How To Motivate An Unmotivated Child

Need ways to motivate your child? Keep reading to find some good ways to!

Convincing children to do things they don’t want to do can be tricky and frustrating. The key is to allow them to motivate themselves, rather than forcing them into things.

How our Kids Adjusted to a New Baby in the House

I was asked to write about how our older children adjusted to having a new baby in the house. 

How to Prepare your child for School

Are you wondering how you can prepare your child for school? Well, this post is about how I got our older two children prepared to go to kindergarten, when they were younger.

Valentines Guide: Build a Bear

*Disclaimer - I received the products in this post from Build a Bear in order to facilitate this review for my readers. They are also sponsoring a giveaway for a $25 gift card to their store.

Hugs a Plenty Small fry puppy:
As you know, Build a Bear sells a big size Hugs a Plenty Puppy, and now they are doing the small fry puppy too, for Valentines Day this year. The size of this animal is small, and the price is only $10, so go get one for the child in your life who would love to get one this Valentines Day! My daughter loves her puppy and named her, Rose.

I love you Big Top Bearemy:
This Valentines Day, Build a Bear offers a good few new selections to choose from and one of them is the I love you Big Top Bearemy that I received. This is a full size lovable bear for any child to enjoy! The price of this one with the outfit is $41 in value. He is pretty big and fluffy. My son loves his bear he received from Build a Bear for this review. 

This bear comes with the following:
- Tuxedo T-shirt
- Classic Jeans
- Black canvas high tops
- Plush rose bouquet

Photos of the animals I received:



Pump It Up Party: Free Jump Time

*Disclaimer - I received 4 free jump passes for my kids and I from Pump It Up Party in order to facilitate my review. I will be getting a sponsored birthday party in mid 2014 to review as well.

My review of the facility and our time there:
We live in Virginia and have now been to Pump It Up Party twice. This is a place for both kids AND adults to enjoy! It's full of fun stuff to do, and before you're allowed to jump and slide, you have to be wearing socks or you won't be able to as it's a rule of theirs. The one we have has 3 - 4 big inflatable bounce slide and jump areas. The weight limit is I think 250 lbs. I got to jump and have fun with my daughter and son when we reviewed this place. We can go 3 more times as I was given 4 free jump passes to do my review. The open jump play at our location is open from 10am - 12pm during the week and other than that they're only available when you have a birthday party set up to be there. 

Prices and times for family open jump time: 
Price: $8.00 per child and parents jump for free!
Times: Saturdays 4:30 - 6:30pm

Photos of our fun times at Pump It Up!