I am the Queen of Toy Collections. If I see a toy and one of the kids likes it, I have to have the whole collection. I don’t collect every single, solitary toy out there in ToyLand, of course. My…
Category: Family
Wordless/Wordful Wednesday: Winning IS Everything When You Are a Kid
You walk the halls of the elementary school during the Fall Festival and don’t see a familiar face. How can this be? You have been a parent at this elementary school since 2001. How can you know no one? Where…
Finding Time in the Family Schedule
You look at the schedule. You gaze at it hoping to find an opening. An open space. A small corner where an activity can squeeze in. After a bit you realize that tweaking won’t work. Rearranging activities won’t work. Looking…
Don’t Sit on the Sidelines…Play Quidditch with Harry!
You can join Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger in their magical adventures through the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Through Harry Potter for Kinect you can play as your favorite Harry Potter character and because of the…
Through the Years: My Kids Love Pumpkins
Holiday Gift Guide: Harry Potter for Kinect
I wasn’t the last person to jump on the Harry Potter bandwagon. I first learned about the books back when my oldest was in elementary school. She quickly zipped through Junie B. Jones and the Magic Tree House series. Before…
Wordless Wednesdays: Riding the Rides with Dad
Riding with Dad
New from KFC: Chicken Littles and Original RecipesBites [Giveaway ends 11/2]
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! My mother read Chicken Little to me over and over again. Though I can no longer find the book at my parents’ home, I have fond memories of hearing…
Mr. Whispers Can Predict the Future…Oh Yes He Can #frankenweenie
Here you go! New trailer from Disney’s Frankenweenie. Ask Mr. Whispers…anything…using new Facebook Frankenweenie app…
Was There Anything Better Than Saturday Morning TV?
My mother wasn’t particularly strict about TV. I don’t recall earning TV time or losing TV time. The TV was on or it wasn’t. We watched TV when we ste dinner…my…
