Well, we’ve had another fun filled week of building and re-building, this time the new Jeep Off-Road Adventure set from Mega Bloks. My boys were thrilled to help me review this set – they love the figures and the two cool Jeep vehicles, a green Expedition Jeep and orange off-road Jeep. The Expedition was Elliot’s … Read more
My young kids are constantly wanting to watch television shows on the internet. I usually let them watch one show a day after all their schoolwork and chores are done, but since they’re only 6 and 4, I don’t feel comfortable leaving them to their own devices for that half hour. It’s not like putting … Read more
I haven’t posted a lot about this, but I’m homeschooling my 1st grader part time this year. He’s a good student and has been successful in public school but I want to be more involved with his education. We’re having lots of fun, especially with lapbooks. We recently read My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles … Read more
Do your kids love Skylanders like mine do? We love all the great characters and all the fun toys, including these brand new Skylands Spinners. Each spinner comes with a battle tip and character – the character pieces can be mixed and matched to create fierce new characters and the battle tips are different shaped … Read more
Introducing…another super cool building toy cause we just can’t get enough of them! Seriously, I know I’ve said it before, but with a house full of little boys running around, Mega Bloks are my sanity. Our newest building adventures have been with these Hot Wheels Turbo Tubes – they’re buildable speedsters, each featuring a member … Read more
One must use creativity in sewing for boys, and these were a very fun and well received Christmas presents a few months ago. Turtle hoodies! We’ve been wearing them all around town and getting lots of stares and comments. I take stares as a compliment. Our 4th baby is due in 4 weeks, another boy, … Read more
Are you a Target lover? I am. Target is one of my favorite places to shop – prices are great compared to other stores and their stuff is so much better. I LOVE walking up and down the Home department aisles and just taking in all the textures and colors and fabric designs. Target is … Read more
MegaBloks First Builders are the perfect building block into toy for toddlers as young as one year. We’ve been using the colorful 1-2-3 Learning Train (available this spring in stores) to teach Linus all about numbers and shapes while we build. We had lots of helpers at first. Everybody wanted to take a turn! … Read more
Building toys have been my salvation since my first son was born six years ago. We have slowly collected many many building sets over the years, including this set of Mega Bloks for the bath tub! It’s a new product, scheduled to hit stores this month (Happy New Year!), and my boys have had so … Read more
I think I have enough ornaments for several large trees and since our tree is tiny…I have lots of extra ornaments to get crafty with! My dining room table is 60″ x 80″ – that’s the same size as a queen sized mattress. It’s massive and I LOVE it. (My Dad made it for us, … Read more