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Have you earned your Swagbucks today?

A little over a year ago, we took the plunge and signed up for Swagbucks. We’d heard that it was easy to make a few bucks for stuff we do already. In the 13 or so months since we signed up, we have redeemed 34 $5 Amazon cards. That’s $170 we earned for a small […]

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Family Life

Heelys Review

Kids are fast. Moms are not. Add wheels to the bottom of a pair of shoes and kids are even faster. Now moms have the opportunity to skate right along side their kids now that Heelys are available in larger sizes. Drama King loves his pair of Heelys. He wears them everywhere with and without […]

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Family Life

Product Review: Peeled Snacks

Fruit snacks are a very popular treat around our house. Character shapes, rolled up, or pieces; it doesn’t matter. But with our preference for healthy snacks, makes it harder to find a good fruit snack that actually contains real fruit! Peeled Snacks goal is simple. To make you feel good about snacking. We strive to […]

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Education

Conversations With Drama King, age 7

If you ever spent more than 10 minutes with our family, you WILL be subjected to a conversation with Drama King. He loves to talk. He can talk about anything. With anyone. Anywhere. Anytime. And he absorbs knowledge constantly. Welcome to DK’s Words Of Wisdom! DK (talking about Mario from the Super Mario games): Mario’s […]

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Education Entertainment

ReadingEggs Review

Sometimes our boys are like night and day. Reading is one of those areas. Little T taught himself to read. Drama King struggles with reading. We’ve tried various self guided programs with little success. So we were thrilled to try ReadingEggs with both of the boys. About ReadingEggs ReadingEggs is an online reading program geared […]

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One Skillet Beef Noodle Medley

Who doesn’t love one dish meals? It’s easy to make, easy to serve and easy to clean up. We used to serve those boxed helper meals on a regular basis until we discovered that Little T had triggers on certain additives in boxed foods. Triggers, for those of you who aren’t familiar with that term, […]