My tween and I embarked on a project this past month. After a few days of the project, I knew that my tween was able to do all the work by herself. As a mom it is easy to micromanage…
Category: Musings on Reviews
Spicing up Dinner with Filler Free Spices [Giveaway]
I’m not an adventurous cook. If I deviate from a recipe, well let’s just say the end result is not pretty. My husband is a better cook. Grilling is his thing. Between the two of us we make a decent…
Soaking in the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel
Fabulous. Amazing. Wonderful. All of these words are overused , but they aptly describe our family’s stay at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando. I will even add “Awesome” to the mix! Our hotel stay was an experience from…
New Here? Here’s Where I Write
Want to know where else you can find me? Baby, toddler, preschooler, and early elementary activities in DC Baltimore parenting tweens examiner TypeAParent Preteens and product reviews Out and about in DC Do you want sites we manage or moderate?…
AE Pass and the Teen
My teen has become a frugal shopper. We are a million miles away from the 8/9-year-old who insisted on buying shirts from Limited Too now Justice even though the shirt cost her entire life savings. In those early days of…
Purex Insider: Trying Purex Crystals for Cleaner Laundry
The term Brand Ambassador has a nice ring to it. It rolls off the tongue. Sounds official, but not pretentious. Evokes the notion that the bearer of the title is “in the know.” And doesn’t this sum up blogging? Bloggers…
The English Major in Me Wants to See Gnomeo & Juliet [Giveaway] [Closed]
A few months ago we saw Tangled. We missed the official screening due to traffic. You would think after living in the D.C. area for over 20 years that I would check traffic BEFORE driving to an event AFTER learning…
Date Nights…Western Howard County
Date Nights? Do you remember them? I have vague memories of when going on date nights was very easy. Lately with kids in a multitude of activities and general family exhaustion from our hectic schedule, date nights are few and…
Holiday Gift Guide and Giveaway — Dora’s Christmas Carol DVD and CD [Giveaway] [Closed]
When my daughter was 2, she loved all things Dora and Diego and Boots. She had the backpack and a range of Dora DVDs. I remember several car trips that were more bearable for all of us with a Dora…
Yogurt Is My Go-to Lunch Choice for Me and the Kids [Giveaway] [Closed]
In the early days of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, yogurt was my go-to food option. Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Snack. Yogurt was a very useful and nutritious option. Of course there was that one incident where my “I won’t eat anything…