Kraft Homestyle Mac & Cheese Microwaveable Bowls #Giveaway (Ends 11/4)

Is there anyone on the planet who doesn’t like mac and cheese? (Apologies to all you lactose-intolerant folks out there.) Next to chicken nuggets, mac & cheese is one of my kids’ favorite meals. I think Ryan’s blood must be fluorescent orange by now from all that cheesy powder he’s ingested the past few years. He’s soooo particular about his mac & cheese too. It has to be Kraft. And it has to be the …

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Ryan in a Box – A One-Man Play in One Minute

So Allie started making Jason’s Halloween costume. (That’s a topic for another blog post…) She needed a large box for his body and bought two different sized ones. While she was working on the more narrow of the boxes, Ryan made a discovery. Like a cat who simply can’t resist an empty bag, Ryan was called to it. And after struggling with the box for a few minutes (not quite sure why he couldn’t figure …

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Legos, Assemble!

Back in June, I celebrated my 40th birthday and got one of the coolest gifts ever: a Lego Avengers Quinjet. I started putting it together with my boys but various parties and events kept distracting us from finishing it. Until this weekend! Ryan really wanted to finish it, so we dove in on Saturday and started. Sunday morning, we opened the final bag and the beginning of the end began. Jason joined us too and we …

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Ain’t No Party Like a NYCC Hasbro Party

This weekend was New York Comic Con. I’ve gone the last few years but just didn’t bother getting tickets this year. It’s a fun show but insanely packed and my kids end up just playing video games at the Nintendo booth for most of the time. It’s been a crazy few months too so the timing just wasn’t right. I’ll probably bring the family next year if I can remember to snag tickets early enough. …

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