Among my girls’ friends, we’re kind of known for awesome birthday parties. I have always gone out of my way to make their day special, and find unique ways to celebrate with their friends. It started with just one child, and the parties were pretty typical. We’d have a bowling party with the whole extended [...]
Tools & Resources
Can’t You See that We’re Broke?
Things in Fairy Tale Land have been a little different as of late. The pirate hasn’t been able to find work since he arrived in Fairy Tale Land over 2 years ago. And, the Fairy lost his job about 6 months ago. This all happened at the same time that the Pirate lost all of [...]
Weekly Rants
Cookies Are Not Lunch and Ketchup Is Not a Vegetable
Recently, I spent an excruciating hour on the web site for the school lunch program. Largely, I think it is generally a good thing I can log in and check to see what the princess chose for lunch. And, it is super easy to add money to the account when the funds are depleted. However, [...]
Weekly Rants
Where do all the socks go?
We have no less than 3 laundry baskets full of mismatched socks. This is partly because I hate matching socks, and partly because half of them have no matches in the first place. Where do they go? I might consider the washing machine as the culprit, but just this week I have found single socks [...]
Reviews & Giveaways
Who Eats Lunch That Early? (Plus Totino’s Giveaway)
During the summer, my girls would snack all day, if I’d let them. And, if I don’t? They eat breakfast, lunch & dinner without (much) whining in between. Now that we are back to school, though, you’d think they were suddenly undernourished. They beg for snack from the minute we walk in the door until [...]
Reviews & Giveaways
Why won’t you brush your teeth? (plus Crest Pro-Health For Me giveaway)
I have the same fight every day (EVERY DAY) with the princess. I struggle to wake her up for school, we move on to a discussion on healthy breakfast and then we proceed to appropriate school clothes. These are the least of our struggles in the morning, our big fight is always about personal hygiene. [...]
