Congratulations Laura! You are the winner of the iTunes Gift Card! You will be receiving an email from me shortly about claiming your prize. It’s like crack for babies and toddlers! Crack that envelopes all of their attention with it’s music and puppets and little toys dancing across the screen! It’s a beautiful, wonderful thing. [...]

Growing up I remember my Great Aunt Margie making us these little Halloween treat bags for when we came to her house trick-or-treating. They weren’t anything much but they were special. Different. Just for us. I loved that! As a mom of a preschooler, I love the idea of doing fun little themed treats for [...]

We compromised! Finally, after much debate and a pretty irritated mommy, Abbi and I came up with a costume she could wear to her Imagination Day Celebration (aka. Halloween Party) at school! Originally she was going to be Tinker Bell and then, somewhere in the last week or two, she decided she no longer wanted [...]

I love Halloween.  I really do.  Despite the bad wrap it often gets as a holiday about evil things and candy (especially in my area), I still love it.  I have good memories of Halloween from growing up, which, if you know my story, is a good thing.  Of course my girls love Halloween as [...]

Do you realize that Christmas is just two months away? Two months!  I won’t even ask the question of if you’re ready for it because, well, I’m certainly not!  As much as I love the Christmas season, I’m strictly a one-holiday-at-a-time kind of girl!  No talk of turkey until the Halloween candy has been collected [...]

Breast cancer is not something that has really affected my life.  Sure, I know know of a woman who battled Breast Cancer (and won), but it hasn’t affected me directly.  I’ve never lost a loved one or received the news of a friend’s diagnosis.  But that doesn’t mean that I don’t think about it! I [...]

This week I had the opportunity to attend the 140 Conference in Detroit with Julie (@dutchbeingme), a friend I met through Gleek Retreat and the West MI Bloggers. The 140 Conference is a day-long conference that travels from city to city, focusing around Social Media or Real-Time Media, specifically Twitter. Yes, there are conferences for [...]

There are so many things to look forward to during your pregnancy and one of those is undeniably the baby shower! Seriously, who doesn’t love gifts? It’s so nice to know that that is one less outfit, washcloth, or necessity that you won’t have to go out and buy! And there is usually cake…mmmm! Cake! [...]

It’s Fall. The sun is shining. My yard is speckled with red and yellow leaves. Zoe ate all of her breakfast without me having to yell at her even once. Preschool drop off happened with zero crying or whining or problems. Got most of my errands done this morning with only one kid in tow. [...]

Attention parents of potential bloggers: Check out this great contest at HarrietTheSpyMovie.com! If your child is interested in blogging they could possibly win a trip for four to LA to meet Jennifer Stone (aka. Harriet The Spy)! Visit the movie website for complete details. Contest ends November 5. We tend to gravitate toward movies around [...]