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The Post Where I Review LuLaRoe and Succumb to Posting Photos of Myself
Alright you guys. In some ways this post is kind of like other posts I have written before. I’ve had a fun opportunity to receive some clothing in exchange for writing a review about said clothing. (In all honesty – here’s how it worked: I purchased a few of these clothes myself. I was given a few of these clothes to try. So. Both. You know. I like to be straightforward so hopefully you can trust my opinion. Which is, just, you know, an opinion, after all. But here it is nonetheless.) So – the “writing my opinions about stuff” post is routine enough for me – right? But…
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Famous Figures of the American Revolution: A Timberdoodle Review
Instant curb appeal. If you can claim that an educational tool has curb appeal – this one does! Famous Figures of the American Revolution – sold by Timberdoodle individually or included in their third grade curriculum kit. I was excited to receive these cut outs in exchange for writing this review. “Mom, can we please open those little guys?” the kids would beg. Before I ever even gave permission to open the book and begin the cutting and pinning they had divided up who would get which historical character – Berg had his eye on Davy Crockett. (Or was it Daniel Boone?) I chose to…
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Five Finds Friday (running on empty & a grey t-shirt)
In a way these weekly routine posts just make my days feel like they are in fast forward. But whatever. It’s Friday again. FUNNY You know – this one doesn’t rank up there as Funniest Week I’ve Ever Lived. (What would that week look like? I want to know.) But do you know who is funny? Jim Gaffigan. Jim Gaffigan is funny. And pretty much mostly he’s clean. Even better. So go listen to Jim Gaffigan if you want to laugh. That’s all. No link even. I think you know how to use the internet by now anyway. FASHIONABLE I’m cool with the fact…
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Gigamons: A Blue Orange Game Review
If ever there was a game that I thought looked too silly to play, it was Gigamons. If ever there was a game that I thought had directions too many, it was Gigamons. If ever there was game that was nearly an INSTANT hit with my children, it was Gigamons. Otto has carried it around. He has taught nearly all of his friends to play it. He has memorized those at-first-glance-too-wordy-for-me directions. London has been creating a miniature felted figure based on the Gigamons board piece. (Hey, Blue Orange games – we’ve got a prototype for you. We think it would be popular. It’s so adorable.) I admit it. I…
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Doodle Lit: A Timberdoodle Review
Oh you guys, this book hits on all the fun things for me. My favorite parts of homeschool. It’s called Doodle Lit and it comes in Timberdoodle’s 8th Grade Curriculum Kit or you can buy it solo on their website as well. It’s a pretty straightforward book that is a fun take on literature. Lots of classic authors are included – Mark Twain, Shakespeare, Charlotte Bronte, Herman Melville, Jane Austen and so many more. For each author there is a cleverly drawn portrait of that author and then a handful of pages for your student to doodle, draw or create in unique and interesting ways. …
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Fast Flip: A Blue Orange Game Review
Here it is. Fast Flip. It’s a little triangular metal container that stores a game made by the clever guys and gals over at blue orange games. (Which, by the way – I love that the games made by Blue Orange generally have the name of the game designer and creator on the game itself. I like al little credit where credit is due – I think that’s cool.) The cards are triangular shaped too, which Otto and Piper liked. (I found them a little tricky to shuffle due to their shape, but not impossible.) At first I thought this game was too similar in style…
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Win TWO TICKETS to Asheville’s Tree Tops Adventure Park
If you could see me right now you would see me rubbing my hands back and forth together with glee and acting a little giddy. During this past year the blog has turned into both a therapy session and a review cool products landing spot. Those opposites have helped clear my brain and feed my heart and provide my family with neat opportunities and supplement my income. But today I am thrilled and excited because I get to talk about a fun place but YOU get to win tickets to go there! Last summer the kids and I trekked across our little mountain and spent a day doing super cool…
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20 Ways To Draw A Bike: A Timberdoodle Review
I love books like these when I am just judging a book by its cover. I find myself naturally drawn to them on book store shelves. Lots of times I hold them, consider them – and then leave them on the shelf. I think I just don’t know where to fit them in. Which is why it is an extra bonus to me to have an opportunity to receive and review this art book for Timberdoodle. Recently I tucked this charming little book into my bag on an adventure day with my three middle schoolers. (I’m still getting used to saying that.) The younger two kids were at camp…
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Dr. Eureka: A BlueOrange Game Review
I’ve said for a long time that the blue orange company makes almost all of our family’s favorite games. We love the Spot It series of games. They seem to be a steady favorite. We like YamSlam an awful lot. We’ve enjoyed Thumbs Up. And recently we received the game Dr. Eureka from the kind folks at blue orange to play and review for you guys. (Reviewing games? No problem. Happy to do it!) Dr. Eureka is a four player game and I prefer six player games just because there’s six of us, but that’s alright. Otto and Bergen were pretty stoked to open this box and get started playing.…
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Tenzi: A Dice Game That Rolls Well Here.
The cardboard box on our doorstep always draws a crowd when the kids see the return address of Timberdoodle. They’ve come to associate the company with really fun products that they get to evaluate with me. I mean, I think their opinion matters, since the Timberdoodle products are primarily educational, even when they are fun. And they are the students, so I love to hear what they really think. We are a family who already loves games so we decided the Tenzi dice would be the first out of the box for the review. I love games, but I love games even more when they have simple directions and multiple…
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Five Finds Friday (29) (the dress everyone should own & why my car is destined to be dirty)
I think I missed one of these posts because – well – I was doing cool things and my computer was far away from me. But now my computer is all right here and so am I so I guess I can resume my Friday posts. FUNNY I wouldn’t say one of my strengths is having a tidy car. (My dad wouldn’t say one of my strengths is keeping my car’s gas tank full.) We’d both be right. Anyway. The kids were at Jo’s house and I was at the gas station filling up my tank with the stuff. I looked in the car that had just seen some heavy…
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Making Our Trail: Cripple Creek KOA Review
One of the really fantastic ways that God used to make this trip a reality for our family was through this KOA opportunity. The plan is as straight forward as it comes. In exchange for our lodgings, I would write reviews of each location. So I just write what I really think – the good or the bad – and you guys get to see what a few of the KOAs across the United States are like for a family like ours. After we survived Kansas, we pulled right into the square state of Colorado. In Kansas we left behind temperatures in the mid-70’s and in Colorado we pulled into…
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Making Our Trail: KOA Kansas City East, Oak Grove MO Review
We’ve been a camping family for a long time, actually. But somehow we have never stayed at a KOA. Until our giant road trip adventure this summer. And pretty much, all the way to Colorado and all the way back, we stayed at KOAs. KOA stands for Kampgrounds of America and the very handy thing about a KOA on a road trip is — they are everywhere! (And yes, my friends who know me well know that the “k” in “kampground” is a tricky one for me, as I prefer words to be spelled correctly. But I decided to just let this one go – and it was a good…
