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…
Tag: Kids
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.…
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…
Wordless Wednesday: How Did He Get So Big?? #seizingfamilytime #hersheypark
Seizing Family Time with Kaboom Kids movie titles #seizingfamilytime
I saw very few movies growing up. I lived in England as a very young child, and then again from about age 10 onwards. I can count on one hand the movies I saw in a movie theater. No joke.…
Preschoolers Head Back to School with Super Why
Saw this in my in box and I had to share… Reading, writing, arithmetic…and tech? According to a new study from market research firm NPD Group, kids are increasingly adopting tech. In fact, tablet usage among kids increased 13% from…
Vroom! Vroom! with @ToyState
My son is all boy. I don’t know why this surprises me so much. Except that he has two older sisters. With his sisters I was extremely careful not to say that a toy was a boy toy or girl…
Active Kids Needs Downtime in Summertime
Busy. That’s the word I would use to describe our summer. And we cut back on activities…a lot. But we’re still chock-a-block full over here. From swim team to workout sessions at the health club to doctor/dental appointments to day…