DietBet and Momentum

Earlier in the month I had my weigh out for the DietBet that I was doing with some other great local bloggers. I’m happy to say that I met my goal of losing 4% of my body weight and even exceeded it by 2 pounds. In the couple of weeks since the final weigh out…

Backyard Chickens – Our First Flock

When we moved into our home 3 years ago we were excited at all the space an opportunity that our lot provided. I immediately thought of chickens! We have woods, a yard and a giant hill with boulders, it’s a great place to have some animals. Since we moved in three years ago we’ve created a vegetable garden and…

Ask The Educator – February Edition

Photo By Barbro_Uppsala Our contributing educator this month is Amanda Lehrman, from The Momma Files. If you have a burning question for her we’d love to hear it, just complete the form below. Now on to this  month’s questions: Lauren Gordon from MommyBreakdown.com asks: Two of my three kids are summer babies. It seems that everyone is holding their…

Toy Fair 2012

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending Toy Fair 2012 in New York, it was great. I was able to talk with the various companies and find out what’s new this summer, I also had a chance to explore all of the new educational options from some of my favorite companies like Haba, Elenco (the makers of…