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FFYF: Egg Drop Edition

Good Friday, Heroes! Today we are participating in our very first egg drop contest. Very exciting. The challenge is to create a container that can hold an egg and protect it from cracking in a fall. The Captain’s first idea involved tin foil and plastic wrap. 3...

Win a Copy of When Did I Get Like This

When I was at BlissDom this January I met Amy Wilson, the author of When Did I Get Like This? The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget Buyer & Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be. Here’s Amy herself talking about the book: Amy was kind...

FFYF: End of a Trilogy Edition

Hulllo, Heroes! Funny story: the older boys got it into their heads that we should let them watch The Matrix movies. We saw episode one several weeks ago and episode two shortly thereafter. It took a while to get to episode 3, which we finally played tonight. At the...

FFYF: End of Tax Season Edition

Good Friday, Heroes! We’re coming down to the wire on tax season. Have you filed your papers yet? Ugh. Yucky papers. But hey! It’s almost over, and that’s something to smile about. Welcome to the April 15, 2011 edition of fun for your friday. Maureen...

FFYF: Icy Spring Edition

Welcome to spring, Heroes! We’ve been celebrating with a good old fashioned ice storm this week. It’s the latest and greatest way all the cool kids start a new season. That’s supposed to be warmer. Yea. Anyhow, I have so been enjoying the beauty of...