My kids have been loving Doodle Doug, we’ve seen the commercials for so long. I finally broke down when girl2004 went to redeem her $3 birthday coupon. Doodle Doug was marked down to about $5 so I was expecting to pay $2.xx out of pocket and very happy with that situation. [...]
Boy2001 has gone through almost all of the Kumon line. They’ve been fun, sometimes challenging but interesting and most of all educational. Now that I’m looking for more workbooks for girl2004 I’m getting sticker shock! I guess that’s why I’ve been hanging out at the dollar store so much, they’ve got some great workbooks [...]
I’m just now getting the newsflash that June is Junie B. Jones month. After a full school year of seeing these books in boy2001’s hand I’ve come to accept the fact that I may not always understand his reading choices.
Maybe I should even care if it motivates him to get through a chapter book in [...]
My little girls have cute but high maitenance curls. Basically, I HAVE to shampoo their hair in the morning if I want them to have light bouncy curls. If I wash at night and let them sleep on it, or even if I braid it, the result is the same, flattenned out, lackluster curls in [...]
Boy2001 was beyond thrilled when I told him he’d be reviewing GoPets Vacation Island! on his Nintendo DS! I guess most kids would be, right? on top of a new game he got extra time to play, usually he doesn’t get to play during the week unless there’s a day off from school. It was a [...]
Do your children like to sing? Do they like you to sing? During a recent moms meeting several moms revealed that their kids hated when they sang and asked them to stop. I couldn’t believe it, my kids have always responded very well to my singing even though I can’t carry a note [...]
Here I am all comfy at my new domain name!
gee, it sure feels good. I’ve been back home and gone again twice since I last posted. The kids are all great and we’ve added a new member to our family – Smokey the dog!
After begging several rescues to place a dog in our home, I [...]
If I was a blogger 5 years ago you’d have seen pictures of us once or twice a week enjoying the restaurant Bugaboo Creek. Now of course we have less money for eating out and the bill tends to run much higher for 5 so you might catch us in there every 3 [...]