Brightly dyed and decorated eggs are a huge part of the Easter holiday. If you’d like to try your hand, as well as your childrens’, at decorating Easter eggs for the upcoming holiday, here are some Easter Egg decorating tips that will make your eggs look beautifully decorated. Don’t forget to take pictures! Easter Egg…
Category: Parenting
Shit That Blake and Mikala Say, Round 1
Kids say the darndest things. And often at the most inappropriate times. If you’re a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, sister, whatever, you’ve heard a child at some point say something that’s made you laugh, even if you shouldn’t have. I’m guilty of it. My kids, I think, are some of the funniest I’ve ever…
Kids Swallow the Strangest Things
If you’re a parent, you’ve probably seen your kid swallow some strange things over the course of their younger years. Heck, if your the parent of older children, you still may have. I distinctly remember former football player friends eating worms. Yuck! Yesterday I read an article about a three-year-old from Portland, Oregon, who swallowed…
Patrick, the Elf on the Shelf, Pictures
I mentioned in a previous post about our family’s Elf on the Shelf named Patrick. A friend of mine commented and wanted to know what kinds of things we make Patrick do. So I went up to my mom’s and emailed myself a bunch of photos of Patrick doing what he does best…watching the kids…
Electronic Monopoly Review
Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. I purchased Electronic Monopoly with my own money. We loved it so much that I wanted to share my thoughts with all of you. The other day I was talking to Amber from Thrifty Ninja and she mentioned she and her family had tried out Electronic Monopoly. I’ve…
Why the Long Hiatus?
As you’ve probably noticed by now, it’s been very quiet around here. I’ve been busy working, which at various points has included five different jobs. Crazy, I know! I’ve also been focusing on my personal writing more. Over the past couple of months I’ve published one novelette, A Second Chance, and one short story, Sacrifice….
A Sample Two Week Meal Menu
This week is grocery shopping week. Every two weeks I make a trip to the grocery store(s) since that is how often my husband gets paid. With bi-weekly and monthly pay, it becomes even more important to budget your money and plan ahead. Every payperiod, before I head to the grocery store, I sit down…
I’m Raising a Mini-Cheapskate…Or at Least I Hope I Am
The other day my mother and I, along with my three-year-old son, drove to Dover to see my younger brother. As we drove by Target my little man grew very upset. Target is his favorite store, and it’s been well over a month since we’ve shopped there. So his Nana made a promise to him…