Pirate Week: Our Favorite Toys
by Catherine
Shiver me Timbers! Did you know that this Friday is Talk Like a Pirate Day? Yep, that’s Alpha Mom’s favorite holiday. So, all week we’ll be counting down, highlighting some fun finds to plunder and ideas to celebrate. Today is pirate toys.
Back-to-School Week: Smencils
by Catherine
If you’re like me and still have weeks to go before school starts, get your kids in the mood by crafting some of their own supplies. Look at these Smencils. They are gourmet scented pencils that kids make on their own.
Great Fourth Of July Crafts For Kids
The Fourth of July, the day we celebrate everything it means to be an American (liberty, freedom and the right to drive around in a gas-guzzling SUV while complaining about the cost of fuel) is coming up in a week or so. Most of us will celebrate by grilling food in the great outdoors, watching [...]
April Fool’s Day Pranks
by Catherine
We highlight our favorite harmless pranks to pull on kids or your partner. Our favorites are the computer pranks. Though the joke’s on you if your child is more tech savvy than you. Ha!
Personalized Picture Cards
by Catherine
Small children are fascinated with cards, pictures and words and these Goosie Cards are an inexpensive way to keep your child naturally entertained, particularly when out of the home.
Great Ways To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day With Kids
I thought I’d do a little search to see what I’ve written about St Patrick’s Day with kids in the past and, hey! I haven’t written a single thing about it. I guess because when I think of St Patrick’s Day I think of corned beef and cabbage, which my kids (including my 40-year-old one) [...]










