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Elf on the Shelf: Day 6 In the Tree

December 7, 2013 By Beth Leave a Comment

Elf on the Shelf: Day 6 In the Tree

As I said yesterday, we finally have up Christmas decorations! YAY!!! We even put the empty boxes away this morning ... double YAY!! YAY!! As it tends to go the first day the tree is up, our Elf on the Shelf ends up in the tree. I love this day. It is easy. The kids seem to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, elf, Elf on the Shelf, family, kids, Kingston 2013, tradition

Elf on the Shelf: Day 5 Spelling Test

December 6, 2013 By Beth 1 Comment

Elf on the Shelf: Day 5 Spelling Test

You when you get to bed and THEN you remember you didn't move your Elf on the Shelf? Yeah that was last night at our house. So I looked at Brian and said, "hey, you wanted to move the elf. He should be moved now not in the morning." He got out of bed and moved our dear Elf on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, elf, Elf on the Shelf, family, kids, Kingston 2013, tradition

Pop Chef creates Healthy Kid Snacking

December 5, 2013 By Beth Leave a Comment

Pop Chef creates Healthy Kid Snacking

We are excited to feature a sponsored Pop Chef review. Details ... Pop Chef is the new, fast and easy way to make fabulous edible creations! The secret is its 3-in-one action – which shapes, pops, and creates stars, circles, hearts, and more without the mess or hassle of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Promotional, Reviews, Simply Family, Simply Food, Tips & Techniques Tagged With: food, fruit, healthy, kids, pop chef, review, snacks

Elf on the Shelf: Day 4 Still Fall with Fake Apples

December 5, 2013 By Beth Leave a Comment

Elf on the Shelf: Day 4 Still Fall with Fake Apples

OK I gave up on the real fruit after yesterday when I put our dear Elf on the Shelf, Kingston, in rotten fruit. You missed that? Yeah that was an "epic fail" as my sister put it. Hush it sis, you are the reason we deal we this Elf on the Shelf game! Oh and Kingston will not get a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, elf, Elf on the Shelf, family, kids, Kingston 2013, tradition

Elf on the Shelf: Day 3 Rotten Fruit

December 4, 2013 By Beth 1 Comment

Elf on the Shelf: Day 3 Rotten Fruit

Yeah the title says it all but let me to get that. I wrote last night's awesome post on being lazy and went to bed. I didn't move Elf. Brian didn't move Elf on the Shelf, Kingston. My alarm went off at 5:30am in an attempt to get myself moving a bit better in the morning. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, elf, Elf on the Shelf, family, kids, Kingston 2013, tradition

Elf on the Shelf: Day 2 – Laziness has set in

December 3, 2013 By Beth 1 Comment

Elf on the Shelf:  Day 2 – Laziness has set in

As I was posting last night's Elf on the Shelf status, I heard Brian say he moved Kingston to an easy spot. I was just thrilled the elf was moved at night time and not during breakfast time. Sure enough it was an easy spot ... the empty vase on the bar. It took Sophie about 30 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, elf, Elf on the Shelf, family, kids, Kingston 2013, tradition

Elf on the Shelf: Welcome Back Whatever-Your-Name-Is

December 2, 2013 By Beth 4 Comments

Elf on the Shelf: Welcome Back Whatever-Your-Name-Is

YAY for the happiest ... most stressful part of our holiday season. Now that my sister is expecting her first kid, I can pay her back with an The Elf on the Shelf one day soon. The last two years (2011 and 2012), I have featured daily pictures of our Elf on the Shelf. It is time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: Christmas, elf, Elf on the Shelf, family, kids, Kingston 2013, tradition

Super Duper: Ask & Answer® “Wh” Bingo

November 22, 2013 By Brian 4 Comments

Super Duper: Ask & Answer® “Wh” Bingo

We are excited to have the opportunity to provide a sponsored review of the Ask & Answer® "Wh" Bingo from Super Duper Publications!   Details ... Wow! It's the Who, What, When, Where, and Why Bingo Game! Students will have many amusing times playing "Wh" Bingo as they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Family Tagged With: Ask & Answer® "Wh" Bingo, game, kids, learning, learning game, review, Super Duper

Reading Moments with Travels with Gannon and Wyatt

November 21, 2013 By Brian 9 Comments

Reading Moments with Travels with Gannon and Wyatt

  Details ... The Travels with Gannon and Wyatt series is a middle-grade adventure series written by Patti Wheeler and Keith Hemstreet that includes: Botswana (released May 2013)  Great Bear Rainforest (released October 2013)  Egypt (to be released … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Family Tagged With: books, chapter books, kids, reading, review

Holiday Gift Giving: Flashlight Friends

November 14, 2013 By Brian Leave a Comment

Holiday Gift Giving: Flashlight Friends

We are excited to feature a sponsored review of the Flashlight Friends - Green Dragon as we approach the holiday season.  Details ... Flashlight Friend perfect for night games, sleepovers, story time and more Features:Shuts off automatically after 10 minutes Never gets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Promotional, Reviews, Simply Family Tagged With: kids, review, toddler

Enjoying a Fall Afternoon Healthy Snack

November 7, 2013 By Beth 4 Comments

Enjoying a Fall Afternoon Healthy Snack

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. I am not always home when the kids get home from school. I either pick to be here to get them on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family, Simply Food Tagged With: healthy snacks, kids, snack

Play Like A Girl: Verizon FiOS Football Girl Videos

November 5, 2013 By Beth

Play Like A Girl: Verizon FiOS Football Girl Videos

You want to know makes this mommy smile? When Grace walked up to me and says "Mommy, girls can do anything that boys can do." I had a huge smile and said "Yes, they can!" I then held back my laughter as she stated "Girls can even do it better than boys." I did kindly tell her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: character, courage, encouragement, family, girls, kids, sports

Adding Veggies to Lasagna

November 4, 2013 By Brian 1 Comment

Adding Veggies to Lasagna

One of the hardest things for us to do for dinner in our house is to add green to any food.  We regularly have to hear complaints about not liking "green stuff".  It's actually kind of funny since they will gladly eat raw broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, etc. dipped in ranch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Food Tagged With: cooking, dinner, family, food, kids, lasagna, veggies

5 Tips for Holiday Baking With Kids

November 1, 2013 By Beth Leave a Comment

5 Tips for Holiday Baking With Kids

It’s fall. Fall means wearing Halloween costumes and trick or treating. It means Thanksgiving and Christmas meal prep, present buying, pumpkin spice everything and weekly baking projects. In other words, it’s the best time of the year. Giving baked goods as holiday gifts is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Simply Food Tagged With: baking, cooking, family, holidays, kids, kids in the kitchen, kitchen

Ghostly Halloween Lanterns Craft

October 25, 2013 By Beth Leave a Comment

Ghostly Halloween Lanterns Craft

I love crafts. Let me clarify that, I love my crafts. Kids crafts are another story as I really hate messes ... paint, glue, glitter, oh my. Yeah, I don't do well with kid craft messes. My kids LOVE crafts though. Brian kindly got my box of items empty containers down from the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Simply Family Tagged With: crafts, fall, ghosts, Halloween, Halloween Lanterns, kids

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