Hello everyone! My name is Natalie Woodring and I am excited to be joining the blogging team for Dayton Parent Magazine. I am a Bellbrook native and now reside in Springboro with my husband, Mark, and two sons, Jameson and Liam. I hope to bring the readers and members of Dayton Parent a fresh insight…
The Chinese buffet on 5th street doubled as my mother-in-love’s dining room table at least for this Sunday. We all gather around the big table in the rear of the restaurant under dim lighting to enjoy one another’s company over endless amounts of scrumptious buffet eats and delicious desserts. The place is not fancy, but…
The Cincinnati Zoo may just be the hottest spot in town right now, thanks to sweet baby hippo Fiona and her captivating fight to continue to grow from her premature state. And although Fiona isn’t quite ready to say hello just yet, there are about a hundred thousand other reasons to visit the zoo this…
Spring Break (or any vacation/special activity) provides a new opportunity for you to practice storytelling with your child. Whether or not you went on an exotic vacation, she’ll surely have something to share about a fun activity she did during break. You can do this together. If your little one’s too young to write, have…
Pets! Dogs, cats, guinea pigs, bunnies, lizards, hedgehogs, piggies, chinchillas, fish, hamsters… whichever pet (or in my case pets!) you have, it is so easy and simple to keep their stuff organized. And pets come with a LOT of stuff: cages, food, treats, beds, litter, brushes, cleaning supplies, medications, toys, leashes, collars… the list goes on!Like anything…
Do newborn babies really benefit from being read to? Even though you probably hear all of the time that reading to newborn babies is crucial to their development, it does seem a little counterintuitive. I mean, c’mon, brand new babies are barely ever awake, and even when they are, they don’t really seem like the…
How many handbags do you have? How many do you actually love and use? Like clothing, we only use about 20% of the handbags we own. Some people are constantly looking for the “perfect” bag, some are addicted to handbags (the never ending colors, shapes, sizes are as intoxicating as shoes!) and some impulse buy any bag…
When you think of story time for your kids, my guess is that a store that sells predominantly furniture doesn’t come to mind. How about a cafeteria? Nope. Didn’t think so. Now what if I told you IKEA has a hidden gem of a story time? And now what if I told you that before…
The New Year means new resolutions and for many that means one word – organization. While I don’t necessarily make formal resolutions, I always vow to be more organized, if anything to help our day-to-day lives run more smoothly. This year, throw in the fact that we just moved to a new house in November,…
Each year, around December 23rd, I find myself staring into my children’s closets, quickly realizing they have absolutely nothing to wear for Christmas. I know it’s coming, but I guess between the shopping, wrapping, cooking and normal everyday life, it drops to the bottom of the list. But this year, I was happy to plan…
