Shenanigans: Pirate Treasure Hunt and Pirate Party It Totally Happened

Shenanigans: Pirate Treasure Hunt & Pirate Party It Totally Happened And if’n ya don’t fancy that, ye can walk that thar plank landlubber. (I imagine Johnny Depp saying that in his smexy pirate voice) Here’s how the Pirate Treasure Hunt went down…. Ahoy Matey! I was tasked with getting Ethan to unplug from all electronics […]

Childhood ADHD Symptoms and Treatments – There Is Help!

I’m happy to write this Childhood ADHD post. It is sponsored  by Lifescript.com. Childhood ADHD Symptoms and Treatments- There Is Help! Recognize any of these childhood ADHD symptoms? Will you please sit down? Ok, stop talking, time to pay attention now. Little Johnny, please stop tapping the pencil on your desk. You have to sit […]

Crayola Digital Light Designer & Marker Airbrush {Review & Giveaway}

Crayola Digital Light Designer and Marker Airbrush {Review & Giveaway} Remember when Crayola meant a simple box of crayons? And, then they went all high-tech and added that fancy sharpener on the jumbo boxes? Boy, have they come a long way! When asked if we’d review the Crayola Digital Light Designer and the Marker Airbrush Kit, how […]

Green Kids Crafts Easy Fun at Home Discovery Box {Review Giveaway}

Green Kids Crafts Easy Fun at Home Discovery Box  Green kids crafts sound awesome don’t they? I really wish I was more of a crafty kinda person. You know the kind. They see some glitter, construction paper, a few cotton balls, paper clips and twine, add in a hot glue gun and they go all […]

RSV Prevention and Awareness Premature Birth: Our Guy Is Now 4

RSV Prevention and Awareness Premature Birth: Our Guy Is Now 4 We had our own up close and very scary experience with premature birth on November 14, 2008. Bracston Jay was born at 31 weeks. No lung function, a hole in his heart, heart murmurs ..  Well, you can see from the photo that it was not […]

Boys and Girls Clubs of America & Amway Positive Sprouts Campaign

  Back in ‘the day’ the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) was a fun, cool place to hang out after school. The term ‘latch key kids’ was just becoming a thing and there were few moms who even worked, let alone so many single parent homes. You showed up, got a snack and […]

Last Minute Halloween Ideas Costumes, Treats, Crafts – Tutorials!

Last Minute Halloween Ideas Costumes, Treats, Crafts – Tutorials! We just carved our pumpkin last night! Not because we were stuck for some last minute Halloween ideas, not even because we’re lazy if you can believe that! (Maybe… A little) No, here in Las Vegas if we would have carved ole’ Jack O’ Lantern up […]

Disney Frankenweenie: Family Activity Sheets

Disney Frankenweenie: Family Activity Sheets   With Halloween right around the corner, all things spooky, scary and bumping around in the night are sure to be causing some sleepless night around your house! I can guarantee Ethan will be stuck in my bed for a good week with all the ghouls and ghosts sure to […]

Grandma Travels: Sea World San Diego Shamu, Sea Lions, Dolphins Oh My

  (Why, hello there Mr. Beluga Whale) Grandma Travels: Sea World San Diego Shamu, Sea Lions, Dolphins, Oh My Part of our week in San Diego, while staying at the beautiful Sheraton Hotel and Marina, we got to spend some up close and person time at Sea World. We can’t thank the awesome folks over there enough […]

Disney Phineas And Ferb: LIVE In Las Vegas October 5-7 Orleans Hotel & Casino

Disney Phineas & Ferb: LIVE In Las Vegas October 5-7 Orleans Hotel & Casino Guess where we’re going to be on October 5th? Exactly! At The Orleans Hotel and Casino. Ethan LOVES the silly antics of  Phineas and Ferb! And believe me, Disney knew they had a hit with these guys! Now, if you’re in […]

Olivers Labels Review & Giveaway: No More Lost Kids Items

Olivers Labels Review & Giveaway: No More Lost Kids Items Olivers Labels Review & Giveaway Personalized Kids Labels Camp Package   So, now that Ethan’s 6, we let him do a couple ‘sleep overs’ with friends he wouldn’t get to see now that it’s summer vacation. He also felt like such a big kid when he went to […]

Ethan’s Crafts: Making Cool Stuff With Astrobrights!

Ethan’s Crafts: Making Cool Stuff With Astrobrights!  Ethan’s Crafts: Making Cool Stuff With Astrobrights!   This post brought to you by Astrobrights Papers by Neenah Paper. All opinions are 100% mine. With school still out here in Nevada, we’re quickly running out of things to keep this child entertained before our San diego trip in […]