Kids Fun for all.

Kids are simple, they don't need $100 dollar toys and big shopping sprees. All they want is to have some fun. The girls favorite thing in this whole world, is arts and crafts. Side note: It is mine too, ever since I was little I've loved creating things.



You can pick all these items up and allow your
kids to use their imagination, or use pintrest for
Some crazy cool ideas.

 My favorite place to go and buy things from for arts and crafts is the dollar tree. I know you may be thinking "Kayleigh, they don't have much to offer". Yes they do, trust me. My children love to paint, color and decorate any and everything (even walls, LOL). Set a budget for what you want to buy. Arts and crafts can add up very fast. Just because you are shopping at the dollar store doesn't mean much, a dollar adds up eventually.

When you have kids there is a motto that I like: Stay, Play and Walk Away. It is very simple.

1. Show them a few idea for things they can make.
2. Make a few with them.
3. Then allow them to have fun and enjoy themselves and walk away.

I love pintrest for new ideas on projects for children. Type in: Ideas for home activities with kids. You will be in pintrest heaven. I promise!!!

Another thing that my girls like to do is read books. Either it be at home with the trillion that we own,

Barnes and Noble kids section.

or going to Barnes and Noble to read. A side note: All Barnes and Nobles have a day for story time, call your nearest one and find out. It is totally free and the kids will love it. My girls even love the library (just not the being quite part). I am a firm believer that books help our children to become better people. I buy books that tell stories about change, friendship, love etc.. I never buy a book before reading through it. Now a days we parents have to watch everything we let our kids do, because the content is sometimes a little to raw for them, if you know what I mean.

Today we live in a generation of video games, I pads, Kid notebooks. You name an electronic and most kids have at least one or heck all of them. Now I am not against electronics by no means. I am learning how to cut their play time back on them

ABC Mouse is worth every dollar.

though. A good place I recommend for younger children is ABC mouse. Now it isn't free, but if you can afford to get your nails and toes down then you can buy it for your children. It will help teach them how to read, and add. It also gives you free pintable's. Which I loved. You can customize them or print out the premade ones.

The girls made this for when Logan was release from Loma Linda
Hospital after being there for a week because he was so sick.
They had a blast with grandma, and they were so proud of there
craft.

Now depending on the area you live and how old your little ones are, depends on some of the activities. When I lived in Long Beach I loved taking the kids to the park, beaches and museums. We had so much fun. There is a lot of places to go all you need is handy dandy Google and you can find anywhere to take them. Remember they are simple, we parents are complicated.

That hair though!!!

As a mother too mixed children I have struggled with what products to use in their hair. Trust me I have tried it all. After trail and error I finally found a product that I will stand 100% behind. Let me put it out there not all beauticians know what products to use in a mixed kids hair. Products that may work for Kamille didn't work for Sariah, and vise versa. They both have different textures in hair. Mimi has more of a defined curl, and Riri has more of a loose curl... Both are equally beautiful.

The products that worked, only worked for so long, and that is an issue I have. Product is expensive for their hair. Let me tell you all a story about how beauty supply owners and or beauticians can get it wrong too. Especially if their children aren't mixed.

So I need more hair product for the girls, shampoo, conditioner detangle spray. You name it I needed. Now I don't mind spending money on product for their hair, if it works. One thing I cant stand is that when I walk in to most beauty supply store they don't want to help me. I never know why, but it is annoying. So I walked up to the counter to ask the owner who is also a beautician

if she could recommend any products that worked on mixed girls hair, I was just waiting for her to say what I knew she was going to say. " Oh, girl you want MIXED CHICKS, you didn't know"? I looked at her crazy because I felt like if they had to name the bottle that it probably didn't work. My opinion. You'll I looked at there prices and almost had a heart attack. I was not about to spend $50 dollars for two things. So I did what any sane person would do and asked for samples. I wanted the ones for kids and the ones for adults. Boy was I glad that I did.

I went home took their hair down and began to wash. Now before I wash my kids hair I comb it out.  Depending on if their hair was styled I will section it out and wash it section by section. If it was just down and curly I will comb it and wash as is. I wet their hair and massaged their scalp as always. I applied the shampoo and began to wash, one thing I immediately noticed was that I had to use more product then usual. That was already a bad sign. The next problem I came across was trying to rinse it out. It didn't want to come out. It took me forever. So then I applied the conditioner- I myself like to comb their hair with the conditioner in it, and then put a clear cap on for 5 min to allow the
conditioner to work. This is what works for me, not everyone. After 5 min had past I went to rinse it out. Once I was finished I towel dried the hair. The hair smelled good, but was extremely dry. Almost to that of heat damage. I was not satisfied.

I am not sure why people always recommend this product for mixed kids. It doesn't always work. I can name a million products that I have tried that worked until they didn't. I can also tell you a bunch of products that didn't work at all. Instead I want to talk about a product that I will always use and never go to anything else.

So, when I think about my hair I know that I want a good product all around. So why wouldn't I want the same for the girls. I did my research on all products no matter what nationality. One kept standing out. "Shea Moisture" This product has no sulfates, no parabens, no phthalates, no synthetic fragrance, no paraffin, no propylene Glycol, no mineral Oil, no synthetic colors, no DEA, and has not been tested on animals (a big plus for me). Also every time you purchase a product of "Shea Moisture" You help disadvantaged women to have a healthier and brighter future.

Now for the shampoo and conditioner I use the Mango and Carrot Kids products. They not only smell divine, they work amazing. The girls hair still has shine, and feels cleans. Once I've washed their hair I apply the

coconut and hibiscus kids extra moisturizing detangler. Comb out their hair and then use the coconut and hibiscus curl enhancing smoothie. Now once a month I use the Raw Shea Butter DEEP TREATMENT MASQUE on their hair. I only leave it on for 5 min with no heat. Some may want the heat, but not for my kids. If I do the deep treatment I comb out after and apply the hold and shine moisture mist and let it be for the day. That hair though... I love their hair.

This product has not let me down. It satisfies every time. I hope that this product will give your kids hair life like it does mine. LOL. It is great and I am in love. My kids ask " mommy can you wash my hair so it will smell and look good". Too funny!!!
Also a side note if you have babies and kids the also have a product line of bath wash, bubble baths, lotions etc.