Blogs & Tips

My husband and I took a cruise for our honeymoon (eight years ago this month), and we took a couples massage class at the ship’s spa.  We each received a separate back massage, and then with instruction

I did not know that Amazon.com had a Baby Registry until just the other day.  Many of our friends have been having baby showers recently - and many of them live far away.  One of them used Amazon's

Go ahead and laugh at me, I'm used to it! But I absolutely love my virtual pet monkey on my iGoogle homepage. All my life I've wanted a chimp (hasn't everyone?) and now I "have" one. If you

PreschoolRock.com is currently offering a free coloring book titled Rock through the Alphabet. Visit www.PreschoolRock.com to get your copy.

PreschoolRock.com is offering free Halloween costumes to families in need. Simply use the email address next to the costume you'd like to have. Also, if you'd like to help families in need, you can donate

If you are Jewish and in an interfaith relationship, or involved with someone Jewish, or the child of an interfaith couple, you need to know about InterfaithFamily.com. It's a great forum for sharing, venting

ConsumerSearch gives you product reviews from Consumer  Reports, and other sources like Baby Bargains, PC Magazine, Motor Trend etc, FOR FREE.No registration, no subscription. You look up a product: cars, cosmetics

If you don't have time to paint a mural - check out Wallnutz for affordable wall paper murals, paint by number kits or color wash kits. I wish I would have found this site before I painted my daughter's

I was shopping at Target the other day and realized that Target now carries Flor - the "fashionable and customizable" carpet tiles that let you piece together tiles to create your own area rug, runner

The Compassionate Friends organization has been created specifically for parents who are coping with the death of a child, as well as for those who want to support friends / family who are coping

Girls Go Tech is an awesome website, meant for Girl Scouts, but anyone can have fun there. You can make a mandala, compose a song, play games, decode messages, research technology careers and so much more. The most

Have your child compose music at this girls go tech website. It's made for Girl Scouts, but any boy or girl (or grownup) will have fun with this. You can even email your song to anyone for them to hear.

I love this inspirational article for Moms posted on MomsTown.  We all need a little TLC and this article is great!

Several popular infant and child cold medicines are being taken off the market. See if yours is affected.

Banquet Pot Pies are linked to salmonella in Massachusetts and 30 other states. See article for exactly which pies to avoid.

This has long been an urban legend, and often it's been said to be false, but now Channel 4 News in Boston is reporting that some lipstick has dangerously high levels of lead. L'Oreal and Cover Girl and

Alpha Mom is COOL! There's tons of great information for moms on this site AND videos from one of my favorite sites, Cool Mom Picks! A Must See.

So today is my son's first birthday.  Last year at this time, I was still pregnant with Aidan (he was born at 11:37am and I'll spare you the details of what exactly was going on at this point last year...). 

Did you know that you can check your Gmail from your cell phone?  Go to the Gmail Mobile website and have a link sent to your phone or just go to gmail.com/app on your phone's browser.  It's

Was it the right decision-morally speaking? Right or wrong; during the Second World War numerous Japanese families were forced to leave their homes and belongings and placed in internment camps all over the USA

  If you are a high school teacher and curious about a colleague’s escapades in a New York classroom, read this book. If you are not a teacher and just want to be amused, read this book. ‘Teacher

Please, read this book if you are interested in or if you have children with autism. As a paraprofessional in special education, I have read numerous books about autism, written by professionals and parents. But

Wide Horizons For Children provides domestic and international adoption services for families across the U.S.  With over thirty years of experience, they offer adoption programs in China, Colombia, Ethiopia

This is 12 out of 13 of Things Dave Barry (comedic writer) has learned by age 50. I omitted the last one, I didn't think it was appropriate. If you want to read it, you can google it! 1. If you had to identify

Playhouse Disney Halloween Party and Games - Kids have been busy seeking out the Playhouse Disney Halloween web site. The web site has a lot of fun online games, print outs, videos online and more. Let's explore

I strongly dislike the taste of soymilk, but Vitasoy is delicious!  There are many different flavors and they're all great!  If you go on the website, they have some interesting and healthy recipes! 

