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A Walking Commercial

"It's Spike! The Ultra Dinosaur! He can talk....and he can ROAR!!!""Light up shoes. By Sketchers.""Benda-who...benda-what?...It's bendaroos!"E.B has hit the stage where he is now repeating every commercial that catches his attention on TV. At any View Post

How To Make a Birdhouse (The lazy way.)

I came across this birdhouse kit when I hit the artsy-fartsy motherlode a few days ago, and I had to laugh, and not just because it was made from quality wood (*cough*$1.99*cough).This little gem was practically vintage because it was purchased at View Post

Amazing Discoveries

Have you ever decided to go through all of the junk you've accumulated over the years and hit a minor jackpot to help you keep your sanity intact while your child is out of school for the summer? I finally got around to going through some plastic View Post

Impromptu Field Trip

After E.B.'s little end of the year ceremony at school last week, his grandparents and I took him to a local gardener's place where we got to see some farm animals and check things out.A large pond greets you as you enter and a makeshift Noah's Ark View Post

We’ve Been A Little Obsessed

I almost feel slightly ashamed for not updating my blog as often I usually do, but I've finally found MY show. All year long it seems like everyone has been obsessed with Dancing With The Stars, American Idol, Lost, and House. While I've watched View Post

The Last Day

So after the fretting over sending my baby out into the big cruel world for the very first time (and sending him out into that world with his shorts on backwards, to boot).....the last day of preschool finally happened on Tuesday. We survived.E.B.'s View Post

CLOSED- Wow! Wow! Wubzy! Wubzy’s Big Movie Review & Giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED- Congratulations to Cookiert!It's no secret that we are huge Wow! Wow! Wubzy! fans. We're still watching this DVD many months after we received it for a review, so it was hard to turn down the offer to check out Wow! Wow! Wubzy! View Post

Health Care Reform

At the ripe old age of 4, E.B. finally managed to get his first real skinned up knee. Apparently he was running around at my parent's house this afternoon and fell down in their driveway. When they brought him home he immediately ran to me and the View Post

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