kids used to...
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Conversation Starters For Good Talks With Little Kids
If you’re blessed like me to have an energetic 5-year-old in your life, I don’t have to tell you that there are days when I wonder if my child is ever NOT talking. From age 2 until about 8, kids seem...
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Creating Camp Mom: Summer Fun At Home!
So far this summer, Ayva has gone to a week of dance camp, an amusement park, the movies, and had a playdate. Not bad for a kid that’s only been out of school for two weeks, huh? Terrence and I have...
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MLK Find-A-Word {Free Printable}
MLK Day will be here before we know it, and if you’re planning lessons to teach your children or students about the civil right leader, you are not alone! Learning about Dr. King, for many children, is...
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Bay Area Children’s Theatre’s “Three Little Birds” Is So Much Fun!
When it comes to children’s theater, I consider myself (in my highfalutin voice and British accent) a bit of a connoisseur. After years of performing in and attending a gazillion family shows in my...
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In Defense Of The Girly Girl
My 5-year-old is a tutu wearing, princess loving, twirling, dancing, glittery girl. She loves getting her nails polished, anything with sequins on it, and never met a piece of jewelry she didn’t like....
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The Hi-Low Dress: How Little Girls Can Wear It
Ayva would like to thank The Children’s Place for providing a gift card to check out a fun fashion trend! Ayva goes to a school where she has to wear a uniform every day, and frankly, that was...
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The Benefits Of Doing Yoga With Your Child
Yoga is great for kids! I’ll tell you why in this sponsored campaign with POM Wonderful and Millennial Blogs. I don’t know about you, but I feel like I’m always rushing Ayva from here to there. In the...
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Make A Simple Giving Bank
Many thanks to CARE for sponsoring this post and encouraging me to learn more about this great cause! My family is blessed to have a comfortable life. We live in a lovely apartment in a beautiful...
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Looking For A Chore That Kids Can Help With? Try Laundry!
Thanks to the all new Persil for sponsoring this conversation on how kids can help with laundry! Growing up, I used to think my parents had me just so that they could put me to work. Clean the...
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Cute Kid Gift Alert: Budsies Brings Artwork To Life
We’re living in the age of technology, and, is it just me or do kids seem to be a lot more harder to please than we used to be when we were growing up? Holidays and birthdays for little kids used to...
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Conversation Starters For Good Talks With Little Kids
If you’re blessed like me to have an energetic 5-year-old in your life, I don’t have to tell you that there are days when I wonder if my child is ever NOT talking. From age 2 until about 8, kids seem...
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Creating Camp Mom: Summer Fun At Home!
So far this summer, Ayva has gone to a week of dance camp, an amusement park, the movies, and had a playdate. Not bad for a kid that’s only been out of school for two weeks, huh? Terrence and I have...
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