I don’t need to go into too much detail about the free family photo shoot you’re offered at every Beaches Resort, because I wrote pretty thoroughly about our experience at SnapShots Beaches Turks & Caicos last year. But I do want to mention that I found the photos only slightly less expensive at Beaches Negril…
Baby registries, gifting & the stuff new parents actually need (sponsored post)
I’ve gone through the exercise of red-lining baby registries for friends on more than one occasion. Because when you’re a parent-to-be, without the experience of having that first baby, you really don’t have a clue what you actually need. And, as it turns out, most gift-givers don’t really know what you need either. According to…
Winners is your Halloween costume superstore
It’s Justice for my tween this fall
Is it weird that I didn’t think of Miss Q as a tween until Justice asked if she’d fit into its clothes? I reserved the word “tween” for 10, 11 and 12 year olds. But apparently I’m wrong. (It happens.) It had never occurred to me to even step foot into this store because I…
Introducing Melody from American Girl
American Girl’s new WellieWishers are here
I bought Miss Q her first American Girl when I was in Chicago in 2013 and passed by the flagship store. We’re talking two floors of a very large retail store devoted to All Things American Girl. She was only 2.5 at the time, but I got it anyway. And it has stood on a…
Hasbro’s #DreamBigPrincess Princess-A-Month: Merida
Jaime and her two daughters are July’s #DreamBigPrincess guest reviewers. Be sure to read all the way to the end to find out how YOU can be part of the fun in August. My girls are all about their imaginations. They travel to new places and have new adventures together every day and, more often…
Zootopia on DVD + Blu-Ray
The movie: Zootopia When it was available: June 7, 2016 What it’s about: The animals have become civilized, taken over the world and live in harmony under the rule of law and order as humans did (or do elsewhere, presumably). Until, of course, general chaos ensues and their perfect world — their utopia of the zoo variety —…
Springfree Trampoline review
You’re going to have to picture this: I’m in beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake having dinner at a winery, wearing a bamboo jean chemise dress with sky-high Michael Kors snakeskin heels. Full makeup, hair freshly blown out. And then there are two Springfree Trampolines just outside our dining tent, primed for our group of full-grown humans to review…
Make it a Skechers summer for the whole fam
When I got my first pair of Skechers three years ago, I instantly fell in love. My Go Walk3 slip-ons have been well-loved, and although they’re a bit dirty around the edges these days, they’re still a go-to pair of shoes for me when I need guaranteed comfort. (For example, I just took them with…