Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories Prize Pack Giveaway
on Nov 15, 2009 in reviews FYI Over the past eight years, Cheerios has given away more than 40 million children´s books by distributing them free inside cereal boxes and has donated $3.2 million to First Book, their non-profit partner, which provides books to children from low-in...

The Birds and the Bees
on Nov 14, 2009E.B and I were watching a documentary on PBS the other night about healthcare and how it is funded in other countries. Oh, alright...I was trying desperately to bore the child to sleep because he would. not. give. it. up. It was one of those days w...

Growing Tree Toys- Review
on Nov 14, 2009 in reviews FYI toys Ladies and gentlemen with little boys in your life, feast your eyes on this:And just what is this? This is a solid hour (or more) of pure entertainment for my son and husband. It was also a solid hour of blissful, uninterrupted computer time for th...

Sensory Processing Disorder. It's What's For Dinner.
on Nov 10, 2009 in Blah Just a quick note. I realize it's been almost a week since I've written anything here, but right now E.B. is going through some very tough sensory-related issues. It's been an exhausting week to say the very least, but right now my attention has to...

Boys Will Be Boys
on Nov 3, 2009 in E.B. Dear E.B.,Making toy guns out of these?Gets you a time out at preschool. I'm sure someday someone at the Lego company will appreciate your artistic ability and imagination and demand to hire you as Creative Director because you make the most awesome...

Warner Bros. Entertainment Movie Reviews
on Nov 1, 2009 in FYI As an affiliate of Warner Bros. Entertainment, my family and I periodically receive movies to review. We recently recieved the following 4 movies and below I'd like to share our thouths on each of them.TCM Spotlight" Esther Williams Volume 2:Synopsi...

In The Pumpkin Patch
on Oct 31, 2009 in The Holidays Halloween Because of the excessive amounts of rain we've received just this month, E.B.'s class trip to the pumpkin patch was rained out both times they tried to go. Fortunately, the school decided to sell pumpkins for a fundraiser this year, so although there...

Singing House- Halloween Lights Timed To Music
on Oct 31, 2009 in Halloween Someone in our town got very crafty and came up with this amazing Halloween light display set to music. I happened to drive by one night and thought it was a little tacky with all of those lights just randomly flashing. However, once our newspaper...

We Took The WAT-AAH! Challenge
on Oct 30, 2009 in FYI Besides having the cutest packaging ever (have you ever seen such cute water bottles?), WAT-AHH! is the first 100% sugar-free, functional beverage brand designed especially for kids. However, this mama thinks it's pretty amazing stuff, too.We are not...

Dirty Jobs
on Oct 27, 2009 in Halloween Even when we were childless, my husband and I still enjoyed taking part in the Halloween festivities. We enjoyed handing out candy and decorating our place for the little ones that came by on Halloween night. We always bought a pumpkin, but we neve...