8 Best Musical Toys for Babies
Vihaan didn’t react to a single one of his rattles until he was almost 4 months…
Corny Jokes: 60 Clean Ones for Kids and Dads
Corny jokes are the ones where you see the pun coming a mile away and groan…
Thanksgiving Memes
Thanksgiving memes are really tiny stories about one tired adult and one very large meal. This…
Gifts for 3 Year Old Boys
A 3 year old boy runs, climbs, crashes and rebuilds before breakfast. That is why most…
Best Dad Jokes
The best dad jokes are short, clean and slightly too proud of themselves. This page has…
50 Christmas Riddles
Christmas riddles are the easiest holiday game to start, because all you need is a voice…
Christmas Presents for 10 Year Olds
If you are shopping for christmas presents for 10 year olds, you are in a tricky…
Halloween Word Search
This halloween word search printable pack has six free puzzles, two each for ages 5 to…
Cut and Paste Worksheets: 11 Free Printable
These cut and paste worksheets give your child 11 free printable pages that build scissor skills…
12 Best Toys for 5 Year Old Boys
If you’re standing in a toy aisle guessing what a 5 year old boy will actually…
Christmas Word Search
This christmas word search printable pack has six free puzzles, two each for ages 5 to…
Christmas Present Ideas for 1 Year Olds
If you are shopping for a one year old this Christmas, start with what a one…
Christmas Gifts for Girls by Age
Christmas gifts for girls come with a trap. The shelf is pink, the lists run to…
15 Best Easter Egg Fillers for Toddlers
Our first Easter with Eeshan, I filled a dozen eggs with jelly beans and small hard…
Age Appropriate Toys
Age appropriate toys sound simple until you are standing in an aisle with a baby on…
Christmas Gifts for 12 Year Olds
If you are shopping for christmas gifts for 12 year olds, skip the toy aisle for…
30 Baby Shower Prize Ideas
Good baby shower prizes are small, useful and easy to hand over. You do not need…
6 Best Pop Up Toys for Infants
I put a pop up toy in front of Vihaan at 5 months mostly to get…
Christmas Tree Drawing
Christmas tree drawing is one of the easiest holiday projects to do with young children, and…
Worksheets for Preschoolers
If I were printing a first worksheet for a three year old tonight, I would skip…
30 Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas 2026
Christmas tree decorating ideas change a little every year, and 2026 leans toward deep colors, big…
20 Flower Coloring Pages
Flowers are the easiest thing to color for a toddler. The shapes are big and round,…
Kindergarten Math Worksheets
If your child can count to ten out loud but loses track once the apples are…
What Do I Want for Christmas?
If you are the parent of a baby or toddler, “what do you want for Christmas?”…
Easy Crafts for Adults
A parent of a baby or toddler does not have hours for a craft table. You…
Dot to Dot Worksheets
Most dot to dot worksheets sort their pages by animal. These ones sort by number. There…
Family Games on Thanksgiving Day
The meal takes hours to cook and twenty minutes to eat, and the stretch in between…
Thanksgiving Quotations
If you are the one asked to say something before the meal and you would rather…
Things to Get for Christmas
What are the best things to get for Christmas when someone in the family has a…
8 Mom and Toddler Matching Halloween Costume Ideas
A matching costume with your toddler sounds simple until you actually try to shrink an adult…
30 Family Halloween Costume Ideas With a Baby
If you’re planning a family Halloween costume with a baby, start with the baby’s outfit and…
35 Halloween Birthday Party Ideas for Kids
We’ve thrown a few fall birthday gatherings for Eeshan and Vihaan’s friends in the weeks before…
10 Best Wooden Educational Toys We Actually Tested
I used to think wooden toys were something you bought for the shelf, not the toy…
Wishlist on Christmas
Every year the same thing happens. A grandparent asks what the baby wants for Christmas, and…
30 Family Christmas Games for All Ages
If you want family Christmas games for all ages, test every game against the smallest player…
30 Halloween Party Food Ideas for Kids
The first time we did Halloween snacks for a toddler crowd, half the table was whole…
15 Mummy Costume Ideas for Babies and Toddlers
Most mummy costume guides are written for teenagers and adults, which means half the ideas involve…
Dinosaur coloring pages printable
Eeshan went through a dinosaur phase at age 4 that I was not prepared for. Within…
24 Christmas Get Together Ideas
I plan every Christmas get together around the nap first and the menu second, because a…
30 Christmas Baby Shower Ideas
We were due with Eeshan right in the middle of a packed December calendar, and the…
Organic Baby Food: What a Dad of 2 Actually Used
Here’s what I figured out across two kids, a lot of organic baby food pouches, one…
10 Free Printable Zoo Animal Coloring Pages for Babies and Toddlers
Vihaan grabbed his first crayon at 13 months and immediately tried to eat it. By 15…
Baby Registry Must Haves and Checklist
