family friendly reviews, giveaways & bargains
Have you been to Staples lately? I won’t lie, I’d not been in a very long time (at least not for more than printer ink and paper reams) and was more than delighted to hear and see that they’ve got some very, very fun items for back to school….even for those of us who aren’t Continue Reading …
About 15 years ago, my friend Cathie surprised me on my birthday with a gift bag. Inside that bag was my first “tart warmer” with some tea lights and Yankee Candle tarts. I was hooked after about eleven millionths of a second. A love affair began that day, back in 1997? 1998? I can’t even Continue Reading …
We love books in our family. Fiction, non fiction, humor, spiritual, it’s all welcomed and loved. From my 7 year old: Natalie’s Ark is about a girl named Natalie who and her animal friends she meets as the dam in her town breaks: Nimbus the raccoon, Telsa the cat, Sadie the Opossum, Stella the Goose, and Continue Reading …
If you have a kid who loves animals, I have an awesome series for them to enjoy. Sweet stories, adorable animals, and stories of friendship will grab your child’s attention. We’ve been reading these books at bedtime with all three of my kids for weeks now. They adore them, I adore them. Simple and sweet, Continue Reading …
As an Elementary Special Education teacher, I am often searching the internet for great new lessons, ideas and products. A couple of weeks ago I started seeing this really cool pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies. It has a fun look and every review I read was glowing. I knew I had to have one. Continue Reading …
Obviously once we chose our bathtub and decided on what we wanted to go up for walls around the tub for this bathroom remodel, we needed to select a Shower/Tub trim kit. We chose the Delta’s Lahara TempAssure® 17T Series Tub and Shower Trim (ARV $384.35) for many reasons- after asking around and researching, it came up Continue Reading …
You know how there are so many bags out there, that you’d love to have, but often cannot afford? Designer bags cost oh so very much most of the time, and aren’t something in the budget for many of us. But we still love the looks, and so we sigh and admire and hope to Continue Reading …
You may remember my previous post on the Classic Workflow action set from Florabella. I just adore that set, and in fact, it is the primary action set that I use for all of my edits. I am so excited to share the Florabella Colorplay Action Set This is a really fabulous set that lends the Continue Reading …
If your kids are anything like mine, they LOVE recording themselves! One of their favorite activities is to watch the videos I take of them on my phone. Since I don’t really love the idea of letting them play with my phone, I was so excited to learn about the MeCorder from Learning Resources. This Continue Reading …
Micro Chargers Loop Stunt Track is a really great new toy for children ages 5 and up. When ours arrived my son’s response was, “WOW, Micro Chargers, I have been wanting this!” We got right to opening the package and in about 5 minutes we had the track assembled and he was playing. My first Continue Reading …
