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Thanksgiving and Birthday Party Recap

November 30, 2009 By 26 Comments

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and combo birthday party for the kids with my family up in Michigan this weekend. We started off Thanksgiving morning with some turkey pancakes. My mom has a tree dedicated to kids handmade ornaments. Every Thanksgiving while the adults are cooking, the kids are crafting. This year was pipe cleaner [...]

Birthday Party Tomorrow!

November 28, 2009 By 13 Comments

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Made and ate a lot of delicious food. The kids made some really pretty Christmas ornaments with their cousins. Just had a nice day overall. Tonight we are getting ready for a big double birthday party for both Kora and Logan tomorrow. Since their birthdays are so close together and [...]

Did You Know – Thanksgiving Trivia

November 25, 2009 By 10 Comments

I’m really looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. It will be wonderful to spend time with family and and eat some delicious food, and on Saturday we are having a double-birthday party for the kids. The kids are really excited about Thanksgiving too, even though they keep calling it Easter for some reason! Below is [...]

EZ-2 Make Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Maker and ICEE Slushy Maker

November 24, 2009 By 12 Comments

Recently, I received the Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Maker and ICEE Slushy Maker to review. When Kora and Logan saw the boxes they were beyond excited. They had gone to Chuck E. Cheese’s a couple months back for their newphew’s birthday party and had a great time, so they were more than excited to see [...]

Disney Musical Hand Wash Timer Giveaway – CL0SED

November 24, 2009 By 3 Comments

The winner of the Disney Musical Hand Wash Timer is #4. Congrats to Susan at Susan Fobes’ Family Formula! If anyone can share a tip with me about how to get Random.org’s True Random Number Generator results to appear in my blog posts I would appreciate it. I’ve seen it done on a couple of [...]

Featured Loyal Commenter on 5 Minutes for Mom

November 23, 2009 By 13 Comments

I’m so excited! While out at the Cleveland Great Lakes Science Center on Saturday, I was selected as the Featured Loyal Commenter on 5 Minutes for Mom. 5 Minutes for Mom was founded by twin sisters, Janice and Susan. Their mission is to provide an essential, go-to site for moms that entertains and informs, while [...]

PBS Design Squad Showcased at Cleveland’s Great Lakes Science Center

November 22, 2009 By 6 Comments

PBS’s Emmy Award winning teen reality show, Design Squad, made its first appearance yesterday at the Great Lakes Science Center. The show offered an open-house event with activity stations throughout the building where visitors had the opportunity to explore hands-on activities based on challenges that appear on the show. Design Squad’s host, Nate Ball, gave [...]

How 2 Toddlers Eat Pancakes

November 21, 2009 By 22 Comments

Here’s why they are so happy: Pancakes with sprinkles are a special treat around here. We definitely don’t do this regularly, although the kids would be thrilled if we did. It really makes them so happy, I think it cancels out any extra sugar. What special treats do your kids get super-excited about at your [...]

Connecting with Long Distant Relatives

November 19, 2009 By 19 Comments

My side of the family lives in Michigan – a good 3 hour drive away. Kora and Logan don’t get to see their grandparents as much as they would like in person so we go to the next best thing. Our webcam. Kora and Logan love it. They read their Grandma and Grandpa stories and [...]

How to Get 2 Toddlers to Wash Their Hands – Disney Musical Hand Wash Timer

November 17, 2009 By 36 Comments

It’s so difficult to get toddlers to wash their hands for an appropriate length of time. I’ve tried all the common tricks: having them sing Happy Birthday to themselves twice, buying soap that’s supposed to change color after a certain amount of time, telling them to go wash again because the first attempt wasn’t long [...]

Shopping with 2 Toddlers: The Temper Tantrum Edition

November 15, 2009 By 35 Comments

I think Kora is going through a crazy growth spurt lately. She’s been overly tired, eating like a horse (yesterday she had a banana and three bowls of cereal for breakfast). She’s also been extremely whiney and cranky. It’s like we’ve hit the terrible 3′s. She’s going to be 4 soon, so I guess it [...]

Homemade Granola Bars

November 14, 2009 By 31 Comments

Have you ever made homemade granola bars? It’s actually really easy and I’ve been making them quite a bit lately. The best part is they can be customized any way you like. In large bowl, stir together oatmeal, oat cereal, rice cereal, marshmallows, pretzels, and dried cranberries. Grease an 8×8 inch baking dish with cooking [...]

Favorite Post Friday

November 13, 2009 By 5 Comments

It’s time once again for Favorite Post Friday. Today’s post comes from CinderMommy. For Zac, For Maine is an incredibly written post about some of the struggles a person close to her has suffered. She presents a different perspective for her readers to consider and and she helps us remember a remarkable thing about life [...]

How to Keep 2 Toddlers Busy – Laundry Basket Fun Part II

November 11, 2009 By 23 Comments

Once again the laundry basket was my friend recently. When I was sick, I pretty much let the kids do what they wanted (within reason) and they decided to pretend they were having a garage sale and stacked a ton of toys in the laundry basket. It kept them busy forever and was contained enough, [...]

Picky Eaters

November 10, 2009 By 20 Comments

I never wanted to be the “clean your plate” kind of mom, or the one yelling at their kid at the birthday parties to eat their vegatables or there would be no cake. I never wanted to be the “eat five more bites” mom or the one whose toddler sat on their lap through every [...]

The Ultimate Cloth Review

November 8, 2009 By 9 Comments

With two toddlers it’s difficult to keep the house as clean as I would like. We go through a roll of paper towels every three or four days cleaning up the kids’ spills and in general house cleaning. Recently I was asked to review The Ultimate Cloth and when I heard that it would cut [...]

Back on My Feet and Halloween Photos

November 7, 2009 By 23 Comments

I’m finally back on my feet after struggling for the past two weeks with a bad sinus infection. I’m pretty prone to them and used to get them all the time when I was younger. Nowadays, I seem to be down to one bad bout a year. Hopefully, this was it for the year. Keep [...]

How to Keep 2 Toddlers Busy – TV Time

November 5, 2009 By 27 Comments

I’ve been pretty sick, but am finally recovering. So what keeps the kids busy while I can barely lift my head off my pillow? Unfortunately, lots of tv. Actually, they do a great job playing by themselves and we only had one major tv day. Kora and Logan call a number of kids tv shows [...]

E-Book Giveaway Winner – CLOSED

November 3, 2009 By 10 Comments

The winner of The Essential eBook: 132 Ways to Get Free Samples from TripletsMommy.com is Allison at Life of a Tater Tot Mom. Congrats! The book should be arriving in your inbox shortly. I hope to host another giveaway soon. Right now I’m nursing a 103 degree fever, so I might be MIA for awhile. [...]

Friend Makin Monday – Halloween Edition

November 2, 2009 By 24 Comments

I hope everyone had a great Halloween. We did. Unfortunately it was a bit chilly and the kids had to wear their winter coats over their costumes, but to my surprise they didn’t mind. Kora decided to be Minnie Mouse and from the time she put on the costume you couldn’t wipe the smile off [...]

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