Congrats to @Coriwestphal who won the $50 Snapfish gift code! With Valentine’s Day just a week away, take advantage of Snapfish’s free overnight shipping upgrade that will ensure your special photo gifts will be delivered by February 14 when ordered by 6 pm PT / 9 pm EST today. Use the code FASTCUPID for the free upgrade with…
VTech’s New LS6375-3 Hands Free Cordless Phone System Keeps Loved Ones in Touch (w. giveaway)
Earlier this month VTech announced a brand new all-in-one home communication system that features a cordless headset with two cordless handsets for the budget-friendly price of $99.95. The VTech LS6375-3 is designed to enhance productivity whether working in the home office or while parenting thanks to the integrated cordless headset. While I haven’t personally…
You Supply the Romance and McCormick & Schmick’s Will Do the Rest (w. giveaway)
Congratulations to Alexandra! Comment #1 was the lucky number pulled by Random.org! In other words, McCormick & Schmick’s will do the leg work to help make planning a memorable Valentine’s Day easier than ever. Their romantic Valentine’s Day menu is available all weekend long (February 11-14, 2011) and any guest that making a Valentine’s Day reservation will also…
Resources & Activities to Celebrate Chinese New Year in Your Home
Tomorrow- February 3- is an important day because it is the start of Chinese New Year and the beginning of the Year of the Rabbit. Like Korean and Vietnamese cultures, Chinese New Year begins on the Lunar New Year. Around our home, we’re getting ready for the start of the new year. I’m spending the…
DC Readers: Disney on Ice: Princess Wishes Ticket Discount for Verizon Center Performances (w. giveaway)
Sorry about the wonky spacing below! HTML has made spacing go really awry today! An all new Disney on Ice: Princess Wishes is coming to the Verizon Center President’s Day weekend and will feature iconic princesses like Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Jasmine, Mulan, Aurora, Pocahontas, Tiana, and Rapunzel. Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer are always mesmerized…
Donate Tag Books to K Classrooms with LeapFrog’s Like. Give. Read on Facebook (w. giveaway)
LeapFrog continues their commitment to early literacy by putting more Tag books in schools with their new Like. Give. Read program. For every Facebook fan who “Likes” the LeapFrog page, the company is donating a new Tag book to a Kindergarten classroom up to 50,000 books. With so many books to give away, LeapFrog needs…
Workout Friday: Special Snow Edition
Thursday’s YourShape: Fitness Evolved workout was replaced by a morning of shoveling and an afternoon of sledding thanks to 8 1/2 inches of heavy wet snow that blanketed the DC area on top of a nice coating of sleet. We woke up feeling fortunate for never having lost power like so many around us! …
Workout Wednesday: Final Results of 12 Weeks of YourShape: Fitness Evolved
It’s my last Workout Wednesday post and I’m in disbelief that I’ve been writing about how YourShape: Fitness Evolved by Ubisoft has helped me work working my fitness goals for the past 12 weeks. I admit to being excited but skeptical when I first started. I’ve never stuck with at-home fitness programs for too long. I’m a…
Love According to Kindergarteners in Honor of Tiny Print’s Valentine’s Day Campaign
When Little Miss Techie’s beloved kindergarten teacher got married last year, we asked the students in her class to answer various questions about love and marriage for class book. As you can imagine, the responses by 16 five and six year olds were thoughtful, hilarious, and darling at the same time. Today I’m sharing…
E-mail & Blogging as Way For Young Writers to Hone Skills
Sammy is 6 years old and has a weekly column on Mama C and the Boys, his mom’s blog, where he writes Sammy Saturday. Inspired by this Sammy’s LeapFrog Explorer camera review that was this week’s post I’ve shared ways you can use the computer to practice different parts of the writing process through this week’s LeapFrog Community column….
