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How Necessary are MultiVitamins for Preschoolers?

Do your preschool children take multivitamins? It may not be necessary. For many children who are healthy and growing normally, the best source of nutrients is food, and they can get all of the vitamins and minerals that they need from their normal meals and snacks....

Monday Give Away Linky, Epic Fail Edition

So whoops. It’s already Tuesday. I’m sorry about missing the linky yesterday, and for the second week in a row! I will get back on track this coming week, I promise. Essentially, LOTS has been going on behind the scenes. We just finished up an 8-week...

Building a Better Student: Dings

I merged onto the highway for the drive home, settled in with some good music, and all was right with the world . . . until a truck kicked up a large rock that smacked into my car, leaving a nasty star-shaped reminder of why we have windshields in the first place....