Jul 2 2010

Teaching Values with Thomas and Friends

Welcome back to Babylicious! Thanks for visiting again. If you’ve enjoyed reading my blog, subscribe to my RSS feed to get regular updates on what’s new at Babylicious.I’d been trying to find story books to help me teach Gavin about values when it occurred to me that the best character to teach Gavin about values [...]

Feb 4 2010

New Thomas and Friends Stories on Audible

When Gavin was younger, finding a way to keep his occupied and distracted in the car so he wouldn’t fuss or make a nuisance of himself in the car was always a challenge…  Until I discovered Thomas and Friends audiobooks.  They work so well with Gavin that I highly recommend it.  It doesn’t have to [...]

Apr 22 2009

Birthday Party Themes: Thomas the Tank Engine

As a mother of a fan of Thomas the Tank Engine, I was simply blown away when I saw the effort that my Canadian friend put into organising her son’s 3rd birthday party.  Evan, whom you should already have guessed, is also a huge fan of Thomas and clearly one very lucky boy… I doubt [...]

Mar 19 2009

Thomas Fans, Eat Your Heart Out!

Got the link to this video from my friends ST and SM.  It shows a rather extensive Thomas and Friends Motor Road and Rail train set.  All I can say is that boy is one very lucky kid.  I don’t think we even have a room big enough to house a train set that large.  [...]

Feb 8 2009

Toys: Where to Find Wooden Train Sets

The Early Learning Center (ELC) used to be one of my favourite toy haunts for taking Gavin to browse through until he developed his craze for Thomas and Friends and I discovered there was little for him to look at in ELC to satisfy his Thomas addiction.  Since then, I haven’t really checked out this [...]