Yearly Archives: 2016

Cookie Monster Birthday Cake

When your little cousin wants a Cookie Monster cake for her third birthday you start baking! My Mom dug out an old cookie monster pan and I helped her mix up a chocolate cake.  You can make any flavor you like but I say nothing beats a chocolate birthday cake!  If you want to get…

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Mickey’s Sport-y-thon Giveaway

Welcome to this awesome Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Mickey’s Sport-y-thon Giveaway hosted by Life with Heidi!  If you haven’t seen the review you can check it out here. The folks at Disney are sponsoring this great prize pack with everything you see here! The giveaway package includes: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Bowling Set $15.00 Mickey Mouse Baseball Cap $12.95 Mickey Mouse Shapes…

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The Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival

The Chinese Lantern Festival was a major highlight from our spring break trip to Philadelphia. The festival is the first of its kind in the Northeast United States.  It is being held in Franklin Square to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the historic square’s restoration. The festival boasts an impressive 200 foot dragon and more than 25…

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The Joy Of Less

I have been feeling overwhelmed with clutter lately.  It seems there are toys everywhere I step and the arts and crafts paper monster is growing as I write.  I never know which homework worksheets to hang on to and don’t even get me started on all the junk mail that works its way into our…

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Timex Weekender Watch Mother’s Day Giveaway

If you haven’t heard about the Timex Weekender Watch, check out Holly’s review of her blue Timex Weekender Watch. Enter to win your own watch here: a Rafflecopter giveaway   Disclosure: We reserve the right to make revisions, to cancel, or suspend this contest for any reason. We are not associated with any of the…

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The City of Brotherly Love

We went to Philadelphia aka “The City of Brotherly Love” last week for part of our spring break.  We loved it!  We had so much fun that I wish we had gone for the entire week. There is so much to do and see in Philly that we would need to stay an entire month…

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Qdoba!

Let Qdoba do all of the food work for you on Cinco de Mayo! $100 Qdoba Catering Gift Card Giveaway Hosted by: Parenting Healthy Sponsor: Qdoba Mexican Grill Whether you want to treat the office to a delicious meal or you want to gather friends and family on Cinco de Mayo (or any day of…

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NYC Staycation

It’s Wednesday of Spring Break week!  We spent the first half of break in good old NYC having a fun staycation.  We will be venturing to Philadelphia for the remainder of the week to seek out new adventures.  We can’t wait to check out the City of Brotherly Love! Here is a pictorial of all…

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