Flu and Football

Well there is nothing quite as miserable as a family of 5 down with the flu. Add in an 8 month pregnant matriarch of that family and true bliss can be obtained. Yes, my week in a nutshell.

Anyways, now that we are at least standing upright I wanted to revisit a favorite Princess of mine.

Last year, we introduced you to Princess the camel. Princess has a fabulous knack for picking the winner of the Super Bowl.

Ha! What does a camel know about football you may think? Well, she has picked the winner correctly in seven of the last eight Super Bowls so she does have some type of animal instsincts. Oh boy, am I cracking myself up here.

This year she has picked a Ravens win by her decision to first  sample/eat the graham crackers from Zoo Manager John Bergmann's hand that had the Raven's written on it. Now this doesn't mean she didn''t sample a little from the 49ers graham cracker hand as well, but she chose her winner, ate it first and now history will see if she chose correctly.

In my mind graham crackers are always a win and 2 handfuls are definitely better than one.

Happy weekend all !

A New Princess Video- Take a Look!

Take a look at the new Rebekah Grace video. Feel free to share it with your friends!

Even Princesses Have Chores

Over the last few months as we have excitedly watched our book come into the hands of little Princesses we have also received some welcome praise from many Queen Mommies and Daddies for something we included in it.

When writing the book we wanted to include very real life events that preschoolers could relate to. One of the scenes we included is Rebekah Grace having to clean her room because even Princesses have to do this. As we have come to find out this part of the book is really resonating with parents and they are using it to teach their children. We know that teaching children to perform and carry out household chores is always time consuming, a bit daunting and quite often frustrating.

Here are a few tips and tricks we have learned over the years to help teach our preschool Princesses how to perform their "royal" duties:

1. State the task clearly and make sure your child understands how to perform it.
2. Set a time limit for the task and check in frequently and offer encouragement and suggestions.
3. Don't expect perfection. If the bed doesn't look perfect, but all of the stuffed animals are off of the floor and the pillows are in the general right area I always count it as a job done well.
4. Offer praise after the chore is completed. Adults like to be told they did a job well and so do children.

And if all else fails put this music on loudly and blare it while the chores are being completed. Because all Queen Mommies and Daddies know that a spoon full of sugar always helps the medicine go down.

Another Exciting Review

We are always thrilled when our book gets reviewed, but are most especially pleased when a little Princess reads it with her own Queen Mommy and gives it a big thumbs up!

Read the new review from Raising Reagan.

The Princess And The Pea

Here's a great Pinterest find for a fun craft to do with your Princess.

You and your princess can decorate the bed up with crayons, markers, fabric, buttons and then together you can recreate the story. Don't forget to add the pea to the bottom layer!

Here's the link for printing.

Happy New Year!