My two daughters, 3 and 5, enjoy coloring on-line.  Here are some sites that they enjoy.

http://games.funschool.com/game.php?g=1033&category=0&level=2

http://www.cass.net/~rainiew/sarahbear/bigc2/colorbig.htm

http://www.coloring.com/pictures/choose.cdc

http://www.crayola.com/kids/games/console.cfm?game=&ok=true

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/painting/

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/painting/dinosaurs.shtml

http://www.isoverse.com/colorbook/KCBselect.html

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/garden-cb.htm

http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/links/coloronline.html

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/color.htm#online

The author of "Vasalisa and Baba Yaga" is Zephyr Goza

"Many, many years ago in Russia, there lived a girl named Vasalisa. She lived alone with her mother on the outskirts of the forest. Even though they didn’t have a lot of money, they lived quite well."  

Children can really benefit nutritionally from a home pre-packed lunch, but only if they eat what’s inside. Below are some tips on how to make lunches more exciting and healthy for your child this year.

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1. Cut cheese into triangles, circles or sticks.

The drive south from Maryland– toward home from our Christmas vacation– was easy!  What of a big comparison to our drive north, before the holiday.  Then it took us 12 hours, yuck….  But now we are home with a challenge for how to organize all the new toys.