The Shopping Mama's "All About Eating" week

Baby Dipper is participating in The Shopping Mama's "All About Eating" week. I'm excited to post the link to Kate's fabulous review of the Baby Dipper bowl and spoon set here for you to check out. Kate gives us a peek into her life as she truly describes her experience using the Baby Dipper set with her son. Baby Dipper is also part of the "All About Eating" week giveaway, so be sure to stop by The Shopping Mama and sign up for all of the fantastic giveaways that are going on there this week. Please pass the word along to anyone you know who is feeding a baby or has a toddler trying to self-feed. Thanks!

My review of Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten

Yes, it's my turn to actually write a review this time. Stacey Kannenberg of Cedar Valley Publishing and I decided to swap products to enjoy and review, so I sent her a Baby Dipper bowl and spoon set and she sent me copies of Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten and Let's Get Ready for First Grade. Since my twin girls, Greta and Cora, are 4 1/2 years old and will be going to Kindergarten in the fall, this is the perfect time for us to check out the Kindergarten book and use the First Grade book as something to aspire to. I have also looked through the First Grade book and found that it is indeed almost all new topics from Kindergarten, so that will give us something to work from over the next year or two.

So, Let's Get Ready for Kingergarten! Since Stacey sent a copy of each book for each of my girls (thanks, Stacey!), we sat down on the floor with a copy of the Kindergarten book in front of each girl and went through it page-by-page as long as their interest lasted (not quite through the entire book). The inside cover of the book lists skills to practice, so it makes for a handy checklist as Cora and Greta learn to do each of the tasks. I like the "mix up the alphabet page," especially that it shows both uppercase and lowercase letters. We've been working on uppercase letters for a long time, but lowercase is something pretty new that they definitely need to learn. Another favorite page of ours is the skip count page, showing the kids how to count by 10s, 5s, and 2s. Greta and Cora have been more interested in skip counting since seeing that page in the book. The two things that I think will be the most difficult to learn will be money and telling time on a clock with hands. We've already started on these, but this book reminds me that it is a skill that Kindergarteners need to know.

I wish we'd had this book a couple of years ago since we have already covered many of the skills here, but not all of them. I think about age 3 would be a wonderful time to get Let's Get Ready for Kindergarten or to give it as a gift. That way the child might already be on his or her way to learning some of the skills, but the book would help guide parents towards other important things that can be learned slowly over time as the child approaches Kindergarten age. I should mention also that I love that the pages of the book have a fabulous laminated finish so that you can write on them with a write-on/wipe-off marker. Kids love actually being allowed to write in a book!!!

Review by the cobalt blue expert

I'd like to thank Laurie Stroupe for the wonderful review of the Baby Dipper bowl and spoon set on her blog, Laurie's Cobalt World Blog. She runs an online store for items made of cobalt blue glass. I love cobalt blue myself, so that drew me to her site and now I want to share it with you. Laurie's Cobalt World is definitely the go-to place for anything and everything that is cobalt blue. The Baby Dipper bowl fits in color-wise, though it is not, of course, made of glass, as that would not be terribly wise for a dish toddlers learn to feed themselves with. So, check out Laurie's site if you're looking for a brilliant blue gift idea!

Storytime Felt Giveaway on Lisa Reviews

Yes, we did go to Disney World not long ago and, yes, I will get around to posting pictures, but we took (gasp) 892 digital photos, so it will take me a while to get through them....

In the meantime, there are tons of fun giveaways going on out there. The one I'm writing about here is for a $25 gift certificate for Story Time Felts that is being given away on Lisa Reviews. I remember my grandparents having a set of felt scenes we could put together called Fuzzy Felt, I think. I miss Fuzzy Felt, so I hope that if I win the giveaway here it will bring back some fond memories.

Oooh! A new laptop!

No, I did not get a new laptop. Yet. I would dearly love to have one, but I do have access to one that works. Sort of works, that is. Anyway, the reason I'm posting is that I'm excited about the giveaway that 5 Minutes for Mom is hosting for a Toshiba Portege laptop. It looks like this is the latest and greatest with all the bells and whistles. The kind of laptop that would take me forever to learn all the features of, but one that would make my life a lot easier. I do have a great desktop, but that's the problem. It's only a desktop, alas. So, I've entered to win this wonderfully dreamy new laptop and am hoping for the best! Check it out!

I love poached eggs!

Yes, I do love poached eggs. My parents had (and still have) a pan that has a metal insert with six holes to hold metal egg poaching "bowls." Since I moved out of their house I have tried a couple of other egg poaching pans and have been disappointed. When I saw the review and giveaway of the poachpods from Fusion Brands on The Mommy-Files, I had to at least enter the contest and spread the word about this new way to poach eggs that looks to be a solution to my problem. It sounds like they work very well and they also look very cool, plus they're my favorite color of green!!! If I don't win the giveaway, I will probably have to buy a set to try out. :)

My Review of Stainless Steel Panda Babies 3 Piece Childs Set

CSN Baby

Designed to meet the needs of a child, the Stainless Steel Panda Babies 3 Piece Childs Set makes feeding comfortable and easy . The beautiful silverware pieces have a hammered handle pattern and are sized just right for little hands. This set would make the perfect gift for a...

Stainless Steel Panda Babies 3 Piece Childs Set

Just what we needed!

2times2 Huntsville, AL 4/18/2009

 

5 5

Pros: Easy To Use, Portable, Durable, Easy To Clean

Best Uses: Meals, Snacks

Describe Yourself: Parent of Multiples (Twins etc)

I was looking for a set of real flatware that included a knife for my 4-year-old twins to use. I was happy to find this set and my twins absolutely love having their own flatware. The pieces are just the right size for their hands and the knife works very well for beginning learners.

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