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American Girl has introduced two different historical characters- Cecile Rey, an African American, and Marie-Grace Gardner a Caucasian, who “reach across the boundaries of race and calss to help their beloved city of New Orleans in 1853.” I think its really cool that they are introducing two characters at once- and in such a great Continue Reading …
Simon & Schuster sent us a sweet and adorable board book called Who’s My Cupcake and two chapter books from the Cupcake Diaries, Katie and the Cupcake Cure and Mia in the Mix. Introducing the Cupcake Books: Middle school can be hard… some days you need a cupcake. Katie Brown is miserable when her best friend is invited Continue Reading …
Each week Momondealz brings us a craft that is fun, educational, and frugal. August 10th is National S’mores Day and since I LOVE s’mores I thought this would be a cute activity-and a yummy one! Sun Baked S’mores Materials: Shoe Box Plastic Wrap Tin Foil 1 Sheet of Black Construction Paper Graham Crackers Hershey’s Chocolate Bars Continue Reading …
You already know I LOVE personalized things. I’ve not told you but I’ve always wanted an address stamp. I love my labels, but there is just something about a stamp that has always made me want one- and of course, with today’s world, there are a billion options and colors and shapes and sizes…Lucky for Continue Reading …
My oldest was not night trained until she was well over 5 1/2 years old. She was day trained at 22 months, but the nighttime thing, well, it just wasn’t there, no matter what, until quite recently. She was, right up until she night trained, a very heavy wetter, which meant that we very quickly Continue Reading …
Mars Needs Moms is a family movie about a young boy’s intergalactic adventure to find his mom who was Martian-nabbed. This Disney film is adventure packed and fun for the whole family. It is rated PG. Mars Needs Moms features Seth Green as 9 year old Milo and Joan Cusack as his mom. The Martians Continue Reading …
Summer is full of so many things to do outside when the weather cooperates- but for those days when the weather doesn’t cooperate and we do have to be inside, crafts and games have been the first things I turn to. My kids will all three of them sit at the table and color, glue, use stickers, Continue Reading …
I have another confession to make. I hate what we have for our tv to sit on. I love the color of our TV Stand. I do. I also love that it stands in the corner, not sucking a ton of space out of our already short on space living room. What I don’t love Continue Reading …
I can’t WAIT to see Rio. I’m still unsure how it is that we missed seeing it in the theater, but we did, and happily, I’ll have it here at the house quite soon. I’m always up for fun apps that encourage creativity, and there is a FREE coloring app “Rio: Coloring with Blu” available Continue Reading …
Nothing says summer to me like popsicles, ice cream cones eaten outside, sharing tastes of flavors with family, enjoying the way life kind of slows down in the warm months. With back to school so soon (for us in the northeast, but now for some in the south!), I thought it would be fun to Continue Reading …
