Did your team surprisingly make it to the big game? Do you happen to have the biggest TV in your family? ..or maybe all of your friends have cut the cord and you’re the only one left with cable. Football games happen to be the most common occurrence for friends and family inviting themselves over for a good party. Don’t panic. Here's your last minute football party plan on a ...
How incredible was the Netflix TCA?
Seriously. I'm a member of the Netflix #StreamTeam and I was invited to experience the 2016 Netflix TCA in Pasadena, California. I'm currently in my hotel room, the morning after one of the coolest experiences of my life, and I kind of can't believe it happened. The TCA is The Critics Association, a group of critics head to a gorgeous ballroom in The Langham ( the fanciest ...
Have Mercy! Kimmy Gibbler kitschy style accessories
I have a working relationship with Netflix as part of the #StreamTeam. The obsession and words are completely my own. Have mercy! Oh, Mylanta! Aw, nuts! Oh, please! Watch the hair! Cut it out! How rude! You got it, dude! If those phrases make you feel the nostalgia that is Full House, then you’re probably counting down the days until February 26th when Fuller House ...
Buh Bye 2015, it was nice knowing ya!
I just wanted to write a quick little hoorah! 2015 was overall pretty awesome, and I'm so ready to see what 2016 will bring, here's hoping that it magically brings lots of cold hard cash and some pretty rainbow colored unicorns. (You always have to add unicorns to wishes, it helps? I think?) Plus, here's a random drawing the accurately portrays our year, or actually more ...
Christmas Cut-Out Cookies, the most wonderful kind of mess.
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #HostingHacks #CollectiveBias Years ago when I was in college and working as a teacher's aide I brought in holiday cut out cookies for all of the kids in my classes. I remember one of the teachers looking at me like I worked some kind of a miracle for baking, cutting out, ...
Simple DIY Geeky Christmas Crackers
You'll find affiliate links in this tutorial to help you make these really cool Christmas crackers! If you watch shows from "across the pond" you'll notice a Christmas tradition that we don't have over here in America, but it's an awesome one. You'll definitely notice these in Doctor Who fellow Whovians. I'm talking about Christmas crackers, these great little tubes filled ...
She wants power tools for Christmas
She wants power tools for Christmas and she's persistent on it! When we went to a Christmas parade Aliceana saw Santa and immediately after she said, "He didn't have my power tools yet." Santa visited my Aunt's house on Thanksgiving, we heard his sleigh bells, but alas, no power tools yet. Honestly, I'm just happy she hasn't changed her mind. I can barely stick to one thing ...
25 reasons why you’ll never want to leave The Virgin Hotel in Chicago
I received a little bit of a discount at the Virgin Hotel in order to facilitate this review, but I'm sold. AJ is sold. Aliceana, our 3 1/2 year old, desperately wants to go back. We've officially found the only hotel we'll ever be staying at when we're in the Windy city. Virgin Hotels are setting the bar for hotel standards remarkably high. I've stayed in a lot of hotels in ...
Because Science Kits. DIY Electro Dough Kit
We’ve been having so much fun with science experiments this year at home. Heck, when we perform science experiments with Aliceana even we learn a thing or two. We ask the good questions, like “How does that work?” “What do you think will happen next?” Some of our experiments bring us right back to our own days of the elementary school science lab, and by that I mean a table ...
That time our dirty door graced the New York Times.
We were thrilled to be featured in the New York Times. We had an interview on Skype, a professional photographer at our house for hours as we played with Aliceana, he probably shot a thousand photos, so many had to be adorable. When I clicked over to the live link. You might as well have heard horror music, the dirty door, not the dirty door. You see, this is the back door, ...
Best Legos for preschoolers (The difference between Duplo, Juniors, and classic Legos)
Hey there, I'm here to help you find the best Lego sets for your kids, specifically which sets we chose for our preschooler, but I'll also include the difference between Lego Duplo, Lego Juniors, and regular Legos. This post contains affiliate links, if you decide to make a purchase I would love if you used them, after all, my daughter just became Lego obsessed. Sets are ...