It’s Raining. It’s Pouring.

 What do we do today? The kids have had it with Playdough, Model Magic and coloring; but these are the dreary months when the kids need creative indoor fun, so being a crafty parent becomes very important. Not all of us can be great at crafting, but maybe those who are can share some ideas.  Pinterest  has some wonderful posts for the craft challenged: the picture I chose here shows... Read More...

"me no touch!"

    Arlene, my grandmother was the craftiest of all crafters and was always employed by neighbors to help with making costumes and cakes. She could do it all! So just like any other day, she was busy in the kitchen baking a cake for a friend. She was a mother of three children and step mother to three more...Brady bunch right? So she had her hands full!  Just as... Read More...

It's A Family Thing

  The kids got sick this past weekend—real sick, and my poor wife was alone with them.   I was on the road heading through the snowy mountain pass to the Oregon coast when I got a text that read, “Don’t stay long. Sid and Oona are throwing up.” “What?” I replied. Tension began to build in me.  I looked over at Rick who also has two kids that were... Read More...

Please Eat.

   Let’s leave out the sweet stuff.  When my kids only want a meal that consists of cheese, noodles, peanut butter, bread, jam and a little bit of yogurt here and there then complain of a stomach ache, I worry.   The genetic soup that made our children is missing an ingredient—I love food, my wife loves food and my mother writes cookbooks.  This “food thing” has to be a... Read More...

All in The Blanket

  It was yellow with printed animals one side, pintuck detailing on the other side and a yellow satin border. She slept with it every night and had to have it just right on her bed, so she could play with the stitching as she fell asleep. A personal blanket story from a Baby Star staffer inspired by a photo of my nephew, Silas in his mom’s lap wrapped up... Read More...

Glasses are Cool

  Baby Star clothes can launch a mother, father and child into the fashion savvy elite—Haute Couture. Wear what we wear and become a family unit that people look to for style and sense.    OK, really, our clothes are great and they look good; better than most we think, but what is it about style and children that register in our consciousness? Old high school memories, College, siblings or... Read More...