Posted in Miscellaneous on Jan 24th, 2012
Did you know that you can make a book from your blog? You probably did know that. I, however, for some reason, did not realize this until recently. When I found out that my friend Laura, who blogs at Wife and Mom Under Construction, makes a blog book every year with that year’s posts, I [...]
Posted in Challenges, Miscellaneous on Jan 17th, 2012
I’m not much of a nail biter myself. My bad habit as a kid was sucking my thumb, which I did every night until, at the ripe old age of 9, I became cognizant that it was very uncool and infantile to be sucking one’s thumb in order to get to sleep. I weaned myself [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reflections on Jan 16th, 2012
It has been a shamefully long time since I have written much of anything, and particularly since I have written here. Shameful mostly to myself, because writing is such an integral part of my being. Yet whenever I need to do it the most, I stop. You see, this particular holiday season has found me [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 2nd, 2011
The other day, Logan brought home a journal he made at school. I had to laugh at the cover, where Logan had spelled his middle name, as he does with every word he doesn’t know how to spell, phonetically. No comment on the misspelled last name.(He and I have been over it many times.) As [...]
Posted in Giveaways!, Miscellaneous on Nov 11th, 2011
If your child has any interest in space, stars, planets, the solar system or anything else that lies beyond Earth’s atmosphere, he will LOVE the new Solar System Adventure Pack for the Tag Reader. Logan latched onto it as soon as he saw it in the box of goodies and has spent many happy hours [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous, Reviews on Nov 3rd, 2011
One of the best things about LeapPad cartridge games is that they are interchangeable with the Leapster Explorer too! REVIEWS: Pet Pals 2: My boys absolutely love this game (even my 9-year-old) and have squabbled over who gets to play it countless times. Similar to Webkinz in its game play, kids adopt a puppy, feed [...]
Posted in Giveaways!, Miscellaneous on Nov 1st, 2011
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I’ve been using and loving LeapFrog products for YEARS, and now I’m lucky enough to be a LeapFrog reviewer. What does this mean? It means that my boys and I get to try out all the newest LeapFrog gadgets (for FREE!) before they come out and give our [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Oct 22nd, 2011
My birthday this year was absolutely FABULOUS. My ex-sisters-in-law (I prefer to call them my sis-out-laws) and I decided to get together in Minneapolis for the weekend. There are three of them, and the youngest of the bunch is attending school in St. Paul, so we drove the 6 hours or so it takes to [...]
Posted in Firsts, Miscellaneous on Oct 4th, 2011
Cody reminds me a lot of myself as a child. He loves to read, gets a little thrill from anything remotely historical, has trouble getting to sleep due to his night-owl tendencies and he’s highly sensitive to unpleasant situations. All of these factors came crashing together last night when Cody flung the door to my [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Sep 11th, 2011
If you missed tonight’s documentary on CBS entitled “9/11: Ten Years Later,” you really should make a point to watch it. Andie and I were absolutely riveted by the amazing footage of events caught by a pair of filmmakers on the scene as they happened, the poignant memories of firefighters who were some of the [...]
