If you haven’t read my blog much, then you might not know that my husband is Deaf. While this is practically “normal” for our family, every once in awhile one of my kids has some kind of an aha! moment that furthers their CODA (child of deaf adult) cultural development. Tonight was one of those… [Read More]
Product Praise: Chasing Fireflies Halloween Costumes
About a week before I was selected for this review, we received the 2012 Chasing Fireflies Halloween catalog in the mail. The catalog had already provided endless hours of discussion between my kids on what they were going to dress up as for Halloween. There was very little consensus but a whole lot of oohs and ahhs on every page.Then… [Read More]
Praise: I See Me! Personalized Children’s Book – God Loves You!
When Eph was a little tyke, I would replace the name of the main character in his name. He would get so excited. Then when he could recognize his name, he would say, “Mom, my name isn’t there” in a very whiny voice. He was so excited when I opened up the Bible and showed… [Read More]
Product Praise: Chasing Fireflies Has Your Perfect Easter Gifts
There is “cute” and then there is Chasing Fireflies, the most adorable and magical online children’s boutique that I have ever seen. My magical experience started when I received an enormous, slightly sparkly, blue envelope in the mail with my gift certificate. The envelope was so unique, I almost didn’t want to open it. It even… [Read More]
Crayola & Lisa Loeb Invite you “Inside the Crayon Box”
Creativity matters. It’s a skill that all children can learn and when it’s practiced every day, kids become the critical thinkers, problem solvers, and leaders in the classroom, and they’re better prepared for professions of the 21st century. Crayola wants every child to be creatively alive, so they’re inviting parents “Inside the Crayon Box,” for… [Read More]
Shocked and Appalled: Teachers Bully Special Needs Student
I rarely post about topics that are not directly related with my family but I have had this news article reverberating in my head for 24 hours. Then I read this story on “Say What’s” blog today about a 5th grade child that committed suicide after being bullied. I realized that I just had to… [Read More]
Praise & Giveaway: My Baby Clothes
I have to admit when I was pregnant with my 2nd baby, I really wanted it to be a boy (gasp – yes I said that out loud). I already had 4 years of boy stuff stored neatly in the garage. I was used to having a boy and honestly having a little girl kind… [Read More]
Preventing Summer Learning Loss
I have to admit. I am kind of a geek when it comes to office and school supplies. Notebooks, pencils, pens, stickies, they get my heart pumping. It is all I can do to walk past aisle 20 in the grocery store and not throw a random box of crayons in my cart. So you… [Read More]
Praise & Giveaway: Jump Start Online Adventure
Choosing quality online educational games and activities is very important to me. I want to make sure that my children are playing games that are entertaining as well as educational and that is why I jumped at the opportunity to review Knowledge Adventure’s JumpStart.com. The Jump Start website is a virtual world full of what seems… [Read More]
Say Ahhh! and Brush, Brush Brush
This morning during the hustle bustle of our daily routine, I caught Eph and Lu in the most adorable brother-sister moment. As I passed the the bathroom, I heard Eph say, “Lu, say ahhh.” As I peered around the corner I caught this most precious moment… After I uploaded the video I realized that this… [Read More]