Fall is here and if the gray skies threaten your apple picking plans for the day, head to Baltimore for Healthy First Saturday. Healthy First Saturday is Port Discovery’s community health fair that is part of Baltimore’s Healthy City Days. Here is the schedule of events included with museum admission: Baltimore Health Care Access Health…
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Safely Social Monitor: Free Easy Service Monitors Family Facebook Activity
Chances are you know who your child was with and what they were doing after school but do you know what they were doing online after they finished their homework? Just as we want to know where our kids are going and who they’re with on a regular basis to ensure their safety, it’s important…
Favorite Licensed Products from Royaltie$ Brand Showcase
Over the summer I had the opportunity to attend Royaltie$ Brand Showcase to learn about licensing and get a sneak peek at lifestyle brands and branded products that are either on the market or will be for the holiday season. I have to admit that I didn’t know much about the world of licensing except…
Celebrate National Play-Doh Day!
There’s just something about Play-Doh. Perhaps it’s the smell, squishiness in your hand, or the endless possibility to make all sorts of colorful things with it but it’s always been a favorite in our house. In honor of today being National Play-Doh Day, have a Play-Doh playdate! We’ve been celebrating all week with our new…
Teaching Financial Literacy with The Great Piggybank Adventure
Little Miss Techie has been more curious about money. She’s always enjoyed counting the money in her wallet but recently she’s been asking questions about how banks work to keep track of our money. During our summer vacation she was curious to know how an ATM in California will know how much money we’ve deposited…
Eventbrite Makes Event Organizing Easy for Everyone
If event organizing seems like a daunting task, Eventbrite makes it easy for everyone. Whether organizing professional events, coordinating PTA fundraisers for your child’s school, or arranging casual meetups, Eventbrite empowers individuals to become event organizers and provides a free service for free events. Users can quickly and easily use tools to create custom event…
Fooz Kids: Convenient Kid Friendly Online Portal with Parental Controls
Thank you to Fooz Kids for providing me with an All-In-One pack to review. The opinions I’ve expressed here are solely my own and represent my honest viewpoint. About Fooz Kids Fooz Kids is a new application that allows parents to control their child’s exploration of the internet in an age appropriate way. It provides…
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…
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…
