Regulars on my site know that I prefer photos as images for my posts and since I’m often asked where I get my photos, I thought I’d share my secret— Photos.com! I personally prefer photos because they add a polished touch to my writing and I can always find the right images on Photos.com. With…
Talking to Your Children About Earthquakes: Resources & Links
This afternoon at 1:51 pm a 5.8 earthquake with an epicenter in Virginia- between Charlottesville and Richmond- shook the entire East Coast. The rumbling from the ground was reported to be the second most powerful earthquake in Virginia’s history. Online friends from as far south as North Carolina into Toronto felt the earth move underneath…
4 Quick Breakfasts for Healthy Children & Healthy Minds: Our Fill the Backpack Motto
Weekday mornings are hectic and can leave us scrambling to get out the door but that’s no reason to miss breakfast, the most important meal of the day. This year’s Fill the Backpack theme of Healthy Children, Healthy Minds theme resonates with me because of having the experience of trying to teach kids who came…
Tips for Choosing a New Notebook PC for Back to School & AMD Twitter Party Wednesday 8/24
According to the U.S. Census, 66 percent of elementary and high school students in the U.S. use a computer at home to complete homework assignments, and a Kaiser Family Foundation Study found young people ages 8 through 18 spend an average of an hour and a half a day on their computers. Technology is a…
Dinosaur Train’s Dinosaur Big City Premieres Today on PBS
If your kids can name all of the dinosaurs and the prehistoric time periods thanks to Dinosaur Train, then chances are they’re looking forward to Dinosaur Big City, the Dinosaur Train movie that will air on PBS Kids today. Check your local listings to determine what time you will be able to join Buddy and…
Have you heard…
The L.A. Times reports that the Oxford English Dictionary has added cyberbullying, sexting, and retweet, and woot. What are your predictions for what will be added next? iPhone lovers can stop holding their breath! Apple has announced that the iPhone 5 will be released on October 7 or 14th. Start the queue now or preorder…
Friday Faves: Peanut Butter Pie from In Jennie’s Kitchen
Last Friday the blogging community measured, mixed, and assembled peanut butter pie to celebrate the life of Jennifer Perillo’s husband, Mike. In her post, For Mikey, Jennie wrote about saying that she’d make her husband’s favorite peanut butter cream pie tomorrow. It was always on her to-do list until there were no tomorrows left. …
Starting Kindergarten, Handwritten Notes, and My Butterfly Folder
This year the start of school is a little bittersweet as Captain Computer, our youngest, will start kindergarten this fall. While I appreciate that I won’t have 2 different school schedules and multiple pickups to deal with, it’s hard to believe that he’s all grown up and will join the ranks of his sister at…
Our Active Unplugged Vacation Inspired by Austin-Lehman Adventures
Three hours north of San Francisco up the Northern California Coast where US Highway 1 winds along the beach past towns like Bodega Bay, is a place called The Sea Ranch. The Sea Ranch is where my husband used to go for weekend getaways with his family as a child and was the location for our…
Fill the Backpack Back to School Giveaway Worth Over $750!
We’re back from vacation and with only two short weeks left until school starts, we’re planning to enjoy the last of our unstructured days. I could be lamenting the fact that our youngest is starting kindergarten or that our oldest, now 8, is going to be a big second grader as I race to the…
