I love preparing hot fresh meals for my family. My problem is with juggling more then one child, sports practice, band practice and doctor’s appointments, there are nights where my window for making that fresh meal are limited. I’m not a huge fan of many of the frozen pre-made brands. This happens because they generally [...]
Friday night feats is something many parents are aware of. I know there are quite a few parents that have children in sports and those Friday nights are game time! State Farm wants to see your Friday night feats! State Farm Insurance Companies kick off Friday Night Feats, a national high school football video contest [...]
Disney Pixar Cars 2 has been a much anticipated movie. My kids LOVED the first one and when the second one came out, we couldn’t help but feel compelled to go to the theater and see it. We really loved all the characters in Cars so it was good to see them all back for [...]
Let’s face it toys are expensive. The kids want ever new thing imaginable and they use them for a meer months and they are off to the next adventure. Many of the toys from my childhood were so simplistic. I remember playing for HOURS on end with the simplest of toys. I loved them. There [...]
I think a topic that every mom can relate to is dinner. It doesn’t matter if you are the one cooking it or the one eating it; there are so many ‘dinner debates‘. We have been trying to work on healthier eating options for the kids, as well as ourselves. In looking at our diet, [...]
It has FINALLY arrived!! Tomorrow marks our first day Back to School. I have waited for the last 2 weeks for this day. Truly, I love having the kids home with me, but it has become a cat and mouse fight for the last few weeks and it will be GREAT for them to be [...]
It’s back to school time for us. This means there is a whole new world of things that the kids want and need. These days there are so many kids heading into school with all the typical school supplies. That’s okay, but it then becomes a case of “Who’s is this?” and drives many parents, [...]
Mabel’s Labels are the perfect back to school essential. I am sure other moms can completely relate to my heartfelt agony when I say, labeling things is SO much torture. I have so many items and I have 2 children, which makes the process even more painful. There are folders, pencil cases, gym clothes, shoes, [...]
Last year my son learned how to tell time in class. He was pretty eager to tell us how much time there was before something was on, before bed time and more. He was pretty excited to have his OWN alarm clock this year for school. Since he is going into 2nd grade it was [...]
{Fishing} This was my son’s FIRST time fishing. Of course I have MANY pictures of the event, but this silhouette captured so many of the emotions I felt while I watched him fish.. I don’t have the words. Mister Linky’s Magical Widgets — Auto-Linky widget will appear right here!This preview will disappear when the widget [...]
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Years ago when I became a digital scrapbooker, I was very much into forums associated with digital scrapbooking. I still spend time here and there on some of those forums, but for the most part, I’ve moved on. I spend more and more of my day in blogging forums and places promoting blogging, with tips [...]