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Photo Friday: Why Carry-on Suitcases are a good idea with kids in tow

July 26, 2013

On our last trip, the cost of checking our family’s luggage round-trip was going to be almost as much as one of of our airplane tickets.  Since we weren’t going that far, we decided to try bringing carry-ons for the whole family and save a little bit of money.  We didn’t take public transportation this […]

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Deep Sea Diver and a really wet Folk Life weekend

May 30, 2013

The guys are absolutely in love with Recess Monkey since we saw them in concert at Teatro Zinzanni last year and we were recently sent their new album, (their 9th!!! by the way!) Deep Sea Diver to check out.  The tunes are really catchy and I know I’ve heard them sing one of them called […]

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Kids’ Tillamook Yogurt Review

May 29, 2013

I got an email about a month ago about Tillamook wanting to send us some yogurt for review.  My guys (all of them-the hubby included) eat yogurt almost every day for breakfast and one of our favorites is Tillamook so of course I said yes.  (And I’m starting to realize that these are two 4-year […]

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Always check your rental car BEFORE you get in

October 24, 2012

Why is the hubby outside the car in the pouring rain? He actually has the waterproof camera in hand and he’s thoroughly checking every inch of our rental car and snapping pictures of things that don’t look brand new. This is the routine we have EVERYTIME we rent.  Yes, you have all those papers to […]

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Fave Subscription Box Ever: I heart Birchbox

March 16, 2012

If you know me, you know there is a stream of boxes constantly arriving at my house.  I love shopping and I love buying things online and having them arrive a couple days later and getting all excited about my purchase again.  (This never would have happened had my husband not introduced me to email […]

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I heart Postcardly

January 11, 2012

When I first heard about Postcardly I wasn’t sure how I was going to use it: the grandparents, aunts and uncles all live in Canada and it doesn’t work for international addresses( yet).  BUT, I suddenly realized how fantastic it would be for sending to our local friends and I’ve been having fun sending playdate […]

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