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Hooray Heroes- A Valentine’s Day Gift For Kids From Dad

I’m a lucky gal who has several Valentines- my three guys! I recently discovered Hooray Heroes, which creates personalized books for children with characters that looks like your kids, and they specifically offer a “Daddy’s Edition” which is so incredible I wanted to make one for each son. The book is called “When Theo Grows […]

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Tips For Reading Aloud With Children

We love reading as a family, and reading together as a family. My sons literally pick up books and start reading throughout the day, which is a sort of miracle considering two years ago they loathed the “work” of (forced/required/assigned) reading. My older son will read a great book for school and then borrow the […]

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Cool Finds

· The University School of Milwaukee assigns lunch table seats to encourage a sense of community and meeting new people. It’s a great way for shy students to learn to converse, networking, and learning new things too. · These are modular homes that you build as you like- going up… sort of like LEGOs for […]

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Guard Your Online Identity

This post was sponsored by Identity Guard®. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. There is nothing more important to me as a parent than protecting my children, and that includes protecting their identities and financial security. Their information has been compromised multiple times during cyber attacks on credit companies and health insurances, and […]

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A Grinchy Christmas At Gaylord National Resort

Dreaming of a Christmas on the Potomac? We returned from a family weekend getaway celebrating the fun of the holidays at Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Maryland, and it was so fun! The Christmas celebrations are going on all month, including all things Grinch-themed! An ICE! wonderland of colored ice sculptured telling the story […]

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