As a little kid living in New Jersey, I recall seeing a couple of movies at the drive in movie theater. The movies were loud and I think one was a James Bond film, Goldfinger(?). Not all that appropriate for…
Category: Entertainment
Mmmm…Cinnabon
My friends at Pssst…, General Mills, and Cinnabon asked me to share this with my readers. Who am I to say No? So here it is… Cinnabon was able to warm the hearts of others this holiday season through its…
Soarin’ and Screamin’ at California Adventure #seizingfamilytime
My son is a giant. O.K. not quite. But he is very tall for his age. At 3 he was mistaken for a 5-year-old. At 5, people assumed he was 8. Lately, people have asked if my 8-year-old is 10…
Holiday Gift Guide: Can You Solve the Rubik’s Cube? [Giveaway]
Give me any puzzle. From 500 pieces to 1500 pieces. 3D puzzles. Even those mystery puzzles where you don’t know what the image will be until you start putting the pieces together. You name the puzzle and I will do…
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…
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…
