Check out the topics this week on the Bellingham Families blog:

Snacks on hand: Cookies, candy, potato chips, and soda are tempting go-to snacks for a kid in a hurry for something to eat, but they’re not the sort of foods that will power a growing body through a day of ...

Monster Trucks Coming Through!: Bubbie just “vroom-vroomed” through the room, followed by an excited Cubbie. “Watchout, monster trucks coming through!” Our latest favorite library book is Monster...

Everything I Needed to Learn About Parenting I Learned at Disneyland (Part Eight of Eight): This is the last of eight articles where I’ll share what I learned about parenting at Disneyland. With my first seven blog entries on this topic, I shared how Disneyland taught me these important...

So Be A Cartoonist: Here is a fun project for the little ones. Give them a stencil and a ruler for drawing a circle and straight lines. Once children get the idea of assembling geometric shapes to make a character, they...

Wheat: to eat, or not to eat?: Paleo diets, gluten free recipes, and low-starch alternative foods are big in the news lately, but is there any evidence to support the theory that perhaps grains DON’T belong at the expansive...