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Making a Gingerbread House {Wordless Wesnesday}

We picked up these gingerbread house kits at Ikea the last time we were there.  The kids had a lot of fun making their own home with candies like they like.

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BabbaBox from BabbaCo: Activity Box for Kids {2012 Holiday Gift Guide}

I love gifts that engage parents and kids to enhance a childs learning. As a mom I know the importance of being the first teacher to my kids.  My very first blog was actually centered around this idea (3 Princesses and a Prince Academy).  I’ve tried a lot of different approaches to teaching my kids, […]

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Chase Danger Super Spy: Author Interview {2012 Holiday Gift Guide}

Chase Danger Super Spy Mystery of the Special Sauce    32 pages of story and illustrations tell the tale of a 6-year-old-super-spy fighting villains to rid the world of their diabolical plans. Included is a 20 minute read along theater CD which brings all the action to life with a narrator, full cast of voices, […]

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A 2 year old, a Hammer, and a Single Pane Window

What do you get when you mix a 2 year old, a Hammer, and a Single Pane Window? Are we remodeling? you ask.  No, No we’re not. This happened shortly after Princess R, the mentioned 2 year old, locked herself (for the 3rd time) in one of the bedrooms. I attempted using the hammer to […]

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Reading with Scholastic

I just realized I missed the school book fair! I always loved the book fairs in elementary school. We’d go with my mom, and she usually let us pick out a book or two. Of course once we had our own money, we’d buy our own books. I went through a Roald Dahl phase and […]

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Chase Danger Super Spy: Pirates of Pineapple Island {Book Review}

Chase Danger Super Spy Pirates of Pineapple Island By Chad and Lisa Olivera   About the Book: Join 7-year-old super-spies Chase Danger and Princess Ali Bali in their 2nd adventure. This time, the two heroes have to rescue magical pineapples and Ali’s brother, Aiden, from the dreaded pirate Captain Looney.  2nd in a series of […]

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House of Minerva {Review}

At the beginning of this month, I stumbled across The House Of Minerva. Owner Kate Elfatah and I connected on twitter, and I decided to check out her website. I just loved how stylish everything on there was, and decided I needed to get something! As the mom of 3 girls, I was immediately drawn […]

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Create a Time Out Corner with Penalty Pal #mompactLNO

The more I grow as a mom the more I find how I could do things differently. With each child I seem to change my ways, and do things a bit differently. Princess V as a toddler. I promise this isn’t really how I gave Time Outs. I call it experimenting until I find the […]

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Facebooking Diagnosies – Think About It

Hosted at Home Maid Simple and Mumfection This week’s topic What is on your mind? Tell us about it, and then link up at the bottom of this post! Yestrday Prince L woke up with a puffy eye.  I assumed he was just really tired, as he hadn’t been sleeping as well lately.  Then he […]

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Zucchini Bread {Foodie Friday}

Hosted at Home Maid Simple and Simple Living and Eating   Do you have an over abundance of zucchini?  It seems like the one plant everyone seems to grow too much of. Before we moved our neighbors offered us a couple of zucchinis, which I declined. I didn’t have the time to do anything with […]

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