Toy robots have come a long way since the days of tin robots with rotating arms. Today many can walk, talk and interact with their owner, remembering lessons that they’ve been taught or in some cases even work out how to play games with them. However, in a market full of toy robots – particularly…
Today, I watched Facebook come alive with status updates, news links and cries of Why? I found myself crying as more and more details emerged, till finally I had to stop working, walk away from my computer and phone and just process the tragic news coming from Connecticut. My 10 year old son wanted to…
I love reading special books together with the kids at night before bed. During the Christmas season, we pull out the special holiday books and enjoy them before storing them away till next year. Last week, I received another classic Lisa Tawn Bergren book in the “God Gave Us” series. We already love these books….
One year my Mom decided she had figured out a no-fail way to keep us from figuring out what the Christmas gifts were. Her idea was going to settle all the sneaking under the tree that naturally happens when you have 2 young teens and a elementary school boy excited about Christmas. Since the title…
How many of you have pinned multiple recipes to pinterest and then never tried them? Do you have hundreds of great ideas that you want to try but haven’t attempted? At Thanksgiving, my sister brought a great Cookie Dough No Bake Dessert and told me she had found the recipe on Pinterest. It was so…
Many times kids outgrow their clothes faster than they wear them out. You have options once you find yourself with a stack of clothes. We often pass them on to friends and family, or donate them to our resource center. But sometimes you need a little cash and need to find a way to turn…
A few years ago I decided to make a quilt for my son. I didn’t really have any resources to buy material but I did have a whole stack of plaid boxers that had outlived their days of use and a great quilt idea. I started looking through the scrap pieces and realized I had…
Did you know that a few weeks ago was America Recycles Day? That’s right. You and most of the rest of the nation missed the big announcement that on November 15 we were all supposed to come together to do our part and recycle. But even if you missed the big event, you’ve still got…