It is hard to remember that far back because I am 500 years old, but I went through puberty once-upon-a-time. I do remember the big school gym divided in half as the girls were on one side and the boys on the other. Gym teachers were showing both groups sex education videos (different for each group). I remember the horror at watching that black and white outdated film! They showed belts that resembled carters but the straps hung in the front and back. The clips on them were to hold the pads that we would soon need because they made it sound like we would bleed out like a soldier on the battlefield. Us girls looked around at each other with huge eyes and tried not to panic, only to learn at home that an adhesive strip was placed on the bottom of the pad for attachment to the saddle of the panties. The belted sanitary napkin quickly disappeared during the early 1980s, thank goodness. No one mentioned PMS. Miss Sarah has endured the movies over the last few years and is stepping up … [Read more...]

SmartMax My First Animal Train is ideal for any little child that loves animals and trains. The moment Eli saw the SmartMax My First Animal Train, he was excited to see it. I was excited to play with it with him! As a grandma, I love the colors it has. It really is fun for him to tell me his colors as we put them together. SmartMax My First Animal Train is easy to play with. When it came time to build the Animal Train, Eli was able to do it after we showed him how to do it. He is also two years old. The train is held together with magnets that are in a silicone covering. Each piece is in two-pieces. You use the connecting rods with the magnets in them. Once you have them put together, you use a round metal ball to connect the train. This cute little train has wheels that allow it to move. Your little one can put the train in any order they want. It allows their little imagination to grow as they play with it. The animals help your child to learn not only … [Read more...]

Let me start by saying that I was compensated for this post - but still, I would have written about British Soccer Camp even if I wasn't, simply because of our experiences with it. Miss Sarah is now 11 and has only played soccer in her phys ed classes at school. The first day of camp, the kiddos were all playing with their balls before things started and she kind of stood off to the side, doing her own thing. One coach, Luciano, stopped to chat with her a few times and show her a technique or two. Then, the teams were set, by age and kids were told to head to their newly assigned coaches. She came to me and started crying... she was afraid to make a fool of herself, felt she was the only one who wasn't on a ream (outside of camp) and wanted to go home. The head coach, Mark, came over and talked with her. Luciano was closes by and said "Sarah, come over to my team" - and with a few more kind words from Mark, she dried her tears and joined a younger team. I stayed for about … [Read more...]