7 Reasons to Let Kids Play Video Games
We are living in a world where children are significantly more exposed to technology. Modern kids have access to technology that their parents have only dreamed about when they were young. For instance, today’s children have smartphones and tablets they use for communication, gaming and many other things. They also have the Internet which many […]
The Smartest Way to Pay for College
Today we have a special guest to talk with us about the smartest way to pay for college – youth expert and professional speaker, Anthony ONeal, who just released his new book and accompanying video for teens, Graduate Survival Guide: 5 Mistakes You Can’t Afford to Make in College. In this new book, Anthony guides […]
The Schwa Sound
Apparently I am NOT smarter than a third grader! Today I stumbled upon something that not only had I not heard of it before, but I thought it must have been a typo by the program creator. Jayden has been doing a grade 2 spelling program, but the words are too easy. I did not […]
New but “Destructed” Clothing
So my friend Shana and I were doing our Wednesday mall walk and we stumbled upon something that I just knew would drive my dad nuts! Since we did not have the kids with us this time, we wandered into Old Navy. Our intention was to check out the $7 Jingle Jammies. Due to the […]
Flashback Friday-Jayden’s Birthday
In honor of having just celebrated Jayden’s 7th birthday this past weekend (even though his birthday is closer to Christmas) I decided to dig back to his past, for a trip down memory lane. Seven parties have of gone by already. This year was his first “kid only” party. We will get to that one […]
Wordless (almost) Wednesday
This is Jayden, age 2 in the bathtub!
Flashback Friday-Weddings
For this Flashback Friday I decided to do a “Wedding Post”. As Thanksgiving has passed, and Christmas is near, so many of us are counting our blessings. I think our marriages should be right up there on that list! So in honor of all of our marriages, her are the photos that show […]
Computer Fest & What it Means to Me
There is this lovely, (not really) little, (not really) event that Joey has to deal with at work every year called “Computer Fest”. Like Joey’s job itself, I don’t know too many details about the whole thing, just that he is a “computer geek”! I do know that it comes every year at holiday time […]
A Right of Passage
One Sunday early in November as I lay on the couch, a little under the weather, Ava sat on the floor in front of me. She was cutting a piece of paper like she has so many times before. Cutting paper is a new past time for her, and I think she is pretty adept […]