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…
Category: Musings on Family
Holiday Gift Guide: A Pair of Games To Get Kids Dancing #giftguide
I wrote 1 blog post yesterday and the day before. Two more the day before that. And a whopping 11 blogposts last week. This is HIGHLY unusual for me. I’m more of a 4-5 times a week poster. Not during…
Holiday Gift Guide: Trust Your Life with @Lifelock #giftguide
As a child, I had perhaps one Christmas where I didn’t get the present I wanted. I was upset, but moved on. I didn’t dwell too heavily as a kid. I quickly forgot about the gift I wanted and happily…
Holiday Gift Guide: Bake Up Sweet Treats with Baking Products from @Safeway [#Giveaway ends 12/24]
My kids LOVE to bake. They bake for birthdays, holidays, and just because. The older one bakes for friends at school. I don’t know how she carries a tray of cupcakes and her backpack and lunchbox, but she manages somehow.…
Making Everything Work…Is It Possible?
It’s the blogger’s dilemma isn’t it? We chose blogging for the flexibility and freedom. We love that we can work from home or from the office or from Starbucks or from the airport. We love that we can work around…
Holiday Gift Guide: An XBox 360 Kinect Game for EVERYONE on Your List! Kinect Sports Dance Central Kinectimals Nat Geo TV
Did you know you can get an XBox for as little as $99? I was surprised too! And the 4GB XBox with Kinect is also $99. And the 250 GB…
Holiday Gift Guide: Get Moving with Sesame Street TV Kinect #seizingfamilytime #giftguide [Giveaway ends 12/20]
Many of you reading this post probably rarely sit with your toddler at the family desktop or laptop computer. Your toddler might play a game on your phone or tablet or even on the TV with a game system. You…
Holiday Gift Guide: What Do You Get for the Person Who Has Everything? @HickoryFarms #holidaygiftguide
Picture if you will a family room. There are two small couches. One desk chair. One recliner with a footstool. Two people are sitting in the family happily watching TV. Relaxing. Stretched out. Comfy. Enjoying the relative quiet. Feet up…
Holiday Gift Guide: Squeeze a Little Fun in Your Stocking with @GoGosqueeZ #holidaygiftguide [#Giveaway ends 12/20]
I was chatting with a friend about holiday traditions. I shared that my mother always put my gifts in a pillowcase at the end of my bed. How do I know this? Because I saw the photos! Don’t worry I…
Holiday Gift Guide: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #holidaygiftguide #giveaway
We’re a book family. We read to the kids all the time when they were little. My oldest would ask for “one more book.” And how could I say no to her sweet request. The middle child stepped it up…
