I Remember the Night the TV Went Down Into the Basement!
I saw this on Pinterest tonight:   "So please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall." Kids, I'm sure, are pleading for this very thing to happen whether they know it or not! ...

10 Reasons When You Know You'll Have Unexpected Company
 You know darn well unexpected company will stop over when: 1.  You've been gone for five days, but hubby and the kids have been home. 2.  You're in the middle of rearranging the whole entire house. 3.  You're working on a huge project which has items strew...

That Dog!
Now does this look like the kind of dog that someone would call the police about?  When walking this little sweetie, Mr. Waffles is his name, Mr. Crap Apple around the block bangs on his window and always comes out yelling at me not to bring "that dog" by h...

Where Did My America Go? By Karen Starks
This image, titled Uncle Sam Consoling Lady Liberty, is just about one of the saddest things I've seen in a very long time. Unfortunately...

This is the series that finally got my son interested in reading chapter books.  He took off reading like crazy after reading this ENTIRE series!

Usborne Activities is Giving Away Sticker Dolly Dressing Books!
You saw that right! Enter to win YOUR CHOICE of TWO Sticker Dolly Dressing books from Usborne Activities .  How do you enter you ask?  Simply head on over to my Usborne Activities page on Facebook by clicking here:   ENTER TO WIN  YOUR CHOICE OF TWO  STICKE...

If You Won't Give Candy to All Trick or Treaters Turn Your Light Off and Don't Give Any Candy Out!
So a nutty woman in North Dakota seems to think it is her duty to give notes to overweight kids on Halloween telling them they are FAT and deserve no candy.  That's not exactly what her note states, but that's basically how the kids are going to take it! Go...

Rigamortous and Other Silly Names We Used to Call Our Teachers
We all had them - silly names for our teachers.  Usually these pet names were reserved for the teachers we really didn't like.   We had a...

Spooky Doodle Fun for Halloween!
Do your kids love to doodle?  Do they love Halloween?  If they love both, they will have a blast with Usborne's Spooky Doodles activity c...

The Grocery Stick! I Never Knew It Had Such Value!
Recognize these things?  They are the little sticks that you put in between each customer's grocery stash on the conveyer belt at the che...