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Go Buggy at Heart Felt Play Store with Summer Bug Theme

From Heart Felt Play Store Blog: Bugs are in for the Summer! Check out the Bug Collection in Heart Felt Play store…it’s GROWING! New Heart Felt Play Store BUG theme products shown off in the post. Update link to BUG Board inspiration on No Non-cents Nanna’s Pinterest board. “What is summer time with out bugs? Parents […]


Dinosaur Stuff for Kids

Do you love it when the kids love learning with dinosaurs? Are you always looking ideas for dinosaur games: dinosaur activities or dinosaur party favors? Are you looking for affordable kids dramatic play dress-up parts for Halloween costumes? Please note: we sadly inform you of the permant closure of Heart Felt Play Store due to […]


Dreaming of a Boy and His Dog: Here’s the Reality

Are you dreaming of getting a roly poly puppy for your boy or girl to grow up with and ‘ live happily ever after’? Visions in our parental heads flash back to famous movie and TV dogs like Lassie; Old Yeller; Rin Tin-Tin; Bethoven. Air Bud. But what we don’t realize is that she dogs […]


Preparing for Public Debute: Amber Service-Dog-in-Training

For a canine to become a service animal it does not just magically happen with a mail order vest. Training for our Amber Service-Dog-in-Training will take an estimated two full years of consistant work..This post will share a few of the pre-trip things on our To-Do-Lists to prepare to take Amber Sevice-dog-in-Training in her major […]


What Would You Do? Puppy first; Service-Dog-in-Training

Amber-Service Dog-in-Training turned 12 weeks old yesterday. My son and I are grateful that she is in our life at this stage, even if the her sharp puppy teeth and even with her half labrador need to chew. In two years we are optimistic she will pass her testing to be a full fledge service […]


Hunt Dinosaurs of the Fun Kind

Older kids still love Easter Eggs Hunts. But they may not go for the fluffy chicks and bunnies any more. But they will love to hunt for dinosaurs! We parents may not want to give the kids candy. Let the kids hunt for DINOSAURS of the FUN KIND! Dinosaurs are not only fun but EDUCATIONAL. […]


Amber Service-Dog-in-Training age 9 weeks

We have had Amber Service-Dog-in-Training in our for 2 weeks now. Amber is such a smart pooch that she is begining to read “little words like ‘if and it” ( according to Dr Suess). this post is now updated below. Update: Amber Service-Dog-In-Training is no longer 9 weeks old, but 9 months old. Read below […]


Watch Amber Grow: diary of a service-dog-in-training

Our first week with the new puppy, Amber, has flown by so fast. She eats, drinks, pees, poops, sits, takes toys to her kennel, rolls over to get her belly rubbed, pees, poops, picks up shoes, pees, meets well behaved neighbor dogs, pees, poops, sits, walks herself to our door, gives us her toys, knows […]



Making a Paper Bag Monster Video at Heart Felt Play Store

One day last year, when Sophi-do-It was 5, she made a paper bag monster. We caught the art work on camera at Heart Felt Play Store. Today I, No Non-cents Nanna relived the fun of watching her expressions by making the images into a video. Our little Sophie Do-It is, now 6 years old, is […]


On Girls Dreaming of LONG LONG Hair

Decades ago, my 3 year old daughter dreamed of hair vey LONG LONG princess hair. so, she wore a pair of yellow tights on her short fuzzy blonde head. Don’t laugh! She was creative, as all children should be encouarged to be! This post has been updated. If you are looking for more fun stuff […]




Grinch Takes More Than an Inch of My Gratitude!

This Grinch Takes More Than an Inch of My Gratitude! First, I caught him taking my garbage out the door. “Just helping out” said the Grinch. He seems like a decent guy. I should be grateful, so I gave him an inch. Should I have believed this short green guy with a Trump hair cut was […]