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Free Valentine’s Day Apps for Android

Celebrate Valentine’s Day this year with some free Valentine’s Day themed apps for Android devices. It is a good way to get into the spirit of the holiday. Some of these apps are kid-friendly, and some are variations on classic games. Here are some free Valentine’s Day apps for Android that you can play with this year. 2013 Valentine’s Day Hidden Objects is a free app for Android devices. The app was released on January 23, 2013. It features several simple “find the hidden object” puzzles that are kid-friendly. The backgrounds that you have to search through to find the … Continue reading →

The Internet and Homeschooling, part 2

Homeschool parents are finding ways to use the internet to enhance the schooling aspect of homeschooling. The mystery of lesson planning is solved by a quick search. Frugal homeschoolers can save their budget with free printables and unit studies ready to download. Students who bore easily with textbooks can take a break playing online educational games. YouTube helps many frustrated students who need tutoring in just about any subject. Adventurous homeschoolers can be whisked away on virtual field trips. Many art museums, zoos, and historical locations offer an online peek children will enjoy. Consider looking up a country you are … Continue reading →

Part of Something Greater

While being a parent is one of the greatest joys one can experience,there are certainly days that we all struggle with this wonderful and challenging job we are faced with. The everyday tasks of mothering are often monotonous and mundane. You spend the day cooking and cleaning, breaking up fights and running from one thing to the next, only to start all over the next day. There is no one there to cheer you on, or to tell you what a good job you are doing. Nobody sees the 8 loads of laundry you did, or the piles of dishes … Continue reading →

Making Your Party an Event

It’s one thing to have a party where loved ones gather for some food and fun, but it’s quite another for your shindig to make such a huge impact on your guests that its talked about for weeks, or even months down the road. Maybe you hire a guy to teach your guests how to weave baskets underwater at your next pool party or you rent out an entire petting zoo for your kid’s fourth birthday. Regardless, the object is to make your get-together as memorable as possible. Fortunately, you don’t have to break the bank in order to create … Continue reading →

A Day at the Zoo Part III

Of course the idea of a quick snack when it comes to nursing a baby is relative, it took longer than my son would have liked. We found a dry bench indoors (all the benches outside were of course wet from the rain) out of the way of incoming zoo visitors. My baby girl took her time nursing. Meanwhile, my son found ways to keep his aunts busy. They found one of those photo booths. They did not pay to get their pictures taken but they did pretend to and that was pretty entertaining for my little man. Once my … Continue reading →

A Day at the Zoo Part II

If a few birds could make my son run for and dive into the stroller, I could not imagine how he would react to some of the other larger animals. He did not want to get out of the stroller to look at the gecko so we continued the tour through the jungle like foliage. When we came upon some kind of exotic monkey, he promptly told us that he wanted out to see the monkey. He continued on foot to see the boa constrictor. He wanted to be carried when we came to another larger waterfall and some strange … Continue reading →

A Day at the Zoo Part I

We have a zoo in our city. It is not a big zoo by any means, but it does have more than enough animals to entertain a toddler. I am not a particular fan of animals; I remember going to this same zoo as a child and being scared to death especially by the goats in the petting part of the zoo. The cost of admission to this zoo is more than a movie ticket (something my husband and I never spend money on). Thanks to my very generous in-laws, we have a year long family pass to the zoo … Continue reading →

Your Home Business Is Part of Your Family

Like it or not, when you decide to run a home business it is not just about you. It becomes a part of your family. Part of the reason is that you can’t separate it from your family as much as you can a job that you go to outside of the home. It is there in front of everyone. It is accessible. It may even affect your family, good and bad. So you have to be very careful that your home business never becomes a replacement for time spent with family or in any way becomes more important than … Continue reading →

International Day of Forests at the Animal Kingdom

When I was in third grade I had my future career decided: zoology. I loved animals but didn’t think I could handle many of the messier aspects of veterinary medicine, so I decided I would study animals from a strict scientific viewpoint instead. Although my skill set ended up steering me away from any future career in the sciences, I’ve never lost that inherent love of learning about animals. That explains why Disney’s Animal Kingdom is my favorite part of Disney World, and why I’m always so excited to share what’s new with the park. On Wednesday July 27 the … Continue reading →

Frugal St. Patrick’s Day Fun

My 6-year-old is down to party anytime, anywhere, for any reason. Fortunately, I don’t have to hire caterers, a band and petting zoo animals for her to have a good time. As long as the celebration involves balloons and cake, she’s good to go. Fortunately, I have those items and a few more inexpensive goodies to make our St. Patrick’s Day party a fun and frugal affair. Given that March 17th isn’t a major holiday in the United States, the celebration doesn’t have to be complicated, fussy or extravagant. However, since we are Irish, we certainly can’t let the day … Continue reading →