Winner picked for ecostore USA giveaway via random.org. Winner is 21 — will let you know her details when she e-mails back. Update: And the winner e-mailed back…Christina G. Check her blog listings of coupons, dicounts, and giveaways: https://extra-entries.blogspot.com/ This…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Oliver’s Labels: How Kids’ Stuff Finds Its Way Home!
I cannot even imagine how many items I have taken out of my house over the years. I’ve had children in toddler time, preschool, elementary school, and now middle school. I never leave the house without a drink for one…
Pseudo Live Blogging Volleyball Tournaments
Crafty Daughter’s volleyball team at Penn State for volleyball tournament…Crafty Daughter is third from left, sitting on lion. Her team won the gold medal in the platinum division. Her team was young — most only 10 in a division for…
Middle School Drama
The Middle School Midnight Madness. Would you want to be in middle school again? Raging hormones. Spats. Infighting. Silly behavior. No, I didn’t think so. From my vantage point behind the dinner table I had a birds eye view of…
Fitness Friday: It’s Jared from Subway!
Jared was interviewed by CNN at the NIH/SubWay We Can! rally.Laila Ali at the NIH/Subway event at the Satdium Armory in Washington, D.C. — and me!Yep, I met Jared from Subway!Tab Ramos, former Olympic soccer player; Laila Ali, boxing champion…
Boys Love Play Kitchens, Too!
I’m participating in Grace’s Kitchen over at www.feelslikehomeblog.com. If you write about kids, food, or kids and food –think about posting! When my son was around 2 we pulled out the old Little Tikes kitchen. His sister got this kitchen…
Kettlebell Rocks in Northern Virginia!
When I first heard the term “Kettlebell” I had no idea what it was. Kettlebell? I found out that a Kettlebell is a weight with a handle — see photo above. I participated in a Kettlebell class at Kettlebell_Strong_in_VA Participated…
Wednesdays R Us: No Photo, Just Griping
Well, this should be a pic of something cute, but Blogger photo is not working. So, I will gripe about technology, photo inserter not working, twitter seemingly broken, my blog design needing help… One last chance for Blogger to let…
I Might Just Meet Jared Today!
Remember this guy?Guess who I might meet today — Jared! There’s a Subway event downtown promoting health eating for kids. (Thanks to Marianna for the information — @LookNoHands and RidingwithNoHands and also thanks to Janine for the invitation — @twincident…
5 Tips for Photographing Toddlers
FireMom over at StopDropandBlog posted about photographing toddlers. Her post brought back a flood of memories of some great and not-so-great experiences photographing our children. I made a decision early on with my oldest to have regular photographs taken. Since…
