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I received the product mentioned in this post for free from CreativeLive. This post also contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. I am at an age where I have many friends going back to school in hopes of starting new careers. Me? No…
My six-year-old son, Apollo, loves rocks. He collects them from school, from parks and our driveway. He has names for them all. He has Snowflake and Snowflake Junior and even Iron Man (because it has iron in it). He lines them up and makes them into families. I have seen him occupy himself for nearly…
What’s the Big Deal About First Ladies? was sent to me for review by Penguin Books. Post contains affiliate links. It’s no secret we are avid book lovers in our house. We read everything from fiction to non-fiction, graphic novels to 600-page biographies. Pictures books, alphabet books, and board books…we love them all. To me What’s the Big…
I was sent The Picky Eater Project for review purposes. All opinions are my own. Post contains affiliate links. The Picky-Eater Project Review Raising a Struggling Eater if you read my recent review about Milton the Mealtime Companion then you will know we have had more than our fair share of picky eating to deal…
Post contains affiliate linksO-Sip Silicon Straws and Lids Review Have you ever dug through your drawer searching for a sippy cup and lid that matched? You have 17 sippy cups and 23 lids, but none of them go together? And when you do find a match, you’re missing the valve? O Sip Silicon Lids are…
Post includes affiliate links. Thank you, Scholastic for sending us Penguins Love Colors! Exactly one year and one day ago we had a penguin party for Apollo because he was obsessed with penguins. He wanted penguin books from the library, he wanted me to be Mama Penguin so he could be Baby Penguin. Every morning…
Post contains affiliate links. Matchstick Castle by Keir Graff The Matchstick Castle is full of pre-pubescent angst, eye rolls, and adventure. Most kids in the 10-12 age range will be able to completely relate to Brian. He feels lost in the shuffle of his family, is a mediocre student, and loves soccer more than anything. When his summer…
Post contains affiliate links. As a teen and young adult, I was an avid fiction reader. As I moved through adulthood, however, I found my genre of choice shift to non-fiction and memoirs. I love learning and love being swept away in someone else’s story. I have a few fiction authors I love (Stephen King,…
Do Bedwetting Alarms Work? Our family, unfortunately, has vast experience with bedwetting. When our oldest was eight and still wetting the bed every single night, we decided it was time to take action. Not only did our oldest we the bed, but all of her younger siblings did as well. And our kids didn’t just…
To say it has been a rough twelve days since Apollo’s g-tube removal would be a massive understatement. I am happy to say he is now fever and pain-free and healing well. We had an amazing visit to Children’s on Friday. We now get to move onto a much less invasive packing of the wound…