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new for us friday: SitterScout = more ME time!
March 17, 2012 2 comments

new for us friday: SitterScout = more ME time!

Parenting is a pretty hard gig. A very hard gig. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it every day because it’s so true. Anyone who tells you otherwise is ...

fab resources for read across america week (& giveaway!)
February 27, 2012 65 comments

fab resources for read across america week (& giveaway!)

It’s Read Across America Week! Everyone who’s anyone will be reading, thinking, talking, dreaming a little bit o’ Dr. Seuss this week, to celebrate literacy and to recognize the accomplishments ...

learning with pet poetry (& fun giveaway!)
February 9, 2012 51 comments

learning with pet poetry (& fun giveaway!)

We love our pooch, we really do. Sure, sometimes I say things to him that I wish I didn’t.   No, Maddy, I  promise we’ll never give Brady away, I promise. ...

just 1 book: author melissa ridenour (& signed book giveaway)
November 14, 2011 18 comments

just 1 book: author melissa ridenour (& signed book giveaway)

It’s not always an easy topic to cover with children, but stranger safety should be tops on our list of must-cover items with our children. Today’s just 1 book contributor ...

new for us friday: LeapFrog Story Time Pad (& giveaway!)
November 11, 2011 61 comments

new for us friday: LeapFrog Story Time Pad (& giveaway!)

This New For Us Friday, I’m totally excited about a new product from LeapFrog designed especially with younger kiddos in mind. And I’m not at all surprised that though I ...

just 1 book: author mabel katz (& signed book giveaway)
October 24, 2011 2 comments

just 1 book: author mabel katz (& signed book giveaway)

Welcome back, just 1 book! It’s been a bit since we’ve run this feature, but we are ready and rarin’ to go! I’ve met so many incredibly talented people in ...

new for us friday: leapfrog LeapPad (& giveaway!)
October 14, 2011 533 comments

new for us friday: leapfrog LeapPad (& giveaway!)

We are indeed a LeapFrog family.  (And that’s not really New-For-Us-Friday news, I know. . . ) We are a LeapFrog family because waaaaay back when, the day the LeapFrog ...

magazine hunt: reading and rockin' it (& highlights magazine giveaway!)
September 30, 2011 77 comments

magazine hunt: reading and rockin’ it (& highlights magazine giveaway!)

This New For Us Friday I’m sharing a new-for-Cora activity and a new-for-us event: the fab, super-fun magazine hunt and Highlight’s State of the Kid Survey, which involved a press ...