My son was a picky eater. I had a goal in mind. I wanted Brady to be able to eat chicken nuggets and french fries like most other kids. His brothers love chicken nuggets, especially Tyson brand. They think it’s a real treat when my husband is gone for the night and mom whips out [...]

YO GABBA GABBA! LIVE! GET THE SILLIES OUT! Tour in Denver Sunday, Feb. 24th The sillies are crazy little creatures that live inside of us and need to be shaken out! DJ Lance Rock and everyone’s favorite cast of colorful characters are calling all fans to get ready to jump, shake and shimmy them out [...]

Valentine’s day is so fun for the kids. Making mailboxes, signing all the cards, listening to the groans from the kids when they realize they have 31 kids in their class, agreeing to help them sign the cards, drinking wine at 11pm and trying to forge a 7 year-old’s handwriting… good times. Now Shutterfly makes [...]

We Love LEGO®! It’s no surprise to anyone that knows us. We’ve been to LEGOLAND in California, many many LEGO® stores and spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours constructing. We are even making brick and minifigure crayons for Valentine’s this year.   My boys also love watching The Official LEGO® Channel on youtube and creating their [...]

I’m about to show my age. I was an atari FANATIC as a kid. Pitfall was MY JAM! I even found a pitfall t shirt at Target earlier in the year and may have shrieked and embarrassed my kids. may have. It was a no brainer when I was asked if I wanted to review the new Duo powered Atari [...]

Has your elf been naughty or nice? Last year we had a bit of an epic fail with our own elf and then a member of our forums had such a spectacular disaster it left her with the predicament of having TWO elves this year. You should really read her story. Deanna has a way with words and describes the even flawlessly (and you will end up in stitches over it!)

Link up your own Elf on the Shelf photos to win a giftcard!

I love Safeway, you know this, I know this, so naturally when they want to send me free food I’m all over that! They didn’t expect me to deliver such amazeballs food, enticing instagrams, witty tweets and an amazing post to show it all off, but I’m sure they’re happy.

Hickory Farms Summer Sausage. Quite possibly the best food ever created. In fact, just typing those words, my mouth is watering. For more than 60 years Hickory Farms gifts have been a classic holiday tradition that brings family and friends together. Many Americans have a distinct memory of Hickory Farms at their holiday gatherings; Hickory Farms [...]

WIN AN iPAD MINI! (That’s right y’all!) We’ve teamed up with KinderTown, one of our favorite resources for finding the best educational apps for kids (download their free app for your iPad or iPhone here) to giveaway an iPad mini!   The giveaway has already begun and lasts until the end of the day this [...]

This, and every holiday season, parents are looking to find that perfect gift for their child, Aunts & Uncles want to spoil their nephews and nieces, friends want to be the one who gave your child the gift they just can’t put down. In other words, everyone wants to see a child’s face light up [...]

Thanksgiving and Christmas wouldn’t be the same without a holiday Ham! I can never seem to cook one properly and with all of the sides to prepare, who has time for it?! 99% of the time I leave it up to Honeybaked Ham. In fact, the past 3 Easters and Christmases alone I’ve said forget [...]

Are you a fan of the twilight series? Are you planning on lining up for the movie when it premieres this Friday? Well I’m giving away 2 opening weekend passes to see Breaking Dawn Part 2 at the Harkins theatre at Northfield!  Simply leave a comment below with your favorite Twilight character and I’ll draw [...]