Have you ever felt that your life has been out of your control?
That’s where I’ve been lately. It feels like I’ve had no time for anything lately. I’ve been just going through the motions, not giving 100% effort or focus on anything, and it’s time for a change.
I’m talking about all areas of my life: my marriage, fatherhood, work, my health/fitness, budgeting/financial ficus, organizational skills, and even blogging.
This blog will now focus on all of these areas. Posts will focus on what I’m doing to improve on each of these areas of my life. There will be a wide range of posts, and I hope you’ll come along for the ride, join in on the discussions, and improve areas of your life with me.
If you have any specific topics you’d like me to write about, please suggest them in the comments!
It’s going to be fun.
is a fantastic gift for kids 1-3. It’s a three-car train that comes with a giraffe, and elephant, and monkey. The train moves and plays songs and is very easy for a toddler to start up. The train plays music when you put the animals in the front car. You push the smokestack down to get the train moving. Works on any floor, even on thick carpet. The animals heads and legs move and make sounds too. Babito still plays with this on a near-daily basis.
– For about a year, this was The Babito’s favorite toy. When the toddler sits on the zebra it makes a bunch of silly sounds and the child can bounce and spin the zebra around. It cracked Babito up every time he rode it. There are some great safety features with this toy. The zebra will not turn unless the child’s weight is on the seat, which helps them get off and on easily. I highly recommend this one. It also allows you to lower the sound effect volume to a tolerable level if it starts to drive you a little nutty!
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– I can’t really explain the appeal to this one. All I can tell you is The Babito LOVES to cut up the wooden food in this high-quality set from Melissa and Doug. The set comes with various wooden fruits, vegetable and breads that come in several pieces each, held together by velcro. The set also comes with a cutting board and dull (obviously) wooden knife. It’s fairly easy for toddlers to “cut” the pieces apart. The Babito seems to get a true sense of accomplishment when he’s completed cutting all of the pieces. It’s a truly inexpensive gift that will get a lot of use.
– The Melissa and Doug Band in a Box is another great gift. The set comes with ten persussion instruments, including a tambourine, maracas, cymbals, triangle, and other noisemakers, all in a handy wooden storage box. The Babito loves music (and noise in general – lucky Mommy and Daddy!) and love to play “Marching Band” throughout the house with these instruments (again, lucky Mommy and Daddy). 
