Every Home Should be a HABA Home

Just imagine … Call me demanding, but I don’t want toxic paints and breakable parts on my child’s toys. When did an engaging, well-built, toxin-free and preferably battery-free (aka headache-free) toy become too much to ask for? A simple trip down any toy isle quickly demonstrates how far toys have come from the simple wood cars and fabric dolls of the past. Luckily, not all toys companies have followed suit and have remained true to the basic and simple nature of old-fashion toys. HABA, a family-owned and operated company for more than 60 years, in a perfect...

Doll House Remodel

Just imagine … I had a doll house when I was little, it was also my mother’s doll house when she was little.  Her Uncle Eddie had made it for her and I’m sure I loved it just as much as she did.  So, of course when I had a little girl I was excited for her to play with this same doll house that has been saved with much love and care.  It is simple, wooden, two bedrooms upstairs with a small bathroom and kitchen and living room on the ground floor.  When my mother pulled it out of her attic is also screamed 1970′s, which was when it gained...

I Want Daddy Tonight!

Just imagine … Our bedtime routine ends with reading books (3 of them: look at “Bedtime Simplified” entry to see about that).  Unless my husband or I have a meeting or other commitment in the evening we usually share the reading responsibility.  I will read with our son and my husband will read to our daughter, and vis versa.  They tend to like different books and it is nice one on one time with them.  We didn’t have any rhyme or reason behind who would read to which child, it just kind of happened.  Then our children started to request one...