Gorgeous Animal Photograph Book for Children

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When I think “picture book”, what comes to mind is “Goodnight, Gorilla” or something similar. But one of the coolest picture books for Fall is Curious Critters, by David FitzSimmons. He uses stunning photographs to capture unique animals on a simple white background. Along with the full-page photographs, he has included simple, cute text to… [Continue Reading]

Learn, Create and Share Party #LeapFrogParty

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Every week a group of moms and I bring our sons together to hang out. Between us we have 7 boys! That makes for some action-packed fun. But recently I combined some leaping fun with some LeapFrog technology to create a super play date for our boys. The goal was to introduce the boys to… [Continue Reading]

LeapPad: Kid-Friendly Learning Tablet #win

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Right from the beginning we were a LeapFrog family. One of the first products my son received as a gift, when he was just a few months old, was a LeapFrog Lap Pad that you could insert a cartridge and a book for them to read – I can’t remember for the life of me… [Continue Reading]

Sesame Street Cookbook: B is for Baking

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A few weeks ago the Mom Buzz spied a new cookbook on the market – B is for Baking. My niece loves children cookbooks, so I was curious as to whether this was up to her usual standards. First off, compared to other children’s cookbooks – this one is chock-full of recipes. There are 50… [Continue Reading]

5 Ingredients, 15 Minutes in Stores Now

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I am not a huge cooking site. What I am is a Mom with two kids and a bodybuilding husband. One kid is in school, one is with me full-time. Plus, in my “spare” time, I like to get out of the house and work out as part of my “me-time”. With my kids’ picky… [Continue Reading]

Children’s Halloween Books

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 I love holiday books. In fact, I just placed an order today through Scholastic for a Thanksgiving and Christmas book (T is for Turkey and Gingerbread Pirates) to read with my boys in the upcoming months. And for Halloween we had the chance to read two new Halloween titles which I just LOVED. I’m the… [Continue Reading]

Entenmann’s Big Book of Baking from @Entenmanns

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Sweet Tooth? Holiday Dessert Ideas? Get your Oven Mitts on Entenmann’s Big Book of Baking, just released this week. There are 140 mouth-watering recipes. Each recipe is a “spread’ over two pages. One page has the recipe and the accompanying page has a full-color photo. Recipes are either made with Entenmann products or are inspired… [Continue Reading]

Time for Kids: That’s Incredible

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Back in June I buzzed the “Big Book of How” for kids. I loved it because it was PERFECT for my 8 year old nephew. He loves reading “quick-fact” books with unusual information not everyone knows. And the Big Book of How was just that , with 501 facts going into detail about HOW the… [Continue Reading]

#win New LadyBug Girl Children Books

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Earlier this year we received Ladybug Girl and Bumblee Bee Boy as part of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. If you aren’t aware, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library provides free books to children. The only catch is that there are usually age restrictions by date, the program has to be available in your area and I think… [Continue Reading]

11 Intelligent Ways To Save on Textbooks (Without The Bookstore)

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Article by Consumer Savings Expert, Andrea Woroch. Read Andrea’s recent buzz about ways you can save kilowatts and cash. Textbook prices tend to rise at four times the rate of inflation for an average of $900 per year. It doesn’t take a college education to figure out there are alternatives to traditional outlets, but incoming… [Continue Reading]

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