Disclosure: I was sent a $25 Card.com Visa card to facilitate my review. The views expressed in this post are my own. Scene: My kitchen on a school morning.Kid #1: I need to buy Fall Festival tickets! Kid #2: I…
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Get Ready To Do Battle With the #BeyWarriors #chatterbox #giftguide
Disclosure: I was sent an item to facilitate my review. The opinions expressed in this post are my own. Affiliate links are to my amazon account. “I review stuff…you know…DVDs, toys, games, books, restaurants. I write about them on my…
Sponsored: Organizing Photos of a Special Birthday Party for a Special Guy @Tapsbook
Sponsored: I was compensated to write this post. Something happened this spring that has never happened before. I’m still kind of reeling about it. I did something I have never done before. I didn’t host a birthday party for one…
Capturing Memories in a Photobook AND a Promo Code @GrooveBookApp
If I have ever been asked the questions “What would you take out of your home in the case of a fire or natural disaster?”, my answer is “After I have safely escorted my family out of the house, I…
5 Tips for Prepping for the Holidays for the Organizationally Challenged
The holidays are busy and stressful. Don’t get me wrong I love spending time with my family, especially at the holidays. I enjoy time with family throughout the year, but the holidays are a special time of the year. Time…
Gifts for Preschoolers: LeapFrop Explorer Games (Giveaway ends 1/28/13)
One minute we were an entirely “video game free” home and the next minute we seemed to have a game systems in every room of our home. How did it happen? And I’m not talking about small electronic “busy” activity…
Gifts for Toddlers and Preschoolers (Giveaway ends 1/28/13)
Once upon a time I volunteered in the church nursery. I helped another mom wrangle the one- through four-year-olds while their parents were at church. I thought that looking after little ones would be easy, especially since I looked after…
Wordless Wednesday: New Year’s Eve Photobombing
If you have a little kid, you’ll know that when you want them to cooperate when you take a photo, they have no interest and can be quite awkward. But when you are taking a photo and don’t want them…
Happy New Year 2013, Tax Writeoffs, and an Announcement of Winners
The last couple of years our NYE plans have been low key. Staying at home. Eating snacks. Playing games. Watching TV. Celebrating the ball drop. Sipping sparkling cider. Shooting off party poppers. Nothing elaborate, but just what we like…good, low…
I Miss the Old Days…
…the old days when Christmas preparations began December 1. The whole month of December built up day-by-day to the celebration of Christmas Eve and Day. We had craft making, tree trimming, and gift wrapping. Fast forward a few years to…