Everyone told us to register for everything. Two babies later, half those registry items are still…
18 Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids by Age
Eeshan didn’t want anything to do with Thanksgiving crafts until he was four years and two…
80 Thanksgiving Jokes for Kids
Everyone says Thanksgiving humor starts and ends with the drumstick joke. Eeshan proved them right: he…
Free Back to School Word Search Printable
The September, Spandana printed twenty-two copies of a word search for her first-grade class, the image…
200 Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Ruhan was 4 years old on a long drive to visit relatives, asking “are we there…
50 Christmas Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Ruhan asked his first Christmas would you rather question at age 5, whether I would rather…
50 Spring Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Vihaan found a worm in the garden in March and stood looking at it for four…
50 Winter Would You Rather Questions for Kids
The winter would you rather questions in our house started the year Eeshan could not decide…
50 Fall Would You Rather Questions for Kids
Eeshan’s favourite season is fall, mostly because of Halloween. Every September, the would you rather questions…
50 Reading Quotes for Kids
Vihaan started going to the bookshelf on his own at 14 months. Not because we asked…
Printable butterfly coloring pages
The butterfly lifecycle unit was the one I always looked forward to most. Every year, the…
Brain Development Toys for 1 Year Old
I started filming Vihaan every week at 11 months, 2 weeks, because I couldn’t tell if…
10 Best Baby Play Gyms That Actually Earn Their Floor Space
The play gym was the first big purchase I made before Eeshan arrived. I spent more…
11 Fall Leaf Crafts for Babies and Toddlers
Every fall leaf craft list I found was full of beautiful ideas that assumed the child…
Newborn Sleep Feed Schedule: What Actually Works Week by Week
If you’re counting hours since the last feed and wondering whether your newborn is on any…
The Complete Back to School Checklist for Parents
Everyone gave us the same back to school checklist the August Eeshan started kindergarten: supplies, new…
15 Free Ocean Animal Coloring Pages With Fun Facts
Vihaan went through a fish phase at 18 months that I was unprepared for. Every board…
What to Write in a Baby Shower Card (60 Real Examples)
When Spandana’s sister was expecting, I volunteered to write the baby shower card because I thought…
15 Paper Plate Halloween Crafts for Kids
Eeshan was 3 years old on a rainy October afternoon when we decided paper plate halloween…
70 Back to School jokes for kids
If you’re looking for back to school jokes for kids that actually make a seven-year-old laugh,…
100 Halloween jokes for kids
Eeshan’s first proper trick or treat was at age 5. I made him memorise one Halloween…
How Much to Spend on Baby Shower Gift (By Relationship)
When Spandana’s coworker announced her pregnancy, I watched Spandana spend twenty minutes on a gift registry…
20 Cute Halloween coloring pages
Vihaan’s first Halloween coloring session was at age 2. He chose the ghost page, picked up…
18 Best Back to School Books by Age
I bought Eeshan eleven books the August he started kindergarten. Nine sat on the shelf. Two…
60 Back to School Would You Rather Questions
Everyone told me back to school icebreakers had to be low-stakes and easy, gentle little warmups…
10 Printable farm animal coloring pages free
Eeshan knew what a cow said before he had any idea what a cow looked like.…
20 Best Back to School Read Alouds
I pulled The Kissing Hand off my classroom shelf the August Eeshan turned four and a…
40 Rainy day activities for kids
Vihaan at 22 months circled our living room seventeen times on a rainy October Tuesday. I…
How to Choose a Baby Stroller: A Dad’s Honest Guide (2026)
I spent three weeks researching how to choose a baby stroller before Eeshan was born and…
20 Easy Pumpkin Crafts for Kids
Vihaan met a real pumpkin for the first time at age 2. Patted it. Tried to…
First day of school sign Printable free
I have handed out first day of school signs to hundreds of parents over ten years…
Daily log printable daily report template for infants (Free)
Vihaan was 11 days old the first time Spandana asked me when he had last fed…
10 Fall Sensory Bin Ideas for Babies and Toddlers
If your baby or toddler is about to spend another afternoon staring at the same four…
Top 10 Winter Sensory Bin Ideas for Babies and Toddlers
Vihaan was 9 months old when we built his first winter sensory bin, and I’d already…
Nursery Decor Ideas: What Worked in 2 Real Baby Rooms
We never picked a single theme for either nursery, and looking back, that was the right…
20 Free Greek Mythology Coloring Pages
Eeshan asked me at age 3 who would win in a fight between Zeus and Poseidon.…
15 Back to School Photo Backdrop Ideas (DIY + Easy)
Eeshan’s first day of school photo is a plain white wall and a backpack. I was…
65+ Back to School Quotes for Kids
The morning Eeshan started school, I whispered a Dr. Seuss line to him at the door…