I love hops, but often get sidetracked or forget to link up for the week.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve remembered at the tail end of a hop.  The other thing

Giveaway Gala Hosted by: 3 Princes and a Princess 2, Closer to Lucy, Have Sippy Will Travel, Tales From the Nursery, and The Thrifty Things. Yes, that means if you link up here – your giveaway will

Dear Aerissa, Today you are 9 months old.  I can hardly believe it.  You are babbling, crawling, standing, clapping, and cruising.  You even have two little teeth that you won’t let me look at.  You

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Straight Talk for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. There’s a trend towards going contract-less for cell phone plans.  A lot of people prefer

Today is the last day of the 25% Charlie Banana sale at Sandbox Lane! They have Charlie Banana diapers for 15% off AND you can use my reader discount TFN2011 for an additional 10%

We had so much fun participating in and entering the Boost Your Buzz giveaway in April that we just had to be involved again this summer! Enter the Boost Your Buzz $1,000 Giveaway! One lucky

Darcy asked me to type up a quick tutorial on your RSS feed and how to “burn it.” All blogs, regardless of their topic, should have an RSS link (sometimes also called Subscribe) in

The other day I was stressed out and feeling a little low so I did what needed to be done…. I stepped back and enjoyed my daughter. I play with her everyday but

I seriously cannot tell you how much we are looking forward to the new Muppets movie.  And with Jason Segel?  It’s going to be

Sadie at Randomosity started a fun new little icebreaker meme.  I’ll list 2 truths and 1 lie.  You guess which one is the lie.  In 24 hours, I’ll update the post with the

Awhile back I asked on our Facebook fan page if you wanted some deals brought to you now and again.  I’m doing my best to bring some to you! Print these right away because some

So Rissa has pretty much boycotted bottles.  Well, maybe that’s not accurate.  She wasn’t bottle fed very often to begin with, so I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that now she doesn’t want

Although I don’t have to worry about this yet, I know it can be a unique challenge to find appropriate chapter books for elementary school children.  They grow out of the picture books but

I grew up through the 80s and 90s which meant I got to enjoy a lot of classic cartoons, including the Smurfs!  I was very excited about the opportunity to review Smurfs: A Magical

Voluntary Safety Recall: The wagon handle of the Little People® Builders Load ’n Go Wagon may cause injury if a child falls on it, so Fisher Price has issued a voluntary recall in cooperation with the

I think we’ve officially become a Veggie Tales family.  I know the theme song quite well and hubby is on his way to learning it too.  Rissa just seems to LOVE watching and listening.

RIO is coming to DVD on August 2nd! Captured as a young bird from the wild, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network) is a domesticated Spix Macaw living thousands of miles away from his homeland,

You smell like a rubber giraffe. Honey, don’t lick the laptop. Is that poop or chocolate? Don’t put the kitty’s tail in your mouth. Please don’t lick mommy’s bra. Please stop clawing at my shirt. These are directed at my

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