How many times in your life has a DVD saved the day? I know that I have used DVDs to distract a toddler while I made an important phone call. I have used a DVD to keep two kids from…
Category: Family
ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover Is Looking for a Deserving Family in Maryland
Do you know a family whose home deserves an Extreme Makeover? If so, the producers of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition want to hear from you. Ty Pennington and his crew have been all across the map and now they…
Is There a Screening of How To Train Your Dragon in Your Area?
Get Tickets to How to Train Your Dragon Online!Visit the Official How to Train Your Dragon Site Paramount has special morning screenings for moms this Friday at 10 am in these cities for How to Train Your Dragon: * Chicago (suburbs…
Your Kid Will Be a Happy Camper at KinderCare!
As a new mom, I never considered using a babysitter or day care or summer camp for my child. I was blissfully ignorant of how hard it is to work from home AND care for children. I enrolled my daughter…
Easter/Spring Guide: DVDs for Kids
Year after year it becomes more and more difficult to figure out what is a good birthday gift or addition to the Easter basket. Some years I hit it out of the park…6- and 7-year-old boy birthday gift? Lego! Teen…
Movies Bring Our Family Together: Air Bud Golden Receiver Giveaway
There was a time when I could grab a DVD from the rack. Pop it in the car DVD player. Hit play and drive. All three of my children loved the same movie…Finding Nemo, Spy Kids 2, or any Disney…
I’m a Cheap Date…in a Good Way
Movies? Date night? Dinner? These terms are vaguely familiar to me. In years past, my husband and I went to so many movies per year.Now, not so much… In pre-kids days, we were free to go out at the drop…
When the Cell Phone Is a Lifesaver: Verizon Palm Pre Plus
What is that expression? “The best laid plans may not always work.” Yeah, that’s the one. Saturday’s plan seemed doable. I could foresee a problem or two, but I had a bunch of contingency plans. I was sure I could…
Great Day!
The greatness of today by the bullets… After yesterday’s high of the teen’s volleyball team placing third AND the tween’s team winning the gold medal, we all slept soundly. In fact the tween was asleep almost before her head hit…
Handy Manny Big Race — Saturday, March 20 at 7 p.m. on Disney Channel
My son loves Handy Manny. Disney has been a source of great entertainment for all my kids when they were in preschool. My oldest was a lover of Little Mermaid. The middle daughter was in love with Bear and the…
