Archives for July 2011

Invent the Next Diaper Disposal System

July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Fisher-Price is looking for the next great dirty diaper disposal system. Could you be the person to invent it? They want you to put yourself in your own shoes and envision the best diaper disposal system that you can think of. The main catch, they have to be able to make the product and sell it in WalMart for $30 – $60.

The chosen design will get a minimum of $2500 upfront + a percentage of sales for 20 years or a buyout. That’s a pretty sweet deal if you are good at coming up with ideas. But act fast, the deadline is Monday, August 1st at Midnight. You can check out all the details at Edison Nation.

Have you ever invented anything? Do you think you have it take to win this contest?

A Toddlers Rules of Possession

July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I stumbled across this on the UC Berkeley Parents web site and thought it was pretty funny. Whoever posted it on that site, found it somewhere online and it was unattributed so I don’t know who the author is. It is definitely worth a repost though.

Toddlers are very possessive of their toys

(via Pixabay)

Rules of Possession for a toddler

If I like it, it’s mine.
If it’s in my hand, it’s mine.
If I can take it from you, it’s mine.
If I had it a little while ago, it’s mine.
If it’s mine, it must NEVER appear to be yours in anyway.
If I’m doing or building something, all the pieces are mine.
If it looks just like mine, it is mine.
If I saw it first, it’s mine.
If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
If it’s broken, it’s yours.

Have you ever seen this list before? Do you agree?

Dinosaur Summer Camp

July 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment

(via Pixabay)

I am sure you have heard me ramble on about how much my oldest son loves dinosaurs. He is only 5 years old but he is so passionate about them. He reminds me a lot of how I was as a kid. I used to get super passionate about everything I got into and it just took over my world.

At the start of Summer, we saw an ad in our paper for a Summer day camp that we could not pass up. It’s put on by a company based in New Jersey called Roving Nature Center Day Camp and they offer a few different options. The one we signed Harrison up for is called Jurassic in the Park. How perfect is that. A week long Summer camp (half days) for 4 – 6 year olds that focuses entirely on dinosaur fun. Today was his first day and he was just so freaking excited to tell us about it at. I can’t wait to hear about how much fun he has the rest of this week. Best $100 we spent so far this Summer.

Have your children ever gone to day camp? How did they like it?