Santa, or St. Nick, visits our house early each year. It is a tradition in my family to celebrate St. Nicholas day on December 6th. Jolly Old St. Nick visits overnight and fills our stockings. Santa comes and just leaves a present under the tree on Christmas Eve. It’s a nice way to split up [...]

From Discovery Toys: Welcome to Jam Session: a rousing and playful introduction to rhythm band music. Easy-to-grasp Jam Session instruments are perfect for small hands. Each piece creates pleasing percussive sounds that promote sensory stimulation, hand-eye coordination, listening skills, and musical awareness.
Claire and I had the opportunity** to try out Jam Session by [...]

Restaurant.com is doing it again!  They have their gift certificates marked down 80%.  This means you can get $25.00 gift certificates for $2!  Use the code SHARE.  Be sure to read each restaurant’s guidelines for using the gift certificate.  Usually there is a minimum purchase.  It still makes a great deal.
Don’t forget about the Feed [...]

Dear Mama Drama:
My three-year-old daughter is driving me crazy! I love her to death and she’s got so much spunk, but when I need her to get things done and she refuses or throws a tantrum and I am at a loss. She could care less about consequences and seems to enjoy all the attention [...]

Recently I was able to try a free online voice recording of a book for my child from Colorado based, Ripplereader.com. What is Ripplereader.com you might ask? Well, Ripplereader.com is a very special website. Through Ripplereader.com, parents, loved ones, grandparents, dads, moms and more can record their own voice reading a book to a child. [...]

All I wanted for Christmas that year was the fashion show stage on which to perch my Dawn doll.
And I got it. And a ton of other stuff, too. Christmas at my childhood home was always a little out of control, and these days, it’s a veritable orgy.
Which is not necessarily a good thing.
Here’s what [...]

I’m still trying to grasp the fact that Christmas is just over two weeks away!  This year has gone by incredibly fast.  I still haven’t figured out if it’s because we added baby number two to the mix at the beginning of the year, our move to Colorado in April, or the start of my [...]

Cold weather got you down? Mile High Mamas’ weekly event round-up has some great holiday events that will warm your heart!
Friday-Jan. 3. The Denver Zoo transforms into a twinkling winter wonderland for its nighttime Zoo Lights display. Nearly 40 acres of the zoo will be lit with festive holiday lights, including more than 150 animated [...]

This Giveaway is CLOSED.  CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS!!
Have you been trying to find the time to holiday shop?  How about wrapping all those gifts with the kids around?  Well, I have found the perfect solution.  If you want  to get the kids and the hubby out of the house and give yourself a chance to play [...]

For those of you planning to do some Christmas shopping online, you may want to wait until next week.
Like Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Free Shipping Day is becoming more and more popular.  On Thursday, December 17th get free shipping from over 300 retailers.  It’s expected that many more will sign up.  Some of the [...]