Monthly Archives: July 2011
How to get best deals online
| July 12, 2011 | Filled under Coupons, How-To Articles |
Mommies: Doesn’t it seem IMPOSSIBLE to shop at brick-and-mortar stores with small children, especially bargain shopping? Why is that? Any time a mom goes shopping with her children, she is risking a meltdown—an arms flailing, legs kicking, mouth wailing meltdown. Bargain shopping, particularly good bargain shopping, takes time, so bargain shopping increases this meltdown […]
How to teach children a foreign language
| July 9, 2011 | Filled under How-To Articles, language |
You may remember I wrote about teaching my kids to speak a foreign language. I also posted a video of my then two-year-old singing in three languages. I did not do that to boast about her abilities to speak more than one language, but rather to show that it is possible for a toddler to […]
No-Fuss Ways to Decorate Your Child’s Room
| July 8, 2011 | Filled under How-To Articles |
By Karen Barnett Kids grow and change quickly. For instance, the average youngster goes through 2-3 pairs of shoes each year – those little feet grow fast! With all that growing, kids (and parents) want their rooms to grow with them. When considering a decorating theme for a child’s room, keep in mind that what […]
Plus size fashion (giveaway)
| July 8, 2011 | Filled under current giveaways, Review and Giveaway |
Before I was pregnant with my first baby, I used to buy all my work clothes in a couple of local women’s fashion stores. Somewhere during my fifth month of pregnancy I moved on to shopping in maternity clothing boutiques and departments. When my baby was born, I could not fit into any pre-pregnancy clothes […]
Water Attack
| July 5, 2011 | Filled under My Kids, Wordless Wednesday |
The idea was to water my blackberries and peas, which the sprinkler system does not reach. Lana asked me if she could, please, help water the plants (Ok, she did not say please, just stole the hose) . Then she decided to take a shower. The dress got wet pretty quickly. Without much hesitation, she got […]