Here in MommyHahaville, we love Melissa & Doug toys! We've got quite a few of them, and the kids spend lots of time in open ended play using them.

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In honor of Father's Day, I have put together the top ten reasons I love my baby daddy, in his daddy capacity

If you talk to enough married women, you will soon find that the relationship between a woman and her husband’s mother can be complicated. While my mother-in-law and I haven't escaped some of those complications, I am blessed to have a wonderful Mother-in-Law, Sue. Our relationship hasn’t been all unicorns and rainbows, but in some ways that’s why I love her so much.

Last week, my table was a science lab, and sadly, our caterpillar died.  Big E's still in denial, but I'm pretty sure Catty is a goner.  How long should I let him believe he's sleeping?

In happier news, this week my table was littered with sewing projects. I hadn't been in a sewing mood for a while, but this week I caught the bug and ran with it.

In our family, we try not to make too big a deal out of Easter baskets, since I feel like it could possibly be a distraction to what we're really celebrating, which is the resurrection of Jesus Christ! 

And if I'm honest, I kind of feel like I have to do an Easter basket because all the grandparents do them, and all my kids' friends' parents do them, so if I don't...then I'm a jerk.  There.  Just in case you were under any illusions that I was mature, I wanted to be sure you didn't get the wrong idea about me. 

Just yesterday, a friend and I were talking about if we were going to do anything with our kids for Saint Patrick's Day.  Neither of us were particularly inspired with any ideas for our little ones.  I think for me, it's because I didn't know what the day was really celebrating.

I decided to do some research about what St. Patrick's Day is all about - and now I'm excited to teach my kids what I learned!