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Favorite Post Friday

October 30, 2009 By 9 Comments

It’s time once again for Favorite Post Friday. Today’s post comes from Cole at I Heart My Chaotic Life. Her post It’s Like Riding a Bike provides us with a wonderful parenting analogy to keep in mind and close to our hearts. If you would like to participate in Favorite Post Friday, just grab the [...]

How to Keep 2 Toddlers Busy – Indoor Picnic

October 28, 2009 By 39 Comments

We’ve been under the weather around here. One of our favorite ways to pass the time when we’re trapped inside is to have a picnic for lunch or dinner. I spread a big beach towel out and the kids get a kick out of eating on the floor. I try to pick easy to eat [...]

Triplets Mommy Website Review and Giveaway – CLOSED

October 27, 2009 By 9 Comments

If you’re like me and love finding great bargains, http://www.tripletsmommy.com/ is a goldmine. The website is run by parents of triplets who needed and wanted to find ways to reduce the cost of raising their multiples. Every day they discover new family related samples or coupons and share them on their well-designed and easy to [...]

Toddler Talk Tuesday

October 27, 2009 By 18 Comments

Logan was crying. Kora looks at him and says:“Logan, my teacher says crying is a-noise-ing (annoying).” ************* The other day Kora was coloring and Logan was playing with the little Little Tykes basketball hoop when this adorable conversation took place> Kora: “Logan, you like playing basketball. You might grow up to be a baseball-soccer man.” [...]

Friend Makin Monday

October 26, 2009 By 25 Comments

It’s Monday. I don’t normally look forward to Monday but, I do look forward to see what the question of the day is from Amber who is hosting Friend Makin’ Monday. Today she has asked: If life were a movie, which movie would you like to be in? I thought this was going to be [...]

Sundays in My City

October 25, 2009 By 14 Comments

It’s time again for Sunday’s in My City brought to you by Unknown Mami. It’s a fairly warm, sunny day here in Cleveland which reminded me of the Cleveland Botanical Garden. A truly wonderful escape filled with hundreds of gorgeous butterflies, a couple of turtles and even a lizard or two. Enjoy! Did you like [...]

Favorite Post Friday

October 23, 2009 By 7 Comments

It’s time again for Favorite Post Friday. This week’s post comes from Frugal Mom Knows Best. I’m sure you’ve all heard about Scary Mommy’s contest that’s been floating around the blog world. She’s hosting a search for the scariest mommy. Vicki at Frugal Mom Knows Best wrote an incredibly touching, relatable, and well written post [...]

Toddlers Love the Circus…Who Knew?

October 22, 2009 By 22 Comments

Mom Central and the Feld Entertainment Group contacted me recently and offered tickets to my family for opening night to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus here in Cleveland. We received the tickets and an opportunity for a pre-show Meet and Greet which was wonderful. At the Meet and Greet we were able [...]

How to Keep 2 Toddlers Busy – Coins

October 21, 2009 By 26 Comments

Bowls or jars of coins keep them busy for ages and they don’t mind helping clean up. They can stack them, line them up, group them etc. A few words of advice: Keep an ear open because after awhile they have a tendency to start throwing them and sometimes they try to stick them down [...]

Toddler Talk Tuesday + Did You Know (Candy Corn Edition)

October 20, 2009 By 18 Comments

We had a great week for cute toddler words around here. Both kids call chapstick – chipstick.Their combination of chapstick and lipstick, I guess They both call skunks – dunks.Kora says there are icebergs in her glass when she means ice cubes. Logan often points out his favorite restaurant (and he does it a bit [...]

Friend Makin’ Monday

October 20, 2009 By 10 Comments

I’m running really late with this post today. I’ve been working on the monthly newsletter for my Early Childhood PTA group and it always takes me hours longer than I think it’s going to, but it’s fun. In honor of fun, Amber is hosting Friend Makin’ Monday and has asked: What are the little things [...]

Sundays in My City

October 18, 2009 By 16 Comments

It’s time again for Sunday’s in My City brought to you by Unknown Mami. Below are some photos taken in The Flats in Cleveland. I grew up in Michigan near a small lake seperating Michigan and Canada. We saw freighters often, so when I moved to Cleveland and heard about the freighters traveling through the [...]

Win Friendly’s Meals for A Whole Year!

October 16, 2009 By 4 Comments

The project manager at ICED Media contacted me about this contest. I’ve seen it floating around the blogosphere and it sounds like a lot of fun with a prize the kids would love! Win FREE Friendly’s Meals For A Whole Year!You’ve probably started seeing the commercials on television and now Friendly’s is hosting a Youtube [...]

Favorite Post Friday

October 16, 2009 By 6 Comments

It’s time again for Favorite Post Friday, where I scour the blogs I follow for one post written this past week that stands out from the rest. The purpose of Favorite Post Friday is to recognize remarkable blog writing and to showcase posts that have touched me in some way or made me laugh out [...]

How To Keep Two Toddlers Busy – Laundry Basket Fun Part I

October 14, 2009 By 52 Comments

1 empty laundry basket + 2 toddlers + 1 parent in the room supervising = many minutes of fun! This edition of How to Keep Two Toddlers Busy is a 2 for 1. Show them the videos you just took, they be entranced for ages. I just showed Kora and Logan the videos of themselves [...]

Toddler Talk Tuesday

October 13, 2009 By 30 Comments

Just a few funny things from the kids this week. Kora keeps telling Logan, “Good eyezin’” whenever he spots something she didn’t. I’m pretty sure she means “Good eyes,” which I say sometimes and admit is a weird expression if you think about it. The other day the kids laughed hysterically and told me the [...]

Is Meat Safe?

October 13, 2009 By 10 Comments

I love Facebook. It keeps you connected with people you thought you had long lost. I found out recently through Facebook that a couple I knew in college had a nephew pass away in 2001 from E. Coli poisoning. The mother of the little boy and his grandmother were on Larry King Live last night [...]

Friend Makin’ Monday

October 12, 2009 By 26 Comments

Amber is hosting Friend Makin’ Monday and has asked: What are you going to be for Halloween? I’m not going to be anything for Halloween this year. However, it’s fun to think about the days when Hubby and I used to go to Halloween parties in and just out of college. One time we dressed [...]

Sundays in My City

October 11, 2009 By 12 Comments

It’s time again for Sunday’s in My City brought to you by Unknown Mami. It’s gettting cold and rainy here in Cleveland. We’ve turned on our heat and brought out the winter coats, much to my dismay. I think I was meant to live in the tropics. Since I’m wishing for summer, I’ve decided to [...]

Favorite Post Friday

October 9, 2009 By 12 Comments

I know. You’re probably groaning that I’m creating another new weekly post for my blog, but it’s one I think you’ll truly enjoy. I read a ton of blogs during the week. In fact, my dashboard tells me I follow 111 blogs right now. I try hard to read each one every day. In all [...]

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