Family Life
$50 Snapfish Giveaway for Mother’s Day – Check out the Photobooks! – CLOSED
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I LOVE SNAPFISH PHOTOBOOKS! And what would make a better Mother’s Day present than a Snapfish photobook?
You can honor mom by capturing her favorite moments in a personalized photo book. You can even archive her favorite family recipes! Snapfish offers photo books with many creative layouts [...]
HP Provides a New, Easy Way to Transform a Child’s Room or Play Area
As parents of any young children can attest, a child who weighs a mere 32 pounds can possess toys that easily over-run a room measuring 10×13 feet.
Case in point — my 3-year-old has a an enormous Dora the Explorer playhouse measuring approximately 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet and she loves it. We [...]
How I’m Getting Uber-Organized — AboutOne!
Last month, I had to help my 15-year-old daughter gather information on all her activities, awards, work accolades and volunteer hours so she could fill out a National Honor Society application. That should’ve been stressful and taken us hours of digging through files and scrapbooks and certificates. It wasn’t and it didn’t.
My son is working [...]
Make a Plan. Get a Kit. Be Informed.
Guest Post by Anna Giacomini
St. Louis Area Regional Response System (STARRS)
All of the severe weather lately has been disconcerting for many of us, particularly in the aftermath of the New Year’s Eve tornadoes in the St. Louis area. We would all like to think something like that won’t happen to us. And, if it did, [...]
Bambi Released on Blu-ray & DVD
On March 1, Walt Disney Studio released Bambi on Blu-ray and DVD! My 3-year-old had never seen this Disney classic, and being an enormous “princess fan,” I wasn’t sure she’d be interested. But she was delighted with this classic and is young enough that she didn’t seem to focus on the death of Bambi’s mother [...]
8Mar2011 | lipsticktocrayons | 1 comment | Continued
Chance to Win a Disney Vacation from Snapfish
I love Disney and we were fortunate enough to celebrate my preschooler’s 3rd birthday there last Fall. I am in the process of making a beautiful picture book on Snapfish featuring all those memories. I’ve featured some of our gorgeous Disney photos in this post.
Now, Snapfish– my all-time favorite, most amazing photo site — is offeirng you [...]
Secretariat Available on Blu-ray and DVD
The awe-inspiring story of Secretariat (you know, the Triple Crown winner in 1973) and its amazing owner, Penny Chenery, was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Walt Disney Studios on Jan. 25, 2011. CBS News called the movie one of the best family films of the year, and having watched it with my family, I [...]
31Jan2011 | lipsticktocrayons | Comments Off | Continued
Get Amber Alerts Via Text, Help Save Children
Jan. 13 was the 15th anniversary of National AMBER Alert Awareness Day. In celebration, cellular companies across the country invited customers to sign up to receive free AMBER alerts via text message, and you can still do so.
Since its inception, the AMBER Alert program has led to the safe recovery of more than 500 children, [...]
