Toddlers love tea parties. And it's not just play. Tea parties encourage gathering with friends (real, stuffed or pretend) and lots of imaginative play. Pretending to share food and drink gives opportunities to use simple phrases and to keep a conversation going -...
Gift Grapevine gift guide # 4 – Gifts for 2 year olds
My gift guides continue! This time it's for the curious little bundles of energy, stubbornness and gorgeousness all rolled into one - 2 year olds. Boy are they are hard work. At least both my tornadoes were at that age... If you are stuck with what to buy a 2 year old...
Baby and kids gift idea picks – August 2015
From cute wooden toys for pretend play to practical baby items and cool Aussie designed goodies for tweens and teens, here are 13 of my favourite gift idea picks spotted on the interwebs this past month. How cool are the hand-painted bicycle bells from...
Great gift ideas for 3 year olds
Miss TT at age 3 was lots of fun and extremely full-on (her terrible 2s started late). As active as she was, she also started to really get into the world of pretend. It was wonderful seeing her imagination at play. I found the following quote from babycenter.com...




