Pasta Butterfly by Nanny Gael Ann and her "creative assistant)

Today my creative assistant and two little friends are going to show you how to make this lovely spring craft.

Go the Creative Nanny site to get the directions for this fun spring craft.

Weekend Round Up March 8-12

Just in case you missed something this week on Regarding Nannies: Here are the links to this weeks posts.


Monday Moxie: Regarding Nannies launched their essay promotion for an INA Scholarship.


Tuesday Tips: Sherrie Eddlebute taught us how to use "Google Reader"


Wednesday Creative Nanny: Nanny Gael Ann and her "creative assistant" shared with us their version of Sock Bunnies. A must do Spring Craft.


Thursday Table Talk: INA Conference Speaker Highlight: Lila Reyna

Financial Friday: Alice shared some information on how to get $125 by opening a bank account.

Next week on Regarding Nannies:
We will have Nitty Gritty Interview Questions , tips for purging that mountain of papers, and another INA conference speaker highlight.

Don't forget that if you are attending the conference, you only until March 31 to get your Service Award Pin applications turned in. You can email them too.

Spring Sock Bunnies by Nanny Gael Ann and her "creative assistant"

Spring Sock Bunny by Nanny Gael Ann and her "creative assistant"

The minute I saw this idea in the March issue of Family Fun magazine I knew we would be making some for spring. However, the minute I showed the page to my charge, the plan turned into we just have to make them today! So we improvised a bit on the original directions using items we already had on hand and they came out just as cute.

To get the directions go to The Creative Nanny.

St. Patricks Day Shiny Shamrock by Nanny Gael Ann and her creative assistant.

St. Patrick's Day Shamrock


Looking for a fun way to decorate for St. Patrick's Day?
Just grab your little leprechaun(s) and paint a shiny shamrock poster.
Get the directions from Nanny Gael Ann and her creative assistant over at Creative Nanny.

Decorated Purell Bottles by Nanny Gael Ann and her very creative assistant.

Decorated Purell Bottles by Nanny Gael Ann and her very creative assistant.
These make great gifts for parents, grandparents, teachers, friends & co-workers. To get the directions for this project and more go to http://www.thecreativenanny.com/

Creative Nanny Wednesday: Snowperson in a Jar

I am excited to tell you that Nanny Gael Ann has agreed to share one of her wonderful craft ideas with us on a monthly basis in 2010. Her craft for January is simple and fun and guaranteed to put a smile on anyone's face.

Go to Creative Nanny to get the directions to make your own "Snowperson in a Jar"

A Favorite Creative Nanny: How to use Smilebox

As we are all heading towards lots of photos being taken digitally over the winter break and holidays, we are left wondering what to do with them. Revisit this awesome post on how to turn your photos into a great little album on Smilebox for those near and far from you and your charges.

How to Use Smilebox!

Have you made someone smile today?

by Nanny Gael Ann

If you have a cute digital photo or two of your charge(s) and a few minutes, you too can easily create a Smilebox® that is sure to make someone smile today!
What is a Smilebox?
Smilebox is a fun new way to keep in touch and share your charge's special moments with your employers or your charge's grandparents. In fact, anyone with email can enjoy a Smilebox. It's free, easy to use, and the results are amazing. Smilebox lets you combine your photos and video clips, to create animated scrapbooks, photobooks, slideshows, postcards and ecards then email them to anyone. There are hundreds of templates you can personalize with text and music. You can get as creative as you wish or keep it simple and just drop your photo into one of their themed designs.
I have made over 275 Smileboxes including some of my of my charge(s)as well as personal ones I send to family and friends. I find using Smilebox to be the quickest and easiest way to get photos out, so they are enjoyed by others, instead of sitting in a folder on my computer. I have created all kinds of Smileboxes. Classic childhood milestones like baby's first bath or a preschooler singing their favorite song make wonderful Smileboxes, but so do more everyday photos of playtime at the park or just happy silly faces. I have used Smilebox to send a one-of-a-kind thank you note to our local fire station after a visit there. Sometimes my Smileboxes tell a story like going apple picking or making banana bread. You can find a Smilebox design to compliment just about any sentiment or occasion from birthday celebrations, holidays, and special events to colorful scrapbook type backgrounds, recipe cards and invitations. And they add new ones weekly.
To read more about Smilebox and to see what you can do with them read the rest of the article on Creative Nanny.

Weekend Round Up

This week we kicked off a month long focus on National Nanny Recognition Week with an extra Sunday post that gave the history of how NNRW began.

On Monday Moxie we spotlighted ADCAN, the first and oldest nanny support group in the USA.

On Tuesday Tips we shared a list of vendors who are offering special deals and discounts all month long in celebration of NNRW. Please be sure to check out these awesome deals and do some shopping with these wonderful vendors who are so supportive of what we are doing.

On Wednesday's Creative Nanny, Nanny Gael Ann introduced us to Smilebox.

On Thursday Table Talk, Cortney Gibson shared with us how to have "The Happiest Baby on the Block"

On Friday Financial Nanny , Alice showed us a handy dandy Accordion Organizer that is great for keeping track of receipts (and it's 20% off through Labor Day...check out the shopping deals for the code under Letters by Design)

How to Use Smilebox!

Have you made someone smile today?

by Nanny Gael Ann

If you have a cute digital photo or two of your charge(s) and a few minutes, you too can easily create a Smilebox® that is sure to make someone smile today!
What is a Smilebox?
Smilebox is a fun new way to keep in touch and share your charge's special moments with your employers or your charge's grandparents. In fact, anyone with email can enjoy a Smilebox. It's free, easy to use, and the results are amazing. Smilebox lets you combine your photos and video clips, to create animated scrapbooks, photobooks, slideshows, postcards and ecards then email them to anyone. There are hundreds of templates you can personalize with text and music. You can get as creative as you wish or keep it simple and just drop your photo into one of their themed designs.
I have made over 275 Smileboxes including some of my of my charge(s)as well as personal ones I send to family and friends. I find using Smilebox to be the quickest and easiest way to get photos out, so they are enjoyed by others, instead of sitting in a folder on my computer. I have created all kinds of Smileboxes. Classic childhood milestones like baby's first bath or a preschooler singing their favorite song make wonderful Smileboxes, but so do more everyday photos of playtime at the park or just happy silly faces. I have used Smilebox to send a one-of-a-kind thank you note to our local fire station after a visit there. Sometimes my Smileboxes tell a story like going apple picking or making banana bread. You can find a Smilebox design to compliment just about any sentiment or occasion from birthday celebrations, holidays, and special events to colorful scrapbook type backgrounds, recipe cards and invitations. And they add new ones weekly.
To read more about Smilebox and to see what you can do with them read the rest of the article on Creative Nanny.