I find that my kids are much more likely to eat their dinner when they have a hand in making it! And if it’s something fun to eat, even better. Heinz, Tyson & Ore-Ida challenged me to make a creative meal with their products, and that’s exactly what we did. My girls will eat practically […]
Life
Water – Don’t take it for granted
I found this photo on my daughter’s camera a few weeks ago, from a night we went out to dinner. It’s just a glass of water, but Maya thought it beautiful enough to take a photo of it. Just water… no big deal, right? It’s only the most essential substance for life’s existence… So why […]
Los niños siempre dicen la verdad (kids always tell the truth!)
“You can’t use the bathroom upstairs, it’s the employee restroom.” I overheard my daughter saying this to her cousin a few weeks back. As we don’t have any staff, I can only assume she was referring to me! And come to think of it, she’s right. They say kids always tell the truth! I am […]
Get Ready for Kindergarten with LeapFrog
Thank you to LeapFrog for sponsoring this review. For more information about LeapFrog Tag Get Ready for Kindergarten, please visit their website. My youngest daughter, Maura, starts Kindergarten in 11 days (yes, we’re keeping count)… and I think I may be more nervous than she is! This week we’ve been having fun preparing for school […]
Our stay at Embassy Suites
We stayed at an Embassy Suites in Washington, DC, recently, and had a wonderful time. Getting there was easy – we just crossed the Potomac! Walking into the open-air atrium of the lobby, we were greeted immediately, and ushered to the front desk where I was able to check in in a matter of minutes. […]
Music Monday: Gimme tha Power
On Friday night, I was sitting on my comfy couch in the living room, on my computer, of course, tweaking my new blog theme, when all of a sudden I heard crazy wind and saw that the huge (huge!) oak tree in our front yard was actually swaying, branches flying. It scared the crap out […]
