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In a few short weeks we’ll have stacks of presents sitting under our Christmas tree. Wrapping paper and bows shining under the twinkling lights. It will be picturesque. And minutes later, that beautiful scene will give way to a new scene — a living room covered in scraps of wrapping paper, bows, empty boxes and…
From Thanksgiving dinners to Christmas parties to ringing in the New Year, there is definitely no shortage of times to dress up during the holidays. This is also a time when I realize how pathetic my makeup kit is. I usually find myself running to the drugstore last minute (or on the way to the…
I think most kids go through a “I want to be a magician” phase. For me, I was all about the “pick a card, any card” tricks. Thankfully my parents were always good sports about picking the card that just happened to be sticking out a little further than the rest. Unfortunately my brother’s magic…
All aboard for a traintastic adventure this Christmas with the new “Chuggington: Chuggineers Ready to Build” DVD and the hottest new Chuggington playset, Chuggington StackTrack Brewster’s Big Build Adventure Playset! Perfect for a chilly day inside this winter, “Chuggington: Chuggineers Ready to Build” is packed with five new, fast-paced adventures featuring trainee Wilson as he…
It’s been five years since the vikings and dragons on the Island of Berk have learned to work together and become friends. Where they once were enemies {i.e. the first “How to Train Your Dragon” movie}, now they soar the skies together and even compete in their new favorite pastime — Dragon Races! As…
On November 29, our season of family holiday traditions will begin for 2014. We will bundle up and load up the kids and head to the local tree farm to find our perfect Christmas tree. We’ll size them up and debate which one will fit the best. Then we’ll strap that beauty to the top…
Somehow we have managed to make it all the way to the first week of November without getting any {accumulating} snow here in Michigan. I feel like this definitely deserves some celebrating!!! But, alas, the snow IS coming. If the nearly-bare trees and migrating geese didn’t give you the hint, then maybe the weather forecast…
I love Fall. I’ll save you from my “Oh, Fall, how I love thee. Let me count they ways!” list and just say there is really only one thing I don’t like about Fall: Fall = Very Busy Family Life As much as I would love to spend hours in the kitchen making Fall treats…
Since starting preschool last month and learning to write his name nice and neat, my son absolutely loves seeing his name places. He’s always so proud to point it out to me on his take-home papers and spell it letter by letter! “T-A-L-O-N! TALON!!!!” It’s an exciting time for a three year old! So, imagine…
One of my absolute favorite parts about fall are all the smells. Crisp fall leaves. Baked apples. Pumpkin everything! They almost make up for the fact that the colder fall weather has me packing away my flip flops 😥 If you love those fall smells as much as I do, here is a SIMPLE DIY…
Halloween is just about month away and Dexter has not stopped bugging me about what he wants to dress-up as. Every day it’s something different — Superhero. Shark. Jack-o-Lantern. Pirate. George Clooney. Okay…I’m totally kidding! Dexter is our 8 month old Boxer puppy! But I’m not kidding when I say that we love Halloween…
With this month’s release of Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, I’ve had lots of conversations with friends and family about the “smartphone shuffle”. You may have had this conversation in your house, too. It goes something like this. husband: “I would really like to upgrade our current phones to the new iPhone 6.”…