Thank you to Hooray Heroes for sending me these adorable books. As always, all opinions are my own. I don't know about you, but Father's Day tends to be one of the toughest holidays to shop for in my family. My husband always says "I don't need anything" which is not helpful at all! We've bought so many gifts for each other over the years but now we often buy ourselves things that we want, so that doesn't leave much for the holidays. Plus, my love language is gift giving so I really enjoy finding Read more [...]

Thank you to BizyBeez for sending me this fun magnetic building set! As always, all opinions are my own. Well we're finally getting some decent weather in Minnesota and I think we're officially over winter by this point. However, the next few days we've got rain in the forecast so I know we'll need to find some indoor activities for the kids. We've all been going a little stir crazy after the snow storm four days ago! Luckily we've got a brand new set of MagStix by BizyBeez to keep them occupied. MagStix Read more [...]

I'm always looking for new recipes that everyone in the family will love. While my husband and I really like spicy, flavorful foods, our kids can be a little pickier. Recently I made a chicken tikka masala dish that everyone devoured, and it gave us enough leftovers for another meal, too! Stovetop Chicken Tikka Masala Our kids are fairly keen to try new foods, but if they eat something and it's too spicy, they refuse to take another bite. This has happened with a few different meals and then Read more [...]

Thank you to Media Masters Publicity for these awesome books! As always, all opinions are my own. When it comes to Easter baskets, I don't like to fill them up with candy. Our kids get enough sugar as it is, and with multiple Easter gatherings with various family groups, the amount of junk food we come home with is sometimes overwhelming. One thing we DO always love to put in Easter baskets is books, and I turned to Media Masters Publishing to add some of their new titles to our Easter baskets! Who Read more [...]

Thanks to Media Masters Publicity for sending me these books. As always, all opinions are my own. Easter is right around the corner, and we have some super fun books to add to your kids' Easter baskets this year! It’s finally spring and birds are calling out to each other in The Song of Spring by Hendrik Jonas. One bird has forgotten which sound to make. He tries “Woof,” and meets a dog, who encourages him to try “Oink,” with the expected result. Each successive call adds another Read more [...]