Noah’s Obsession

Tweet Noah has quite the obsession with a magical mouse named Mickey. It has led to early morning pleading, “Watch Mickey, Mommy?” and late night pleading, “Watch Mickey, Mommy?” He even woke up at 2am one night last week asking for Mickey (actually I think he fell off his bed…) Visit more Wordless Wednesday participants [...]

Decorate Your Clothes

Tweet Julia and I received a couple of cool clothing decorating kits from JAKKS Pacific recently, and let me say we had some fun! The Attaching Kit was easy to use, there was no mess, and it was a fun way to add some pizzazz to Julia’s clothes. "Style Six Attaching Kit" Create a free [...]

6 Tips for Avoiding the Flu

Tweet We are always very careful, but Ray and I are taking extra measures this year to protect our kiddos from both the seasonal flu and H1N1. It’s also important that we don’t forget about ourselves, though, and Walgreens is making it easy! This flu season, Walgreens has taken a leadership role in flu prevention. [...]

“Hello, you’ve reached the Youngs”

Tweet VTech recently sent us their newest and most stylish cordless home phones – The LS6217. This phone has been great, but the funnest part is that it offers multiple options for expressing creativity with personalization options that include customization of the phone. We added back graphics, using the different designs that came with the [...]

“You do it”

Tweet Noah has already destroyed three laptop keyboards by picking the keys off, with the last incident occurring just this last week. When a friend asked if he is allowed to touch Mommy’s computer, he responded with an emphatic “NO!” I grabbed the camera in hopes that, if asked again, he would be just as [...]

Final Score

Tweet Noah – 3 Mommy – 0 The game lasted only 15 minutes, but after a long day it left Mommy exhausted. Noah took the lead in the first 5 seconds, by stealing Mommy’s patience by picking all of the keys off her brand new computer, leaving one of them completely missing. Mommy couldn’t quite [...]

Cradle and All

Tweet In celebration of their brand new baby catalog, Sears is sponsoring a fabulous giveaway here at From Dates to Diapers! Now, I’ve seen this fun and interactive catalog and must say that it is certainly an exciting way to shop; with games, tips, and full color pictures of some fabulous baby items (and even [...]

Moxie Mona Visits Sacramento!

Tweet Moxie Mona is an everyday superhero who is swooping in to see all of her friends in the blogosphere this week. Among others, she visited us here in California, and then was off to see the rest of her pals… Will she be in a city near you? Moxie Mona was waiting for us, [...]

Family Game Night

Tweet As fun as they are, family nights out for our bunch usually put a bit of a dent in our pocket book. Think about it – 8 movie tickets (yes, we do have to pay for Noah now!), popcorn, drinks, red licorice, and M&M’s – now, that’s quite the small fortune! Most often, these [...]

Read for the Record

Tweet My love of books began at a very early age… Mom would often read to my siblings and me, and it was then that I discovered a whole new world. Through the pages of books I met amazing people, went on fantastic adventures, listened to rich conversation, and even found myself in far off [...]

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