Kids’ Book Review Day & GIVEAWAY: “The New Baby” – Usborne First Experiences Series

"The New Baby" is a book that is part of the Usborne Book First Experiences Series.  It's a cute story about the Bunn Family who is preparing for a new baby in the house.  The kids help get the house ready, the mom goes to the hospital to have the baby, the baby comes home, and the family has to get used to life with the new baby home.  We got this book to show my daughter what it was going to be like when mom went to the hospital to have baby … [Read more...]

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Tips/Recipes Share and GFC FOLLOW ME (LINKY)

I was thinking about different ways I like to sneak in practicing reading with my kids; reading signs, reading cereal boxes at the store, playing "I Spy" with letters and words while in the car, etc.  I then came across this great article I thought I would share.  It has many things I was thinking about, so I thought why reinvent the wheel; check out this great article about "7 Ways to Sneak in Reading."  I hope you enjoy it!If you have tips on … [Read more...]

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11-11-11 HAPPY VETERAN’S DAY

I just wanted to take a moment today to THANK all the service men and women who work so hard to protect this country.  Happy Veteran's Day!!!  Thanks for ALL you do!!! … [Read more...]

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Win An Insignia™ High-Definition Camcorder with 3″ LCD Screen

Win An Insignia™ High-Definition Camcorder with 3" LCD ScreenI’ve teamed up with a few other fantastic blogging friends to make capturing those special holiday moments even easier.This 720p high-definition digital camcorder that features 90MB of internal memory and supports Secure Digital and Secure Digital High Capacity media for additional storage space. It’s compact enough to fit in your purse or pocket so you can take it with you anywhere.A … [Read more...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Kid Pics!!!

Haven't shared too many pics of my kids!  Here are some recent ones!!!  Happy Wordless Wednesday!! … [Read more...]

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What is Mommy Reading? – “The Killer Angels” by, Michael Shaara

Normally it's my husband sitting down with a good historical fiction book based on some war somewhere, but this time I was the one in the corner with such a book.  I could not put this book down.  I was dreading reading it for book club.  I thought, who wants to read a history book for book club?  The writing style of the book was told in a story like fashion.  It was not a bunch of facts written down, but a story with a plot and character … [Read more...]

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$150 Cash Giveaway Event

Need some extra money for the holidays?  I'm sure everyone can use some cash for gifts, food, or travel.  The holidays can be an expensive time.  Here is your chance to WIN some money to help you out!  Click on the link below to enter the contest for $150 in cash!!!  I am one of the sponsoring sites, so if you follow me already you will have some easy entries to put in the Rafflecopter!!!  Click on the picture below to get to the site with the … [Read more...]

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Need More GFC Followers?

GFC follow my blog and I will follow yours back!  I write book reviews for kids' books and adult books, I do giveaways (ALL KINDS), I sometimes write about parenting and share tips and ideas, I share fun things I do and pictures, and I having been trying to host an online book club (we'll see how that works out)!  Anyway, I would LOVE the GFC follow and I would LOVE to see YOUR blog!!! Just follow me GFC and leave a comment below telling me you … [Read more...]

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