This activity is a simple and fun way to teach your child about feelings while allowing them to practice their cutting and pasting skills. Gather scissors, some old magazines, glue and some construction paper

Wow, this site is great! Talaris is a site dedicated to distributing quick reference, easy to read summeries about development for children ages birth to 5 years old.  The site offers helpful summeries about

If you're looking for some great thermoses and BPA free sippies, try out these Foogo Thermoses. They have leak proof bottles with straws (sippy alternatives!), leak proof food jars and even a sippy. They even

There's a rip-snorting YA fantasy series with a 12-year-old hero that has ADD and dyslexia, written by Rick Riordan. First in the series is "The Lightning Thief". Lots of Greek mythology, and the ADD/Dyslexia

Preventive Ounce is an interactive website that lets parents not only identify their child's temperament but also helps you find parenting tactics and tools that work best for your child. You can complete

Target has these wonderful angled shelves for sale that come with brightly colored buckets. Our toddler can see all of the options, and it's also easy for her to put things away when she's done. Theoretically

Want to get a flu shot but are not sure where to find a quick flu clinic?  Check out the American Lung Association's Flu Shot Locator.  If you can't find anything close by in that database, check

Many states have breastfeeding laws on the books - use this site from the National Conference of State Legislatures to research yours.  Regularly updated and very complete.

So regular readers already know we just did a kitchen mini-remodel. We did not want to go to the store, look at the options for borders and choose one. We wanted to design our own. After some discussion, my husband

My friend at Crunchy Domestic Goddess has written a wonderful review for Herb, The Vegetarian Dragon on her blog.  She is also giving a copy away!! Very cool! Or, you can find the book at Barefoot Books

I can't believe I didn't know about this sooner. It's a website where people join and give step by step instructions on how to do virtually anything. I read how to strip color out of your hair, how to

Since experiencing my first "empty nest" (both girls are now in school full-time) a good friend suggested the book; The Life Organizer: A Woman's Guide to a Mindful Year by Jennifer Louden. 

The Federal Department of Health and Human Services maintains this cool website with all kinds of health and wellness information and newsletters. It's like a health magazine, and is very interesting to browse

I love these notepads that can be personalized! Very cute to have right by the phone, to send quick notes to your kids' teacher or a quick love message in your childs' lunchbox!

Deirdre Imus' book, Green This! Volume 1: Greening Your Cleaning, is a great resource for those looking for guidance on how to use more environmentally safe cleaning methods. An added bonus is that book's

Concerned about what is in the cleaners, deoderants, shampoos and other household items?  Then you will want to check ot this book: The Safe Shopper's Bible: A Consumer's Guide to Nontoxic Household

I've been a AAA member for a long time, but I never knew about AAA's free Auto Manager.  AAA members log on to their local AAA website and click on Auto Manager.  You simply enter in some

A few years ago, I added a few non candy options to our offerings for trick or treaters - and I was really surprised by how fast they went!  Pencil sets were really popular - they went like hotcakes since

Getting out your silver for the holidays?  Thinking about putting it back away because you don't want to polish it?   Try these natural silver cleaner recipes: Silver Cleaner I 1 sheet aluminum

OrangeKids is a website from ING geared towards children in grades 4-8.  This site makes learning about money, saving, spending, and investing fun with a lot of interactivity, some hands-on problem solving

Check out these Wall Decals websites all in one place - there are some really innovative things on the market now! Wall Decals are a fun solution in your child's room.

We love Caspari cards and party products. Their designs are gorgeous and very unique. I had never seen their Birthday in a Box Kits before - but check them out. They have beautiful prints that could be for adults

I love this article How to Green Your Kids' Toys - it's a very important article considering the current issues we're having with lead paint on some toys in the marketplace.  A must read!

The National Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) is dedicated to mothers and babies.  They have current news and hot topics parents are interested in. The organization is a recognized leader and