Does Your Dishwashing Detergent Matter?

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Before we got our new GE dishwasher last month, I would complain about how useless our dishwasher was. We hadn’t even bothered to use it in almost a year because it didn’t really do anything anyway. But I have to confess that I always blamed the dishwasher and never thought about what kind of dishwashing… read more »

Mom’s Sweet Escapes #DoleParfaitEscape

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It’s not often that moms get to really get an escape. There are kids to take care of and get to school, soccer practice, birthday parties. Homework to be done, laundry to wash, a house to clean, groceries to shop for, errands to run, meals to cook. And then add to that when we work!… read more »

What Is Your Least Favorite Household Chore?

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With three little boys in my house, you’d think that my least favorite chore would be cleaning the bathrooms. I have no idea when or if boys ever really develop perfect aim. But, it really doesn’t take that long to clean. I hold my breath and power through. Or maybe my least favorite should be… read more »

Celebrate Being You

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I can’t dance, but I love to. So, I still shake in the front row of Zumba class. I can’t sing, but still think it’s fun to sing along with the radio at the top of my lungs. And I’m probably dancing, too- it’s not like anyone can see me in the car, right? Oh,… read more »

Education Search Engine: Noodle.org

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It’s so easy to do a search for any subject I want to know more about. Or to go to twitter or facebook and just ask. The problem with that is that a general search can give me totally unrelated results or ones that I’m not sure are trustworthy. The same goes for asking on… read more »

Here I Go Again Review

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Ever wonder what happened to that ultimate mean girl from high school(or maybe junior high- junior high make me think of mean girls more than high school, but that might just be my own personal experience)? In “Here I Go Again” Jen Lancaster offers up Lissy Ryder- ultimate mean girl… but 20 years later at… read more »

Online Safety for Kids: CocoonKids for KlaasKids

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My boys love to take over my computer. Any time they can, they will. And they manage to navigate around pretty well without any help. At first, I was impressed. Aw, isn’t that cute, they found videos to watch. But then I heard one of my boys squealing with glee “He’s peeing off a cliff!… read more »

The Official LEGO® Channel

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You should have seen his huge grin. My oldest was surrounded by all things LEGO® and was pretty much in heaven. Though his absolute favorite right now is all things LEGO® Ninjago, as evidenced by just some of his creations.

12 Handbags of the Holidays Giveaway #SITSSweetRelish

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Merry Christmas Eve! To celebrate, I’m bringing you a fabulous giveaway- one of the 12 Handbags of the Holidays giveaways from The SITS Girls and Sweet Relish.

KRE-­O Transformers Review

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My eight year old has a very simple Christmas list: building block sets- as many different ones as Santa can pack on his sleigh.  He loves to build. He likes to follow the directions to build whatever the set was supposed to look like and then create his own designs as well. When he has… read more »