New Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo

New Baby Giraffe Born at Dallas Zoo

It’s a Boy! Dallas Zoo and Mama Giraffe Chrystal Welcome New Baby Giraffe

The Dallas Zoo has welcomed a leggy, 6-foot-tall baby giraffe, born Sunday to first-time mother Chrystal. The energetic male calf weighs about 120 pounds and appears to be healthy.

The baby giraffe’s wasn’t without excitement. After about two hours, the  mama giraffe’s labor stopped and it was

Online Halloween Music Stations

Online Halloween Music Stations

Halloween celebrations have already begun, and to help your family get excited for All Hallows’ Eve this weekend, digital music service Rdio is excited to share their free Halloween stations – Halloween music from party favorites and creepy sounds to kid-friendly tunes.  Each Halloween music station is free for all to stream. Just sign up for an account and start listening.

Kids’ Halloween Station– Kid appropriate favorites from classic Halloween jams to Alvin and the Chipmunks renditions

Kid’s School Papers Piling Up? Create a Holding Tank

Dedicated Storage for Kids School Papers - North Texas Kids Magazine

Dedicated Storage Space for School Papers

 

It has been almost two months since school started and by now you probably have piles of school papers on your kitchen counter tops, dining table, or moving from place to place as you try to find them a permanent home.

Help has officially arrived. In my video below, I talk about creating a Holding Tank or dedicated storage space for your child’s papers. The location of the Holding Tank (one per child) should be close to where the papers enter the home and are processed. This could be in the kitchen, mudroom, garage, or living room, making sure that the tank is not so far away that the papers often do not make it to the holding area.