Category Archives: Feature

MOM, Incorporated – A One-Stop Shop for Mom Entrepreneurs

When I left the workplace to focus on starting a family, I didn’t really have a plan. I was pregnant with our first child and had no idea what I was in for.

LeapFrog Learn, Create, Share

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LeapFrog Tag Reader and LeapPad make for fun party games and activities.

Halloween 2011

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A treat-filled Halloween 2011

The 6th Birthday That Almost Wasn’t

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Halloween, Snow, Loss of Power… Can the 6th birthday survive?

Personality Girl

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She’s our girl!

NaBloPoMo 2011, the Plague and Snowtober

Today I realized that I missed the first day of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month), a challenge to write a blog post every day for a month. Now, if I had any sense, I’d just keep on walking because I am oh-so-bad at doing anything for 30 days in a row. Ahem. Unfortunately, I don’t…

Halloween HEXBUGs Crash Our Boston Bruins Birthday Party!

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As Halloween approaches, it’s time for some creepy crawly fun. We had the chance to host a HEXBUG Halloween party this past weekend. We wove it into a Boston Bruins celebration for Bug and Big Guy’s birthdays, but the HEXBUG Nanos definitely had a starring role with the kids. We had some new glow-in the…

Seven Years and You Roll with the Punches

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  Big Guy and I celebrated our 7th anniversary last weekend. Seven years ago at this time, we were on our honeymoon… a Mediterranean cruise. This year, we were home with our kids! But we had planned a special getaway weekend to Maine and were both looking forward to relaxation and quiet. When Friday night…

Lowes Build and Grow Teaches Kids to DIY

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Every other Saturday morning, Lowes offers a free workshop for kids. The Build and Grow Clinic gives each child an apron, safety goggles and a kit with all the supplies needed for one project. You can keep all the gear. They also loan you kid-sized tools to use. The kits are great for little people,…

Fearless

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LadyBug’s preschool told us that she’s their RELUCTANT one, HESITANT, AFRAID TO TRY NEW THINGS.     Needless to say, we were surprised. We say she’s our FEARLESS one: *She has been eyeing this trapeze at the Trapeze School New York  (TSNY) Beantown in Jordan’s Furniture for over a year. I finally got up the…