Children love to dance and sing, so why not put your child in a Music Class or a summer musical showcase bootcamp? Music Classes will help your child to get a great head start in life! Music classes, like private flute lessons, help your child to devel...

The winner of the Baby Jake’s Diaper Wippee/Changing Pad from Madre Gear is #27 Pam said… 27 Follower.melacan at hotmail dot com April 18, 2009 7:03 PM The winner of the HABA Clown-Klotz Building Block Set is #118 paula h said… 118 I ...

Thanks to Modality, Inc. (a premier mobile learning architect for iPhone and iPod touch), The Mommy-Files has a new giveaway for those who love Brain Quest and have either an iPhone or iPod Touch. Available now is a new Brain Quest Blast Off Game for y...

A while back, I hosted a review and giveaway for an adorable Loofah-Art Natural Loofah Scrubber from ECOBAGS®. They were a great company to work with and carried reliable and adorable products.ECOBAGS® has now started an awesome fundraising program cal...

At Mama’s Losin’ It, each week there is a Writer’s Workshop (you choose a topic to write on). It’s a lot of fun and I’ve met a lot of people this way! The Prompts: 1.) Describe a moment when you realized you and your spous...

I love the Chicken Soup for the Soul Books. It is so nice to be able to read something and walk away feeling good! Well, Chicken Soup for the Soul strikes again! I had the opportunity to review 3 new books, (1) Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Mid...

Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday. In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to...

Each week, on Mama’s Losin’ It, you can choose a topic to write on. I chose this week to write on “Words that Hurt Me.” Most of us have had a crush or two or many in our younger years. My first crush was in elementary school. I ...

Today, I was eating breakfast with my 3 boys in a public place. I was in a hurry because I had to get my oldest son to preschool. I was holding my 9 month old while trying to serve food to my boys and eat some food myself. I set my purse on the ground ...

I am participating in a contest at The Parent Bloggers Network. The topic is “How you and your family show how much you love each other.” I show my love for my family by “trying” to maintain a clean home (i.e. doing laundry and ...

It was the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florist’s son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, “I bet I know what it is. Flowers.” “That’s ...

I love Fridays – always have. When I was younger, it was the last day of school followed by two days of sleeping in. When I was working outside the home, it was the last day of work followed by two days of sleeping in. Now, it’s the last of...

Yesterday, school was canceled because of an expected snowstorm. Here is the snowstorm – 1 day late! Looking out our front door Our backyard My car is under the snow We spent today at home. This morning, after I put Sam down for a nap, Brian and ...

It snowed in Seattle at the end of this last weekend. What happens when snow melts and it’s cold outside? That’s right, it turns to ice. How many Seattle residents know how to drive in the snow or on icy roads? That’s right, not enoug...

This article was posted on Dr. Laura’s blog and I found it awesome and hilarious (as did the people I forwarded it to). What do you think? According to a news report, a certain school in Garden City, MI was recently faced with a unique problem. A...

When I went to high school, I wasn’t one of those people that liked to “hang out” at the mall and I still am not one of those people. I haven’t been to the mall in over a year, but went this weekend with some women from church. ...

Do you remember in school when your friends would pick on you or make fun of you or leave you out of games? You’d think that grown-ups would behave differently. We had an event the other day that got a little out of control. The event was for the...

Do you ever find that your laundry pile never seems to go away? The dishes are constantly there and needing to be washed, dried, or put away? Your magazine pile grows quickly and you don’t have a chance to read through them, but you don’t w...

When I was younger (aka in elementary school), I remember dreaming about what it would be like to be a grownup. I had the desire to become a pediatrician when I was in elementary school and when I was in high school, I wanted to be a teacher (both of m...

For those who aren’t aware, the city of Seattle is trying to impose a 20-cents-per-plastic-bag tax and are now selling reusable bags at many stores. The bags cost anywhere from $1.00 to $4.00 in price – you can buy “trendy” ones...