I found a photo that made me smile. While copying photos from my husband’s phone that I had taken for a recent sponsored shop, I happened upon this treasure of a photo. The photo was taken at San Diego Zoo…
Category: Family
Back to School: Easy Lunches with Del Monte Fruit Cups #SmartSnack
I have systems. Plans. Methods for organization. My systems have systems. I file the school papers. Clip them together in stacks. Hang the papers from the fridge or bulletin board. I sort old papers so that old papers don’t get…
Introducing Children to the Nation’s Pastime: #Baltimore Orioles Is for Kids [Giveaway]
The crack of the bat. The smell of cotton candy. The stifling hot summer night air. The freebie baseball jersey for kids. My first experience at a baseball game was a veritable assault to my senses. EVERYTHING was so new…
Holiday Gift Guide: Suspend for Family Game Night Fun [Giveaway]
This morning after I cleared the breakfast dishes, I wiped the table clean. A not-overflowing-with-paper-and-breakfast-dishes can only mean one thing in my house. Game time. With my daughters off to school at the crack of dawn, my youngest and I…
Wordless Wednesday: Let’s Go to the Circus! #seizingfamilytime
A couple of kids at the circus As a person who gets a kick out of giving prizes to winners on my blog giveaways, I got a kick out of winning a giveaway this summer. I entered a giveaway on my friend…
Pets? In My House?
The boy finally gets a pet! I didn’t grow up with pets. Well, I won a fishie or two from the local fair. You know the fishies that you put in a small glass bowl. When you are a little…
Back to School: Keeping Track of Your School Uniform with @Mabelhood #buzzmama
A few weeks ago three generations of women in my family shopped. For two of the generations, shopping is as easy as breathing. For one — me — I avoid shopping like the plague. I don’t shop til I drop.…
5 Parenting Tips from a Not-So-Perfect Parent
I’m not a perfect parent. Let’s just get that out of the way…in case they were any questions. Though I provide parenting tips and anecdotes about my family’s adventures on this blog and the other sites I write for. I’m…
Thursday at #BlogHer12 (Part 1)…Dreaming of #BeachesResort
A vacation should be relaxing. Stress free. A welcome distraction from life back home. That’s the theory anyway. I’ve heard rumors of relaxing vacations. Ones where you sip a drink while relaxing by the pool. You sleep in or get…
