Gift Guide

 I've just recently learned that kids need to build strength in their hands to be able to write and draw. At gym class with 'B', the instructor said that the jungle gym, trapeze ropes, and bar equipment were fabulous tools to increase kids hand strength.

These little adorables would have been a staple in 'B's' wardrobe! Super soft. Nice and warm and hand knit from 100% wool made in the Peruvian Highlands. Crankypants Longies are for kids 6-24 months. Extra durable and made with a drawstring waist for room to grow. The women who knit the pants are from a coop in Peru. The coop is made up of head-of-household women who use knitting to support their families.

B has become interested in creating and displaying the artwork he's created this past year. For Valentines Day, Auntie Nancy gave him the Pelikan Watercolor and Gouache Pan Sets - Opaque Colors, Set of 24 and Princeton brush set and he uses it everyday. Naturally, he likes to display his masterpiece of the day and I like to promote the pride he has in his work, so I display it right away.  My problem was that I was challenged to find a display method that worked.

B is a hands-on boy. He not only must participate in the the goings-on in our daily home life, but he must direct the activities too - this behavior began at about 18 months. Many of our daily activities involve doing things in the kitchen and I realized right away that if I was going to get anything done throughout the day, B needed to have a safe stool to lift him up to counter height - a chair was not going to work.