Well, I hope you and your family enjoy this nice long weekend and that your weather is a nice as ours has been. My mother-in-law offered to take Kora & Logan for the night and after picking them up on Saturday afternoon, Tired Dad Dave and I promptly took a 2 1/2 hour nap! Even [...]
How many of you out there wish you had your own stylist? I know I do. More times than not I feel inept when it comes to applying makeup and doing my hair. That’s why I was excited to hear about bareMinerals Smokey Eye Tutorial. The kit includes Celestine Eyecolor, Skyline Eyecolor, and a Double-Ended [...]
Since starting this blog, I’ve been happy to re-discover how much I enjoy writing. I was an English major in college and used to enjoy writing, but due to a number of circumstances had gotten away from it for far too long. I now write every day. Not only do I write 2 Wired 2 [...]
This is Part IV in the 2 Under 2 series. This chapter explains why I wasn’t around much after Logan’s birth. The day that I came home from the hospital after having Logan, I was so excited to see Kora that against doctor’s orders, I immediately swooped her up for a big hug & kiss. [...]
I attended a preschool talk recently where a really wonderful handout was passed out. We were talking about staying positive with children and not always focusing on the things they are doing wrong. The handout lists words and phrases we can use to praise our children for making the right choices rather than yelling at [...]
We recently had dinner at Chili’s Bar & Grill. I’ve never been to Chili’s before so I was looking forward to trying someplace I hadn’t been. We went on a Saturday night and expected a wait, but were pleasantly surprised to be sitting at our table in under ten minutes. When we take Kora & [...]
Summer is here! Tuesday was Logan’s last day of preschool and today is Kora’s. The school year went way too fast for all of us. Kora & Logan love school and I enjoy the structure it adds to the day. Now we have summer stretching out before us with almost nothing scheduled except for gymnastics once [...]
Recently we received a SpongeBob Underwater Digital Camera. I’m not a huge fan of SpongeBob, but thanks to an ex-babysitter Kora & Logan are. So as soon as they saw the camera they broke out in huge smiles and Logan even said, “That is sooo cool!” (which sounds so funny and cute when a 3-year-old says [...]
When I’m exhausted and stressed from a long day the last thing I want to do is make dinner. Even lower on the list is letting my two preschoolers help with dinner. They have a blast helping and I know it is a wonderful learning experience for them, but sometimes it creates such a mess! [...]
Living in Cleveland, we struggle through long, cold winters and chilly, damp Springs. One of my favorite ways to escape our ugly weather is to daydream about vacations. But I don’t just daydream. I’ll visit travel sites, read reviews, take notes, and file everything away for the day when we’ve saved enough to take a [...]
This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to the winner Brittany Canady! You have email. Thanks to everyone who entered and good luck next time. Do you find most maternity clothes boring, dull, and uncomfortable? Well, I have some good news! The Moody Mamas spring line of maternity clothes hits the virtual racks at Target and [...]
On Saturday, May 15th, 2010, Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio opened for it’s 141st season. My family and I attended Opening Day and it was an incredible way to kick off summer. Everyone else must have thought so too, because it was very busy. To read about our trip and view a comprehensive collection of photos [...]
Just in time for Father’s Day, Cool Sports Dad, is a handy book packed with step-by-step instruction from the world’s most knowledgeable sports experts. Dads can learn both crucial and fun sports skills such as: How to choose a baseball glove from Nomar Garciaparra How to spit sunflower seeds like a major leaguer from Orlando [...]
Lately, I’ve been on the look out for healthy recipes. Especially for snacks and ones that kids will enjoy. I found a recipe for Banana Muffins and played with it a bit. I’m excited to say I was able to make a really good muffin with almost no sugar. Almost No Sugar Banana Applesauce Muffins [...]
Random.org selected comment #37 as the winner of the Vistaprint Photobook. Congrats to Erin H.! You have email. Thanks to everyone who entered and good luck next time! *************************************************************** When my nieces and nephew all turned 1, I made them photobooks of their first year. I really enjoyed selecting the perfect pictures for each page [...]
I think I was a gypsy in a past life. I was meant to be on the road or in the sky. We went on many vacations when I was a kid and I’m hoping to be able to offer the same opportunity to Kora & Logan. Right now though, money is tight, so we [...]
On Mother’s Day this year, I slept in an extra hour (which was heavenly!) and I woke up to this: A bagel with cream cheese and a Dunkin Donuts Chai Latte. Perfect! After breakfast, I wanted to take it easy in the morning and lounge around on the couch with the family. So we rented [...]
This is Part III in the series, 2 Under 2. This chapter tells about Logan’s arrival. The Thursday before Logan was born I went to my regular OB appointment. After the appointment I felt pretty terrible, very much like I did right before Kora was born. That night I had contractions every 10 minutes for [...]
Happy Mother’s Day! Mother’s Day Trivia from Around the Web In the vast majority of the world’s languages, the word for “mother” begins with the letter M. Elizabeth Ann Buttle is the mother who holds the record for the longest interval between the birth of two children. She gave birth to Belinda on May 19,1956 [...]
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