We live in the swamp. Okay, not the ACTUAL swamp, but you know what I mean. Although it was pretty dry here for the month of July and first part of August this year, typically that is not the case. Usually rain is abundant and plentiful most of the year. And the months of May…
Avery & Austin, The Cure For Boredom
My kids get bored sometimes around our house, even though there is absolutely NO shortage of toys in our abode and the fact that on any given day I could probably build a structure AROUND myself with the amount of LEGO we have. Never you mind though. They will find some time during a weekend…
Uncommon Goods & Healthy Habits
I have this ever-present internal struggle with food. I’m pretty sure I have talked about this here before. I’m not going to delve into all the “pshyco-babble” about why, who, what or where, just know it’s there. So, in an effort to help myself eat and drink more healthily, I have been looking for any…
Marvel Universe LIVE!
I have talked about how my kids are fun to be around lately. I am not sure I have mentioned what great travelers they are. I know it’s “easier” these days to travel with kids since we have a lot of mobile things for them to do in vehicles and on airplanes but I honestly…
InnoTab 3 Plus Learning Tablet {Review & GIVEAWAY}
There are a few (AHEM) devices around our house. There is one in particular that I bought for myself for my birthday a couple of years ago and it is this neat, little device that I can read on, write on and do a bunch of other things with. Unfortunately my children like to commandeer it…
Lunch Packer – Russbe Bags {Giveaway!}
Packing lunches is one of my morning tasks. I pack in the morning because I like everything to be freshly placed in the kids’ lunchboxes the same day. Also, I just do not really want to do it the night before. By the end of the day, I’m done. But I find a certain pleasure…
Rare Bird, A Book Review
I started reading Anna’s blog, An Inch of Gray, after her twelve-year old son Jack was lost in a freak flash flood. I was directed there by another blogger, I cannot remember who. It could have been from a tweet or a mention on their blog, the details are sketchy. I do however, remember the pain I…
You CAN Teach a New Dog Old Tricks!
One afternoon last week it was just about cool enough to play outside. So I encouraged dragged all my boys (including the canine one) to come outside and play. We had received this wonderful KaBOOM! Go Out & Play backpack from Imagine Toys with all kinds of goodies, including a disc. And, we have…
Invisalign Teen – Straight Talk on Straight Teeth
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. But of course, all thoughts and opinions are my own. I am not sure if y’all have noticed lately but my kids are growing up at like lightening speed! When I started this blog back at the end of 2006 The B Man looked like this: And now…
Samsung Home #BlogHer14
I think my kids open the refrigerator door about 502 times a day. And the dishwasher in my house is probably my most used appliance. And no, I don’t mean one of the kids or the husband. I mean my ACTUAL dishwasher. We are close friends. (although I am gently encouraging forcing the kids to help…