Blog Spotlight: Karen Eidson from FabGrandma

Meet Karen Eidson from FabGrandma  Blogger: Karen Eidson Blog Name: Fabgrandma.com How’d you get started blogging? I got started blogging because my son, who is in the Air Force, was stationed in England and met his wife over there. I wanted to have a way for my new daughter-in-law to “meet” our family and get to know us before she moved to the States with him. I think I wrote three posts about family before I …

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How to Be the Coolest Parents On the Planet Thanks to Dinovember!

I like to think that Allie and I are the coolest parents on the planet. And, well, we are. Or rather, we were, up until I found out about Refe and Susan Tuma. This insanely creative couple are the founders of a new month: Dinovember! While most parents are busy prepping for Thanksgiving, these two have unleashed a mighty army of dinosaurs upon their house. See, every year in November, Refe and his wife spend …

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Build Your Own Knex Super Mario Ghost House With Interactive Boos

When there’s something strange… in your neighborhood… Who you gonna call? Mario! Uh, yeah. Sorry. If you’ve ever played Luigi’s Mansion or hung out in the Super Mario Bros. Universe for awhile, you’d know that Boos are these nasty, little pranksters who follow around the big boy himself, King Boo. So in my book, these guys are the resident ghostbusters. The latest Knex building set I was sent for review is the Super Mario: Ghost House …

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Turbo Proves That Snail Is Fast in DreamWorks’ Latest Hit

Man, look at that “S” car go! Get it? S Car Go? As in, Escargot? As in snails? *cricket* *cricket* Hello? Is this thing on? Apparently not… So much for starting with a joke. Anyways, this weekend’s Family Movie Night featured DreamWorks’ latest hit Turbo! It’s your typical story of a garden snail wanting to race in the Indy 500, finds himself juiced up on some high-octane fuel, and suddenly is fighting for first place …

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When You Celebrate Hanukkah, You Don’t Get to Buy Santa Claus in a Golf Cart Christmas Decorations

This post brought to you by ChristmasLightsEtc.com Every year for the past, I don’t know how many years, we’ve held a Hanukkah party at our house for Allie’s family. Just immediate family (her parents and sisters), but with husbands and kids, that turns out to be a total of 8 adults and 7 kids. It’s a fun, relaxing day where we hang out, stuff our faces, light the candles and then let the total chaos …

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