Christmas break was short this year. Very short. School ended for the kids at 3 p.m. on Friday, December 23rd. The next day was Christmas Eve. The next Christmas Day. The best day for Christmas Day to fall on is…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Reindeer Food, Halloween Skeletons, and Bunny Crafts
One of the pluses of having children at different preschools is the variety. For a myriad of reasons, my three children attended four different preschools. Each preschool adhered to the preschool calendar of projects tied in to holiday traditions and…
Holiday Gift Guide: Personalize the HTC Wildfire To Suit You [Giveaway]
My husband and I were talking about our first couple of cell phones. Back in the day…I might as well refer to this time as the “Wilderness Years.” We purchased our first cell phone in 1995. Note, that I said…
Holiday Gift Guide: Taboo [Giveaway]
Last month, I consigned a couple of treasured and much-played-with games. Candyland. Hi Ho Cherry O. Chutes and Ladders. In fact, the Candyland I consigned was out second one. The first game was a battered and tattered from years of…
I’m a Hot Mess
…or at least I was last week and the beginning of this week. Let’s see what happened to me: I had chills leading to mild flu-like symptoms. Developed a hacking, deep in my chest, yucky cough. Had a case of…
Holiday Gift Guide: HTC Status’ One Touch Facebook Share [Giveaway]
Ever watched your child perform at the winter concert and forget to share those precious moments with family and friends who couldn’t attend? You may be too enthralled by your child’s performance to worry about posting to Facebook. No matter,…
Holiday Gift Guide: Tonka XT Ricochet Tricksters [Giveaway]
At a recent Monster Jams, show I was slack jawed at the way the drivers drove those enormous trucks over massive mounds of dirt, around precariously placed barricades, and on top of dirt structures the size of small homes. The…
Holiday Gift Guide: KRE-O Transformers Sentinel Prime Set [Giveaway]
The changing forms. The deep, radio announcer-like voice. The shape shifting from car to robot and robot to car. Until I saw the first Transformers movie, I truly did not “get” the whole Transformers robots thing. The TV show seemed…
Holiday Gift Guide: Lego Duplo Jams App
Music calms the savage beast…uh…I mean baby. If you have every sat in a car with a squalling crying baby for a long trip you will feel my pain. As the navigator-not-the-driver-on-family-trips, I am the designated hitter with any crises…
Getting Someone Else To Do Your Stuff
You know how it is. You find a notepad. Select a working pen. Gather your thoughts. Put pen to paper. Take a breath. Get totally overwhelmed. Take another deeper breath. Decide what needs to go first. Make the first notation…
