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new for us friday: homemade scratch-off tickets (fun stocking stuffers!)
December 16, 2011 22 comments

new for us friday: homemade scratch-off tickets (fun stocking stuffers!)

It’s been a busy few days–weeks!–with our December birthday and work and school and holiday festivities, but I’m totally over the moon excited to share something fun and completely new-for-me. ...

new for us friday: gain scentilicious and blogalicious
November 12, 2011 5 comments

new for us friday: gain scentilicious and blogalicious

I had the amazing opportunity a few weeks back to attend my first-ever Blogalicious Conference, so this New For Us Friday, I’m sharing just a teeny bit of that incredible ...

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 ...

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 ...

new for us friday: newmark learning early reading resources (and FOUR giveaways!)
September 9, 2011 90 comments

new for us friday: newmark learning early reading resources (and FOUR giveaways!)

Nearly every parent I know wants to do what he or she can to support early learning for their children. We all want to see our kids grow to enjoy ...

trying tapas: rockville restaurant week (& giveaway!)
September 7, 2011 28 comments

trying tapas: rockville restaurant week (& giveaway!)

For the last few days, Cora and I have read Susan Middleton Elya’s Bebé Goes Shopping more times than I can count. In the story, Mamá y Bebé take a ...

new for us friday: dinosaur train --the movie!
August 19, 2011 5 comments

new for us friday: dinosaur train –the movie!

We’ve done a whole lot of new-for-us things this summer, but with the excitement of our Smart Summer Challenge, I’ve hardly had time to share them. However, I had to ...