Admittedly, The Older dislikes reading. By “dislike,” I mean the roll-on-the-floor-screaming-when-asked-to-read type of dislike. It’s one of the biggest struggles here at home, unless there’s a school competition going on or some way to earn things (like our local library’s Read Your Way to the Rays program). I struggle with this every year, so I…
Everyone who knows me knows I’m a huge Disney fan, so I’m pretty excited for this. On Earth Day, April 22nd, the Disney Stores are going to do something fun: If you bring in five plastic grocery bags to recycle, they’ll give you a free reusable tote bag featuring Cars or Brave for free. We…
I received an email from one of my favorite industries/venues in the Tampa Bay area, and I wanted to share in case anyone in was looking for a Stroller Stride class locally. Not only is the venue easy to get to, but parking is easy and free, and the classes are free as well. Can’t…
… to hold birdseed! I’ve had these old pasta boxes around, and I wasn’t sure what we were going to do with them. I had one on the kitchen counter from making baked ziti, and boy was I glad it was there when our bag of birdseed broke! I was able to salvage most of…
Okay, maybe not reusing the actual items, but their containers! The Daddy and I cleaned out the refrigerator and pantry, combining things and getting rid of the boxes that were left open by little hands and thus allowing the contents to get stale. I was, as usual, annoyed at the amount of waste and the…
