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Pretty excited about taking the girls to see the new Dare to Dream Disney on Ice show tomorrow night.  I’ve been noticing the commercials advertising it and the other night, my 6 year old came up to me and asked if we could go see it.  I didn’t see shows like this when I was [...]

Suddenly, I am consumed by the holiday spirit.  Maybe it’s because I put up our tree the other day.  It’s got to be that.  Or the girls.  The girls make everything so exciting.  My youngest has already visited with Santa’s helper and my oldest has already written out her Christmas list. I hope I can [...]

Back when I was a kid in the ’80s, the Smurfs were all the rage.  If you would have told me that in the year 2011 I would be virtually dancing with them, I probably would have giggled and said, “No way, cool!”.  It’s the year 2011, I’m now a 30-something and what am I [...]

I remember last year’s Lollapalooza festival like it was yesterday.  I remember when the weekend was over, how I couldn’t wait for this August to get here.  We made a ton of great memories and a bunch of new friends at Lollapalooza 2010.  It was most definitely an unforgettable experience. I’m so happy that it’s [...]

Just last month, I took my kids to see Dot & Ziggy.  It was such a cute play geared toward my pint-size toddler!  I’m happy to work with the Chicago Children’s Theatre and offer TWO tickets for giveaway to the Dot & Ziggy NOON performance at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago on Saturday, June [...]

My mother-in-law and I recently took the girls to see Dot & Ziggy at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.  In a nutshell, the production was a huge hit with both the youngsters and their parents/caregivers. I was nervous at first, because my toddler is very busy and I expected at least one or two [...]

I’ve been so anxious to write about Meagan Francis’ new book, “The Happiest Mom”.  I’ll pull out my cool card right away and tell you that Meagan is a friend of mine.  We met through blogging and have attended many of the same events and conferences. Me and Meagan.  This grainy little gem was taken [...]

*Congratulations to our winner, comment entry number 36, Sharon! We’ve got a nice little collection of what we call, “baby movies”. The collection started back in 2005 with our first daughter and the quantity of said baby movies has grown in size since our second daughter’s arrival in 2009. In late 2010, The Baby Einstein [...]

On Saturday, Hailey and I drove to Rosemont, IL to catch the Imagination Movers on their “In A Big Warehouse” tour. The Movers are halfway through their United States tour, playing over one hundred shows along the way. That’s the big time, people. We arrived early and when I say early, I mean, the parking [...]

*Congratulations to our winner, Jill! Wow. We have some pretty sweet giveaways this week.  This one is one of my favorites. The Juno Company is back with their original orchestral music and stories and this time, geared toward the growing preschoolers.  Not that the toddlers wouldn’t like it; my toddler swoons over anything Juno. New [...]

Oceanhouse Media has stole my heart once again.  They now have that timeless Dr. Seuss story, Horton Hears a Who, available via iTunes for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad. My daughter’s first trip to the theater was to see the 2008 big screen version of Horton Hears a Who.  Now that we’re an [...]

If you are a puzzle/word game addict like I am, you’ll definitely need to get your hands on a SCRUBLE Cube. The SCRUBLE Cube is like a cool twist (pun intended) on some classic games.  It has similarities to Scrabble with the look and feel of Rubik’s Cube – with its own new set of [...]

I get such a kick out of the things little kid’s say.  The preschooler’s Christmas Pageant was just a month ago and in the days before the play, we would practice the songs together.  I about lost it when she sang a song about “Jesus Price”.  I then found out that she “…is Mary, who [...]

One afternoon, my preschooler and I were mapping out the plans for our Phineas and Ferb Chain Reaction when a package arrived on our doorstep.  “What is this!?”  I exclaimed.  We took a break from our evil scheming…I mean…planning, to open the package.  Much to our delight, inside of the package was the brand new [...]

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I have a busy, busy, busy…ok, forget it…I have a high maintenance toddler.  She’s 14 months old and she’s like the little monkey that clings to his mama that you see at the zoo. We received a copy of the Juno Baby DVD, “Way to go, Juno!” for review and have recently been watching it [...]