Benjamin is Thankful for God

Benjamin’s kindergarten class put on a small Thanksgiving production on Thursday. They sang a few songs and then the kids were asked to say what they were thankful for. Benjamin stood up and said that he was thankful for God. His exact speech was, “My name is Benjamin. I’m thankful for God. He makes everybody and I… I love him so much!” This, of course, was a very cute moment and I’m...

Want More Blog Shares? Add Incentives for Readers!

A good way to help get people to share your blog posts on Twitter, Facebook, and Google + is to offer them a reason to. I’ve seen all kinds of proposals for this ranging from giveaways to special mentions. I’ve recently stumbled across the CommentLuv Premium plugin. I’ve been using the free version for quite some time and I’ve been pretty happy with it. But, when I read about the Premium version, it...

First Day of Kindergarten

Monday was Benjamin’s first day of kindergarten! We made a pretty big deal about it too. Josh took the morning off and I think we’ve come up with a few things that will become “First Day of School Traditions” around here. The night before the first day of school, we let Benjamin pick out the clothes that he wanted to wear and we let him pack his own lunch. Of course, at this age, it is still pretty...

Teacher Meet and Greet

Yesterday was the meet and greet at the local elementary school. Benjamin is going into kindergarten this year and we are all very excited. When we first got to the school, we went into the front office and got a map to Benjamin’s new classroom. We stopped in the cafeteria to pickup his school supplies for the year because we had preordered them through the school. The setup in the cafeteria was nothing short of...

Layla – The Story of Our First Dog

Shortly after we moved in together, Josh and I decided to get a dog. We briefly discussed breeds, but I’ve always loved labs. I was able to convince Josh too, based on the fact they are known to be really good with kids and we knew we would have kids some day. We found a beautiful black Labrador Retriever and named her Layla. She was 4 months old when we got her and she was an amazing dog right from the start. Layla...

My Frozen Multi-Fruit Protein Smoothie Recipe

I love fruit! My favorites are strawberries and oranges. The problem is that fruit doesn’t last very long in our house. So, I keep a supply of frozen fruit in my freezer for my smoothies. Frozen Multi-Fruit Protein Smoothie Recipe 1 cup frozen Strawberries 1/4 cup frozen Blueberries 1/2 Banana 1 cup V8 V-Fusion Strawberry Banana Juice (I used to use Fruit Punch, but V8 is much healthier and has a similar taste.) 1/2...

Sand Art Activity with My Kids

I was inspired by a recent blog post I read describing a summer sand craft activity. The post explained how to create colored sand with glitter and use a combination of sand and foam to create a beach scene picture. If you want to read the entire post, head over to Emma’s Lunch. Of course, I’m not creative enough to create my own pictures, so I improvised by ripping pages out of coloring books. Keeping things...

Screenshots – Grab a Picture of your Screen

I’m sure you’ve seen them everywhere, but do you know how to take a snapshot of what you see on your computer screen? There are tons of free programs that can help you do this. You may even already have something on your computer you can use. Program If you have one of the latest versions of Windows on your computer, than you should have a program called Snipping Tool. That’s what I use. Before Microsoft...